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THE BUFFALO. 



attempted to scramble up the steep side of the river, the top 

 of which the foremost one had nearly reached, when, slipping, 

 he rolled down and knocked over those behind, one on the 

 top of the other, into the deep snow-drift, from which men 

 and doo's were struo-Minoj in vain to extricate themselves. 

 It would be impossible to describe the wild scene of uproar 

 that followed. One of the sleighs was smashed, and a man 

 nearly killed ; but at length the party succeeded in getting 

 clear, and repairing the damage. 



AN INDIAN STRATAGEM. 



In some districts, where the buffaloes can with difficulty 

 be approached, the Indians employ a stratagem to get them 

 within reach of their arrows or rifles. One of the Indians 



