80 A MAD BULL. 



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out the fattest one, drive it to the track at which their companions awaw 

 to t^e part in the grand race. This done, the victim is made to run 

 Se^St betwein two rows of wolves. As it advances others jou. 

 Seir fresh numbers to the chase, till at length, tired down and exhausted 

 n steength. the iU-fated animal falls ready prey to their g^eedmf^^^- ^^^^ 

 Sor creature is first hamstrung to prevent its escape, and then literally 



tS Walk wolf is seldom met with in these parts. It nearly equals the 

 white and brown in size, and is fully as large as the common cur-dog. 



The prairie wolf is not more than half the size of the above mentioaed, 

 andmuKss ferocious. Its color is of a dark giay, and its fur quite 



^''ThfcS'eute or medicine-wolf compares with the common feist, and is 

 of ?grayfsh color, much Uke that of 'the wild rabbit of the f^tes^ Ite 

 fur is fine and thick, and might be turned to good account for the manu- 



'X'lndiri^h tany superstitious notions in regard to this ani- 

 mal and hold it in great veneration. They consider it as the messenger 

 Employed by the G^ Spirit, on special occasions to herald the approach 

 oHvents interesting to the welfare of his red children, and for that reason 

 they are never known to harm or molest it. 



Just at davlieht, a large band of buffalo crossed the river nearly oppo- 

 eitetfcamp^ Itwas.headed by an old bull, that led the way, grunting 

 and beUoSg as he advanced, as if in mock personation of the bugieman ot 

 TcorpsTf civalry. Some three or four hundred cows and caves fol- 

 ^3 side by side^ with marked and regular tread, Uke P atoons of infantry 

 marchine in set step to music, presenting a truly comical exhibition. 



Av^lgeur seized his rifle and saluted with its contents the music- 

 master anS captain-general of the advancing army, as he was about to ascend 

 Se river bank. In an instant the whole detachment to " rignt abou 

 fece" and retreat precipitately to the rearward shore, with no other 

 music thSi the clatter of hoofs 'and the splashing of water, or order than 

 Se coSed rivalry for speedy escape from the unexpected presence oi 

 danger. 



OcU 20iTi. Resuming our course, during the forenoon, the strange de- 

 nortment of a bufialo bull near the trail arrested attenUon. 

 ^ He was nSming in a circle, at the height of his speed, and narrowing 

 its sphere at each gyration. Several of us rode out to him,-but he sldl 

 contS fwith frothing mouth and protruding tongue, swoUen to the 

 ZordistenTSn of his^ws, rolling eye-balls, hke globes of clotted gore; 

 S tuowing for pain,) foUoUg the fast-decreasing hmits of his strange 



"r'soTc— crESlng-round and round, with faltering, hall 

 Btumbhng step^ and finaUy fell prostrate before us, apparen ly in the last 

 narSvsm of moWal agony.^ In vain he struggled to rise whde his tongua 

 ESd from between his jaws, chafed in fruitless eflbrt to close them, and his 

 headfkeepiS^tfme with th^ convulsive throes of Ws ^ast-w^^ng ^2*> 

 tore up the ^ine-sod and lashed the ground m the mad fury of effort. 



