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antelopes and fowls as we traveled along until 

 night, but with their usual luck. We camped 

 for the night on a small creek called Rocky 

 Branch, and in the morning while eating break- 

 fast one of them said, *'Mr. Youngblood, how^ 

 much do we owe you ? " I told him that I 

 had been with them five days, and at five 

 dollars a day it would make twenty five 

 dollars. They paid me the money and said, 

 ^'We are done hunting, and want to see you 

 shoot a little." I told them that it was all 

 right, and if they would stay with me awhile 

 I would probably shoot something. We 

 moved about six miles to White Woman 

 Creek, where I struck a large herd of buffalo. 

 I killed one the first fire, and got a 

 ^'stand" on them and killed seven. We 

 dressed them, and moved on. As we passed 

 along I kill four antelopes. When we stopped 

 for night I cooked some of the buffalo humps, 

 and my English lords thought it the finest meat 

 they ever tasted. I had a good deal of fun out 

 of them on account of their shooting. I 

 told them that they had had me five days 



