CHAKJ.es I. YOUNGBLOOD. 1^9 



CHAPTER XXI. 



ON ANOTHER BUFFALO HUNT PRAIRH^ ON 



FIRE BUFFALO STAMPEDE AN EXCITBD 



COMPANION NEARLY STARVED SNOW- 

 BOUND HUNTING WILD HORSES; ETC. 



I WILL now call your attention to a buffalo 

 hunt that I took wnth a man by the name ot 

 Edward Riley. We started out from Wallace 

 Station on the K. R. Railroad. On the second 

 day we found a very large herd. They were 

 coming toward us, and as the prairie was on fire 

 behind them they were in a general stampede. 

 I left Riley with the team and killed five in a 

 very few moments, but was not long before 

 the fire was right on us and Riley became so 

 much frightened that I could not hardly do 

 anything with him, and while my attention was 

 directed to something else he turned and drove 

 off in a gallop to make his escape, leaving me 

 alone to do the best I could. After going a 



