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we saw Harris sitting on a high hill about one mile off, 

 and joined him ; he said the bulls they had killed last 

 evening were close by, and I offered to go and see the 

 bones, for I expected that the Wolves had devoured it 

 during the night. We travelled on, and Squires returned 

 to the camp. After about two miles of walking against a 

 delightful strong breeze, we reached the animals; Ravens 

 or Buzzards had worked at the eyes, but only one Wolf, 

 apparently, had been there. They were bloated, and 

 smelt quite unpleasant. We returned to the camp and 

 saw a Wolf cross our path, and an Antelope looking at 

 us. We determined to stop and try to bring him to us; I 

 lay on my back and threw my legs up, kicking first one 

 and then the other foot, and sure enough the Antelope 

 walked towards us, slowly and carefully, however. In 

 about twenty minutes he had come two or three hundred 

 yards ; he was a superb male, and I looked at him for 

 some minutes; when about sixty yards off I could see his 

 eyes, and being loaded with buck-shot pulled the trigger 

 without rising from my awkward position. Off he went; 

 Harris tired, but he only ran the faster for some hundred 

 yards, when he turned, looked at us again, and was off. 

 When we reached camp we found Bell there ; he had shot 

 three times at Antelopes without killing; Lafleur had 

 also returned, and had broken the foreleg of one, but an 

 Antelope can run fast enough with three legs, and he saw 

 no more of it. We now broke camp, arranged the horses 

 and turned our heads towards the Missouri, and in four 

 and three-quarter hours reached the landing. On enter- 

 ing the wood we again broke branches of service-berries, 

 and carried a great quantity over the river. I much en- 

 joyed the trip; we had our supper, and soon to bed in our 

 hot room, where Sprague says the thermometer has been 

 at 99° most of the day. I noticed it was warm when walk- 

 ing. I must not forget to notice some things which hap- 

 pened on our return. First, as we came near Fox River, 



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