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roasted it nicely but they wouldn't hiive it 

 yet. I still left it before them and by morn- 

 ing they had it nearly devoured. The next 

 day, about 2 o'clock, we arrived on the north 

 fork of Cimarron Creek. About the time we 

 struck the creek, Henderson pointed to a hill 

 to the left of us and said, "There are four 

 buffalo heads ; some hunter has been here 

 not long ago." 



I jumped upon the wagon to see them, 

 but as soon as I looked I told him to squat 

 down for those heads were fast to the buffalo 

 yet. T took my gun, and, getting as close to 

 them as I dared, saw that one of them was a 

 cow and the other three were young' ones. I 

 concluded to kill the cow first, and then I 

 would be pretty apt to get the whole lot. In 

 this I was right, for the old one never got up 

 after I shot her, and in two minutes I had 

 them all. It is useless to state that we had a 

 feast that night, dogs and all. 



The next day we drove about ten miles, 



