CHARLES I. YOUNGBLOOD. 1 67 



On the morning of the third day as I was 

 making a fire I heard a fearful racket near, 

 and ran up the bank to see what it could be. 

 When I got up the bank I saw a buffalo and 

 four wolves fighting. The buffalo somehow 

 got hurt in the loins during the light and could 

 no lono^er run. As soon as the wolves saw 

 me they run off, leaving me in possession o\ 

 the prize. 



Despairing of finding the buffalo as I had 

 expected, we turned south toward the north 

 fork of Cimarron Creek, and found a herd oi 

 fourteen and got eleven of them. This made 

 out our load and we again drove in. 



When we got into the station (Lakin) there 

 were three men from New York who had 

 never seen a live buffalo. They examined my 

 load very closely, and finally asked me what 

 I would charge to take them with me the ne>.t 

 time I went out. They merely wanted to go 

 along to see what they could see. J tok: 

 them that I would let them go for a dollar 

 apiece per day, and the bargain was soon 

 closed. 



