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  that 
  buffaloes, 
  bears, 
  turkeys, 
  and 
  other 
  game 
  abounded 
  about 
  the 
  

   mouth 
  of 
  the 
  "Conhawa," 
  in 
  1765, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  at 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  "Bottle 
  

   Eiver," 
  and 
  also 
  on 
  the 
  prairies 
  bordering 
  the 
  "Ouabache."* 
  They 
  

   were 
  also 
  found 
  and 
  killed 
  by 
  Washington, 
  according 
  to 
  the 
  "Journal 
  

   of 
  a 
  Tour 
  to 
  the 
  Ohio 
  Eiver 
  in 
  1770," 
  at 
  the 
  mouth 
  of. 
  the 
  Kanhawa 
  

   and 
  also 
  near 
  the 
  "Great 
  Bend" 
  of 
  the 
  Ohio, 
  in 
  1770.t 
  According 
  ta 
  

   the 
  "Journal 
  of 
  General 
  [Richard] 
  Butler," 
  buffaloes 
  were 
  killed 
  by 
  his 
  

   party 
  at 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  Big 
  Sandy 
  Creek, 
  in 
  October, 
  1785, 
  and 
  also 
  on 
  

   Buffalo 
  Lick 
  Creek 
  and 
  Licking 
  Creek 
  the 
  same 
  year,! 
  at 
  which 
  time 
  

   the 
  buffaloes 
  were 
  there 
  still 
  quite 
  abundant. 
  

  

  " 
  In 
  1791," 
  says 
  Mr. 
  Graham 
  in 
  one 
  of 
  his 
  letters 
  to 
  me 
  (dated 
  " 
  Cin- 
  

   cinnati, 
  April 
  11,1876"), 
  " 
  General 
  Massie 
  laid 
  out 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Manches- 
  

   ter 
  in 
  the 
  Virginia 
  Military 
  District 
  of 
  Ohio, 
  about 
  thirty-five 
  miles 
  

   from 
  Cincinnati. 
  This 
  was 
  the 
  first 
  settlement 
  in 
  the 
  Virginia 
  Military 
  

   District. 
  The 
  woods 
  in 
  the 
  neighborhood 
  supplied 
  game— 
  deer, 
  elks, 
  

   buffaloes, 
  bears, 
  and 
  turkeys 
  — 
  while 
  the 
  river 
  furnished 
  a 
  variety 
  of 
  ex- 
  

   cellent 
  fish. 
  In 
  1794 
  and 
  1795 
  McArthur§ 
  was 
  settling 
  a 
  plan 
  for 
  his^ 
  

   winter 
  operations, 
  when 
  he 
  fell 
  in 
  with 
  George 
  Hardick, 
  an 
  experienced 
  

   hunter 
  and 
  trapper, 
  who 
  was 
  never 
  at 
  ease 
  but 
  when 
  he 
  was 
  ranging 
  

   through 
  the 
  solitary 
  woods. 
  Agreeing 
  to 
  go 
  into 
  partnership 
  for 
  a 
  win- 
  

   ter 
  hunt, 
  they 
  made 
  a 
  light 
  canoe, 
  procured 
  ammunition 
  and 
  beaver- 
  

   traps, 
  and 
  set 
  off 
  from 
  Manchester, 
  travelling 
  down 
  the 
  Ohio 
  Eiver 
  to 
  

   the 
  Kentucky 
  Eiver, 
  thence 
  up 
  the 
  Kentucky 
  far 
  above 
  the 
  settlements. 
  

   Game 
  of 
  every 
  description 
  was 
  found 
  in 
  abundance 
  ; 
  deer 
  and 
  buffalo 
  

   were 
  killed 
  for 
  their 
  hides 
  and 
  tallow. 
  Beaver 
  and 
  otter 
  were 
  the 
  prin- 
  

   cipal 
  game 
  pursued, 
  and 
  were 
  caught 
  in 
  great 
  numbers. 
  They 
  went 
  up 
  

   the 
  river 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  they 
  could 
  find 
  water 
  to 
  float 
  their 
  canoe, 
  and 
  spent 
  

   the 
  winter 
  in 
  the 
  spurs 
  of 
  the 
  Cumberland 
  Mountains, 
  more 
  than 
  a 
  

   hundred 
  miles 
  from 
  the 
  habitations 
  of 
  civilized 
  men," 
  returning 
  in 
  spring 
  

   by 
  the 
  same 
  route 
  to 
  Manchester. 
  

  

  " 
  The 
  last 
  reliable 
  account 
  of 
  killing 
  buffalo," 
  says 
  Mr. 
  Graham, 
  in 
  the 
  

   same 
  letter, 
  "is 
  taken 
  from 
  the 
  Lacross 
  manuscripts, 
  and 
  partly 
  from 
  

   tradition 
  from 
  the 
  lips 
  of 
  the 
  children 
  and 
  grandchildren 
  of 
  those 
  who 
  

   were 
  present. 
  Of 
  the 
  French 
  who 
  settled 
  at 
  Gallipolis, 
  Ohio, 
  in 
  1790, 
  

   but 
  one 
  person 
  ever 
  killed 
  a 
  buffalo. 
  This 
  man's 
  name 
  was 
  Duteil. 
  He 
  

   was 
  out 
  hunting 
  in 
  the 
  summer 
  of 
  1795, 
  about 
  two 
  miles 
  west 
  from 
  

   Gallipolis, 
  and 
  saw 
  a 
  herd 
  of 
  buffaloes. 
  He 
  fired 
  without 
  aiming 
  at 
  any 
  

   particular 
  one, 
  and 
  luckily 
  killed 
  a 
  large 
  one. 
  He 
  was 
  so 
  elated 
  with 
  

   this 
  feat 
  that 
  without 
  stopping 
  to 
  examine 
  the 
  animal 
  he 
  ran 
  as 
  fast 
  as 
  

   he 
  could 
  to 
  the 
  town, 
  and, 
  having 
  announced 
  his 
  luck, 
  came 
  back, 
  fol- 
  

   lowed 
  by 
  the 
  entire 
  body 
  of 
  colonists, 
  men, 
  women, 
  and 
  children. 
  They 
  

   quickly 
  formed 
  a 
  procession, 
  with 
  rausiciaiis 
  playing 
  violins, 
  flutes, 
  and 
  

   hautboys 
  in 
  front, 
  the 
  fortunate 
  hunter 
  proudly 
  marching 
  with 
  his 
  pun 
  

   on 
  his 
  shoulder, 
  and 
  the 
  animal 
  swinging 
  from 
  poles 
  thrust 
  through 
  

   between 
  its 
  tied 
  feet, 
  followed 
  by 
  the 
  crowd, 
  singing 
  and 
  rejoicing 
  at 
  tbe 
  

   prospect 
  of 
  good 
  and 
  hearty 
  fare. 
  The 
  animal 
  was 
  quickly 
  skinned 
  and 
  

   dressed 
  on 
  its 
  arrival 
  at 
  the 
  town, 
  and 
  for 
  several 
  days 
  there 
  was 
  feast- 
  

   ing, 
  as 
  the 
  first 
  and 
  last 
  buffalo 
  of 
  Gallipolis 
  was 
  served 
  up 
  in 
  such 
  a 
  

   variety 
  of 
  ways 
  and 
  means 
  as 
  none 
  but 
  the 
  French 
  could 
  devise 
  ; 
  Charles 
  

   Francis 
  Duteil 
  remaining 
  until 
  his 
  death 
  the 
  renowned 
  marksman 
  who 
  

  

  * 
  Olden 
  Time, 
  Vol. 
  I, 
  pp. 
  405, 
  410, 
  411. 
  

   t 
  Olden 
  Time, 
  pp. 
  426, 
  427, 
  

   \ 
  Ibid., 
  Vol. 
  II, 
  pp. 
  447, 
  450, 
  453, 
  456, 
  458, 
  497. 
  

  

  $ 
  " 
  ' 
  McDonald's 
  Sketches,' 
  published 
  in 
  Cincinnati, 
  in 
  1836, 
  by 
  E, 
  Morgan, 
  gives 
  the 
  

   life 
  of 
  General 
  McArthur." 
  

  

  