RETURN TO AMERICA. 105 



CHAPTER VIII. 



Return to America. Start for Kansas. Warning against obliging strangers. 

 The town of Troy. Horse-racing. A soft thing. A breakdown. 

 A wrestling-match. My new man Fox. His objection to sheriffs. 

 The settlement of White Rock. Its history. A happy hunting-ground. 

 A Tenderfoot's first run with buffalo. He prefers walking. A 

 wonderful mare. I buy her. Trying Brown's courage. Appearance 

 of Indians near camp. 



I RETAINED such pleasant memories of my visit to the prairies in 

 1862 that I determined to go again; so I left England in June 

 1866, intending to hunt during the summer on the prairies of 

 Kansas, and to winter wherever I could hear of there being 

 plenty of game. 



I started alone, but came across a young Englishman on the 

 steamer who had a great desire to see the West, so we arranged 

 to go together. After a short stay in Canada, we reached St. 

 Joseph's, Missouri, where we intended to fit out. And here 

 let me warn anyone who may think of doing as I did to 

 beware of specious men who offer to buy horses, mules, and 

 outfit for them, on the plea that they know the people and 

 their ways, and can save them a lot of money. I am of course 

 speaking of total strangers, who come up and introduce them- 



