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rairie dog and share his dwelling. I have frcc[ucutly seen 

 them all in comixmy together, as represented in the sketch, 

 hut it is probable that, although the mature' praiiie dog can 

 protect himself, and has therefore no fear of the intruders, 

 the young are devoured by the latter. 



At mid-day, on the loth, we had just pitched our tents on 

 the banks of the Smoky Eiver when the cry of "antelope 1 " was 

 raised, and, sure enough, a small herd, frightened hy sometliing 

 behind them, ran swiftly by our camp. They immediately 

 received a volley of rifle balls, which produced no other effect 

 than to send them bounding off gracefully across the river. 

 This little excitement was hardly over when buffalo were 

 sighted across the Smoky. There was an immediate rush for 

 the high bluff close by, and away to the left we could plainly 

 see through the glasses six black shaggy fellows languidly 

 chewing the cud, about five miles distant. Three of our party 

 mmediately started on foot, notwithstanding the heat of the 

 day and the eighteen miles march just over, for as yet but 

 few of us were mounted, and these only on mules. 



From this point, until we reached the Arkansas Eiver, 

 I* buffalo were a common sight. Before night we had seen 

 several herds roaming about upon the plains, the largest, 

 however, only containing twenty head and some calves. At 

 sunset one of the thi-ee hunters came back to announce the 

 success of their chase, and to give notice to the watch that his 

 two companions were following more slowly, heavily laden 

 with choice pieces of the carcass they had killed. As our 

 meat had for some weeks been almost entirely salt, this news 



was especially agreeable. 



We had no sooner found ourselves in the land of the 

 antelope and the buffalo, beyond the little " cities," and out 

 of hearing of the locomotive, than Indian troubles began to 



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