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short distance be turned to come back, but b\- 

 this time the smoke was so dense that he 

 could net find me. I went on and dressed the 

 bultalo that I had killed, but Riley did not put 

 in pn appearance. By this time the danger 

 trom the fire was over and I waited 

 patiently until dark. Still Riley did not 

 appear. I began to cast about to see how I 

 was o-oino^ to keep from freezinjj^, as I had 

 left my coat on the wagon when I started 

 after the buffalo, and Riley had driven oti' 

 w' th it, leaving me in my shirt sleeves, and 

 the weather was very cold. I finally took the 

 hindes of two ol the buffalo that I had killed 

 and roiled myself up in them as close as 1 

 could, and it was not long until he\' froze and 

 become as solid as a holler log. Still I was 

 warm, but could not move at all. I lay thus 

 until the sun was an hour high in the morn- 

 ing, and by dint of hard squeezing I managed 

 to crawl out of my prison and look around, but 

 no Riley was to be seen. 



I went to the top ot a high hill but could 

 not see him at all, though I could see for miles 



