CllARLKS L. YOUNGBLOOD. Ill 



moments all arrangements were completed 

 and we were on our way, the landlord join- 

 ing us. 



Crossnig the Arkansas River, we went 

 about thirty miles south that evening, and 

 camped for the night near the north fork of 

 Cimarron River, and the next day, after driv- 

 ing about twenty miles, we struck game. We 

 attacked a big herd and had a lively time with 

 them for a while, and when the buffalo left 

 the field we noticed four lying on the ground 

 dead, or supposed to be so. When w^e ap- 

 proached them, one was lying on his back, 

 and Potter, the landlord, remarked that we 

 had ''o-iven that one h — 1," but a little closer 

 examination show^ed no blood, and further, the 

 animal w^as breathing rather lively for a dead 

 buffalo, and I rightly conjectured that he had 

 been knocked into the ditch by the others and 

 had been unable to get out, and I took the 

 precaution to observe him from a point a few 

 ieet away, for I was expecting him to make a 

 mighty effort and come out in a way that 

 would make it unsafe to be too near him, and 



