AOOMAMTZIA ZHEOS > 
safety was in flight, but where? His 
strength was nearly gone. He ran a 
short distance away from us, circling 
our cavalcade. His foe was nearly up 
to him again. He stopped an instant 
with uplifted foot, then turned and 
made directly for ws. Three loaded 
guns hung at our saddles, but no hand 
went towards them. Not thirty feet 
away from our motionless horses the 
buck dropped, exhausted. We could 
easily have lassoed him. His adversary 
kept beyond gunshot, not daring to fol- 
low him into the power of an enemy all 
wild things fear; and an eagle who had 
perched on a rock near by, in hopes of 
a coming feast, flapped his wings and 
slowly flew away to search elsewhere for 
his dinner. The conquering buck walked 
back to his spoils of war, and soon mar- 
shalled them out of sight behind a hill. 
The young buck almost at our feet 
