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some of the routes, and a guard of soldiers would be sent out to 

 bring in the body, and give it a burial in the little burying-ground 

 that was located just beyond the picket. The sight of the revolting 

 exhibition of Indian warfare, however, soon passed by, and we for- 

 got the terror that environed us in our desire for activity, and the 

 enjoyment of the chase and the observations of the beauties of 

 animal and vegetable life so prolifically developed. 



It is strange that, when the morning rdveilU of bugle and drum 

 awoke the loud gobble of the wild turkeys not yet flown from their 

 roosts on the cottonwood-trees on Hillsboro' Eiver, we could not 

 resist the call, but would occasionally steal out with our rifles, 

 "jist to clair out our shootin irons," as Mike said. Day by day 

 these little excursions extended themselves, and we became so 

 accustomed to the danger, that, like the villagers that build on the 

 slopes of Vesuvius, we had forgotten the fires beneath. 



