CHAPTER XI. 
ANIMALS OF THE PRAIRIES. 
The Mustang or Wild peli aa him by ‘ Creasing, 
and with the Lazo— Horse-flesh — The Buffalo — Its eel 
earance ee cn of its ee eral Utility to the 
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ing the Baffalo ai Bow and Arrows, the eee ete.— Still- 
hunting ’—The Buffalo ferocious Sg? when wounded—Butch- 
ones age say Gray Wolf—Its Modes Pris killing Buffalo 
Thei Numbers—A cWoll — ‘_The Prairie 
Wolf, or 7 Jackal of the Prairies °—Elk, Deer and Bear—The 
Antelope—The Bighorn—The Prairie Dog-—Owls a and Rat- 
tlesnakes—The Horned Frog—Fowls—Bees, 
Tur zoology of the Prairies has probably 
attracted more attention than any other fea- 
ture of their natural history. This has not 
arisen altogether from the peculiar interest the 
animals of the Prairies possess; but they con- 
stitute so considerable a portion of the society 
of the traveller who journeys among them, 
that they get to hold somewhat the same 
place in his estimation that his fellow-crea- 
tures would occupy if he were in civilization. 
Indeed, the animals are par éminence the com- 
munities of the Prairies. 
By far the most noble of these, and there- 
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