. Sport and adventures among the North-American Indians [microform]. Hunting; Hunting; Indians of North America; Adventure and adventurers; Chasse; Chasse; Indiens d'Amérique; Aventure et aventuriers. 170 A NTKK. \M IS ).. During tlio night a Ntorm cninc on, luNting tiiu grrntrr part of tlu* next liny, no tlint wr liml to rrmnin two nii^litu nt tliu t'unn, hut it cU'ttrcd up tnwiinU rvniiii^, luiil thu iolluwiiii; inoriiinK >u< <«tartcil, two men K'lidiii'; thr hi)r<«', which I <*ulh'(l " llcnrv," thiit h('iii(( tho name oi' hid Mirt?; each of the mm having a ra\
. Sport and adventures among the North-American Indians [microform]. Hunting; Hunting; Indians of North America; Adventure and adventurers; Chasse; Chasse; Indiens d'Amérique; Aventure et aventuriers. 170 A NTKK. \M IS ).. During tlio night a Ntorm cninc on, luNting tiiu grrntrr part of tlu* next liny, no tlint wr liml to rrmnin two nii^litu nt tliu t'unn, hut it cU'ttrcd up tnwiinU rvniiii^, luiil thu iolluwiiii; inoriiinK >u< <«tartcil, two men K'lidiii'; thr hi)r<«', which I <*ulh'(l " llcnrv," thiit h('iii(( tho name oi' hid Mirt?; each of the mm having a ra\v-hi(h wan nome (h'^pcratt* phin^iii(( at tii'Ht, hut liu(hu;; he was powcrh-NH, he at h>M^th Nuhuiitted and eamu tpiietly. On reaching; our creek, whicli we had hd't nhout three ynrdn wi<h', and no nhaUow that we ot'ten went for milk to the eal)in in our Mlippt!rM,we fiMind it wax now a torrent lullv sixty yards with', and as there weru treuH on each n\i\v, hetwcen which the? water was rushin-;:, erossiii;^ it would ho very awkward, as you wouM ahnost certainly ht^ dashed a;;ainst these. We therefore camped where we wore, and picketed " Henry," scndin;; the men hack. We had arrived ahont dusk, haying conu; very slowly, and had heen very much sur|)rised at j^cttin;^ no answer from camp, nor could we see the tent or wa;;^on, thou;;h wi; were just opposite to where we had li'l't them; ho in tlu; mornin;^ we tired sonu* shots, on whiidi V up[)eare(l on a snuill hill some way oil', ami came down to the other side of the torrent, telling us that all was well, hut that they had had to shift camp siuldenlv. II und I made up our minds to swim it on horsehaek, taking; oil' most t)f our elothin^% and leavin;^ oui" rilles and saddles hehind ; so \\v plunged in, and the horses did not scum to mind it much; hut we at once found that wc could not make any way at all, ns we were carried dow n the stream and humped against the trees; so we juini)ed off and struck out fo
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