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of the Kansas Pacific railroad, I was out in 

 front, hunting a " divide " along which the 

 wagon train might easily roll, when I 

 dropped into a bunch of antelopes. With 

 my revolver I broke the left fore leg of the 

 patriarch buck; which about knocked him 

 out, as I thought. Not having another shot 

 left, he could not be dispatched. I could 

 easily ride him down, and with a sabre 

 could have killed him; but could by no 

 means get my horse sufficiently near to 

 knock him in the head with the butt of my 

 pistol. When the buck was well enough 

 rested, off he would go, I after him. At 

 length my orderly came up, but neither had 

 he a round of ammunition. As the dogs 

 had chased the wildcat into a pond, so we 

 chased the antelope. Then he was seized 

 by the horns, drawn out, and his throat 

 cut. He was left by the pond for the wagon 

 to pick up. 



I wanted to get to the railway that night, 

 to leave only a short march for the next 



day to our station. By the time the road 

 was reached it was dark; however, there 

 was plenty of water in ponds, and grass 

 was abundant. There were piles of ties 

 along the railway, and with these we soon 

 had a signal-fire going for the train of 

 wagons. All of them, with the troops, were 

 soon in camp. 



The next morning I was somewhat dis- 

 gusted to find in the pool that supplied us 

 with water, a decomposed antelope. If you 

 think such a " find " upset the even tenor 

 of my way in any resoect, you do not know 

 the kind of stuff an American cavalryman's 

 stomach is made of. 



I know but one officer of the cavalry who 

 is a survivor of that trip; and he, poor fel- 

 low, never knew anything of the glory of 

 the chase. At least he was the only one 

 the decomposed antelope affected; and that 

 may have been to get a pull at our pocket- 

 flasks — something he did not keep for 

 himself. 



RADIOGRAPH OF WALL-EYED PIKE, IMMEDIATELY AFTER BEING TAKEN FROM THE 



WATER, BY WM. SCHUTTE. 



RADIOGRAPH OF AN EEL, BY WM. SCHUTTE. 



