. The life of Hon. William F. Cody, known as Buffalo Bill, the famous hunter, scout and guide. An autobiography . aroundtowards the south, and after getting them on the south sideof Clear Creek, some twenty of our men—just as the dark-ness was coming on—rode back and gave the Indians a fewparting shots. We then took up our line of march forSweetwater Bridge, where we arrived four days afterwardswith all of our own horses and about one hundred capturedIndian ponies. The expedition had j^roved a grand success, and the eventwas celebrated in the usual manner—by a grand spree. A GRAND SPREE. 109 T
. The life of Hon. William F. Cody, known as Buffalo Bill, the famous hunter, scout and guide. An autobiography . aroundtowards the south, and after getting them on the south sideof Clear Creek, some twenty of our men—just as the dark-ness was coming on—rode back and gave the Indians a fewparting shots. We then took up our line of march forSweetwater Bridge, where we arrived four days afterwardswith all of our own horses and about one hundred capturedIndian ponies. The expedition had j^roved a grand success, and the eventwas celebrated in the usual manner—by a grand spree. A GRAND SPREE. 109 The only store at Sweetwater Bridge did a rushing businessfor several days. The returned stock-hunters drank, andgambled and fought. The Indian ponies, which had beendistributed among the captors, passed from hand to hand atalmost eery deal of the cards. There seemed to be nolimit to the rioting, and carousing ; revelry reigned the third day of the orgie, Slade, who had heard thenews, came up to the bridge and took a hand in tlie fun,^as it was called. To add some variation and excitement to. ALF. SLADE KILLING THE DRITER. the occasion, Slade got into a quarrel with a stage-driver andshot him, killing him almost instantly. The boys became so elated as well as elevated overtheir success against the Indians, that most of them were infavor of going back and cleaning out the whole Indian old driver especially, Dan Smith, was eager to open awar on all the hostile nations, and had the drinking beencontinued another week he certainly would have undertakenthe job, single-handed and alone. The spree finally cameto an end ; the men sobered down and abandoned the ideaof again invading the hostile country. The recovered7 110 LIFE OF BUFFALO BILL. horses were replaced on the road, and the stages and ponyexpress were again running on time, Slade, having taken a great fancy to ine, said : Billy,I want you to come down to my headquarters, and Ill makeyou a sort of supe
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