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One day when I was out huntinof the 

 weather became cloudy and a cold rain set in 

 which lasted two days and nights, completely 

 soaking my blankets and chilling me nearly to 

 death. Finally the clouds broke away and the 

 rain ceased, and I went out for game. After 

 going about four miles J saw two very large 

 buffalo, and, slipping as close as I dared, shot 

 one as it lay, and, while the other was exam- 

 ining it to see what ailed it, brought it down 

 too. The weather was still cold for October, 

 and it had clouded over again and was be- 

 ginning to snow. I turned out my team and 

 dressed the animals I had killed and, laying 

 them with their backs nearly together, spread 

 my blankets over them. I spread the green 

 hides over that with the hairy side down, and 

 then crawled in between the hides and blank- 

 ets and lay there until the snow storm was 

 over, Vv^hich was two days, only coming out 

 occasionally to get something to eat. While 

 \ying there the buffalo came all around me, 

 and w^hen it cleared away I got out and began 

 to scatter them. I killed two and after dvf -^ 



