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often taken, and if removed from the mother, and out of sight of 

 the herd, he will follow the camp as steadily as a dog ; but his 

 propensity for keeping close to the horse's heels, often gets him 

 into trouble, as he meets with more kicks than caresses from 

 them. He is considered an interloper, and treated accordingly. 

 The bull calf of a month or two old, is sometimes rather difficult 

 to manage; he shows no inclination to follow the camp like the 

 younger ones, and requires to be dragged along by main force. 

 At such times, he watches for a good opportunity, and before 

 his captor is aware of what is going on, he receives a butt 

 from the clumsy head of the intractable little brute, which, in 

 most cases, lays him sprawling upon the ground. 



I had an adventure of this sort a few days before we arrived 

 at the rendezvous. I captured a large bull calf, and with con- 

 siderable difficulty, managed to drag him into the camp, by 

 means of a rope noosed around his neck, and made fast to the 

 high pommel of my saddle. Here I attached him firmly by a 

 cord to a stake driven into the ground, and considered him 

 secure. In a few minutes, however, he succeeded in breaking 

 his fastenings, and away he scoured out of the camp. I lost no 

 time in giving chase, and although I fell flat into a ditch, and 

 afforded no litttle amusement to our people thereby, I soon over- 

 took him, and was about seizing the stranded rope, which was 

 still around his neck, when, to my surprise, the little animal 

 showed fight ; he came at me with all his force, and dashing his 

 head into my breast, bore me to the ground in a twinkling. I, 

 however, finally succeeded in recapturing him, and led and 

 pushed him back into the camp; but I could make nothing of 

 him ; his stubbornness would neither yield to severity or kind- 

 ness, and the next morning I loosed him and let him go. 



Wth. — On ascending a hill this morning. Captain Wyeth, 

 who was at the head of the company, suddenly espied an Indian 

 stealing cautiously along the summit, and evidently endeavoring 



