178 THE ADVENTURES OF 



CHAPTER XIX. 



A SHORT time after the occurrences detailed 

 in the last chapter, myself and a friend went 

 out on a hunt. We struck out south of the 

 Arkansas River until we came to the North 

 Fork, which was about thirty miles, then we 

 traveled up this stream tor nearly thirty miles, 

 when we went south near the Point of Rock, 

 on the South Fork of Cimarron River. Here 

 we struck a large herd of buffalo, which my 

 friend tackled while I remained with the team. 

 The buffalo were down in a hollow and when 

 he fired on them they dashed right toward 

 me. I did not want to shoot as we had a very 

 wild team and I did not care to be ran away 

 with, but they came so close that I picked up 

 my gun and blazed away. In my haste I 

 forgot to withdraw the gunstick, which I had 

 inserted with some oiled tow to prevent its 



