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them there was no danger, and if they would 

 come to me I would show th:m bow to kill 

 buffalo, but I could not get them any closer. 

 Finding it useless to waste time with them, 

 I went to within a hundred and fifty yards of 

 the buifalo and began firing. The herd was 

 paying no attention to anything but the dogs, 

 and at every shot I fired a buffalo dropped. 

 I kept up firing until there was but one left, 

 and he seemed to suddenly -become conscious 

 that he was alone and began to look for com- 

 pany, and started right toward the New 

 Yorkers. They thought sure that they were 

 gone and began darting here and there, but 

 when the buffalo was fifty yards of them it 

 stopped to see what they were, and I sent a 

 bullet through its heart, and it dropped dead. 

 The New Yorkers were greatly relieved when 

 they saw their enemy fall, and I suppose that 

 they believe to this day that I saved their 

 lives, though they were in no trouble at all. 

 I had then thirteen buffalo, with the sun only 

 about an hour high and all of them to dress 

 before I went to bed. My companions oftered 



