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shot him. We then put on our clothes and 

 dressed him and did not sleep any more that 

 night. In the morning we drove about live 

 miles, when we struck a large herd and got 

 six of them. This finished our load, and by 

 the time we had them dressed it was nearly 

 night, but 1 proposed to my partner that as 

 the moon would shine we might start in to 

 the station. 



Shortly after we started the sky became 

 cloudy and the night grew dark and I lost my 

 bearing, and for fear ol getting still worse we 

 stopped for day. When we went to picket 

 our horses it was found that our tether had 

 been left where we camped the night before, 

 and were compelled to take it turn about 

 holding the horses until daylight. We soon 

 found where we were and pulled in to Aubery 

 Station, sold what I could and drove on to 

 Lakin. The editor published an accoant of 

 our hunt in his paper, and if you ever see it 

 vou can compare it w^ith this and see how they 

 tally. On this hunt I killed seventv-two ante- 



