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when we got out of the burnt district^ and t 

 got on a high hill, and* scanning the plains 

 with my held glass, I discovered a large herd 

 of buffalo about six miles ahead of us. We 

 drove as close as we could with the wagon* 

 and then I got out, and, shooting one down^ 

 ••got a stand" on them and killed all we could 

 haul in both wagons. As we were going in 

 We sav/ a large herd close to the road, and, 

 as we wished to pay them a visit when w^e 

 ^:ould take care of some of them, we waited 

 lOr them to move, not wishing to frighten 

 ihenij As soon as the buffalo moved out of 

 our w^ay w^e drove past, and, when we reached 

 Uie station, disposed of our meat as fast as 

 possible, and, hiring a hand to go v^ith us, 

 ^tarted back for the herd w^e had left. We 

 expected to find them on Bear Creek, as they 

 were heading that way, and, with that expec- 

 tation, we drove up the creek, looking for 

 them 4 After traveling about forty miles we 

 had a snow storm, which left us with about 

 MX inches of snow, and we were compelled to 

 lay over for tw^o days in the bed of Bear Creek. 



