144 '''HE ADVENTCRKS OF 



\\)Y live dollars a day. They said the}' woivld 

 give it, and remarked that the price was cheap 

 enough. The next day they procured a two- 

 horse carriage, and, alter hiying in a full stock 

 of ammunition and provisions, we started. I 

 did not ride in the carriage, but took my 

 wjigon and team, so that I would be ready 

 when they got tired of paying five dollars a 

 day. When we left Lakin we started in a 

 northeasterly direction. When about twenty 

 miles out we ran across a large rattlesnake, 

 wdiich the}^ thought w^as wonderful. As thev 

 wished to see all about it, I ipade it sing for 

 them, and when I finally killed it, one of them 

 hf'.d me to ^^kin it to make him a hat band. 

 Then they all had to take a swig of beer, of 

 which they had brought a goodly quantity, 

 which emptied one bottle. They then made 

 a bet as to who could break the bottle while 

 flying in the air, and began tossing the bottle 

 up into the air and firing at it. Finally one of 

 them succeeded in hitting it, and they all got 

 into the carriage and we again started on. 

 We had <.rone but a short distance when one 



