CHARLES I. YOUNGBLOOI). Ijl 



to help me and did the best they could, but 

 even that was not much, as they were banker's 

 and lawyer's clerks and had never seen a 

 buffalo before. With the exception of three 

 the buffalo lay in a radius of thirty feet, and 

 I built a fire near the center and by about 

 ,12 o'clock we had them in the wagons* 



We talked the remainder of the night, and 

 the next morning we saw a herd of about 

 three hundred near us, I pitched into this 

 herd and got eight. This made all we could 

 haul, and we started in to Lakin. When we 

 arrived at the hotel the landlord asked me 

 why I did not bring some antelope. I told him 

 that I was out after buffalo and didn't look for 

 antelope. He then asked if I couldn't go out 

 the next day and get him some, and I replied 

 that I would try. 



I took my old Indian pony and started, and 

 found a nice herd not far from the station, 

 and, slipping up as close as I could, I killed 

 three. I had with me a rope about twen"!^ 

 feet long that I used to picket my horse, and 

 tied mv horse to the neck of one of the ante- 



