CHARLES L. YOUNGBLOOD. I5I 



six months old. It could not keep up, with 

 the rest and we followed it along up the bed 

 of a ^'side draw," until linally I saw that the 

 herd had stopped farther up the draw. The 

 calf had gotten tired by this time and very 

 gentle, and I could easily have shot it, but I 

 did not want to frighten the herd, so we 

 heided it off and began to try to catch it. I 

 coukKget tolerably close to it, but not close 

 enough to catch it. It was small and I thought 

 it could not hurt me much, and when I would 

 let it pass me it would make at me for a fight. 

 I supposed I could push it off when it got to 

 me and stood my ground, and it came bowing 

 and shaking its head,^ and when within a few 

 teet of me made a big dash rlghl: at me like 

 an old ram, and before I could do anything 

 knocked me down and began trampling me 

 into the ground. Finding that it did not mean 

 to let me up, I reached up and got it by the ears 

 and after quite a tussle got it down and fin- 

 ished it with my knife. As soon as we could 

 dress it we started on after the herd, but had 

 to follow them about twelve miles before I 



