. Audubon and his journals [microform]. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. :"mm THE MISSOURI RIVER JOURNALS 105 's ed ng lit *;ho xce, Jell, r?, oi 3d at was a iway, ;d the .r, and sadvly, ulbert- ipart oi of tbe aed tny falo one Mr. about _l about XlWers. [J rascals ere satue rtravelled graz'iug aisb, ^\ la pond ot U buntets , off, ^ea^'- itbe po^^' and having ascended the opposite bank, saw the bulls grazing as leisurely as usual. The hunters near them, they started down the hill, and the chase immediately be- gan. One broke from the rest and was followed by Mr. C. who shot it,
. Audubon and his journals [microform]. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. :"mm THE MISSOURI RIVER JOURNALS 105 's ed ng lit *;ho xce, Jell, r?, oi 3d at was a iway, ;d the .r, and sadvly, ulbert- ipart oi of tbe aed tny falo one Mr. about _l about XlWers. [J rascals ere satue rtravelled graz'iug aisb, ^\ la pond ot U buntets , off, ^ea^'- itbe po^^' and having ascended the opposite bank, saw the bulls grazing as leisurely as usual. The hunters near them, they started down the hill, and the chase immediately be- gan. One broke from the rest and was followed by Mr. C. who shot it, and then abandoned the hunt, his horse being much fatigued. I now counted ten shots, but all was out of my sight, and I seated myself near a Fox hole, longing for him. The hunters returned in time; Bell and Harris had killed one, but Squires had no luck, owing to his being unable to continue the chase on ac- count of the injury he had received from his fall. We had a good supper, having brought abundance of eatables and drinkables. The tent was pitched; I put up my mos- quito-bar under the wagon, and there slept very soundly till sunrise. Harris and Bell wedged together under an- other bar, Mr. C. went into the tent, and Squires, who is tough and likes to rough it with the hunters, slept on a Buffalo hide somewhere with Moncrevier, one of the most skilful of the hunters. The horses were all hoppled and turned to grass; they, however, went off too far, and had to be sent after, but I heard nothing of all this. As there is no wood on the prairies proper, our fire was made of Buffalo dung, which is so abundant that one meets these deposits at every few feet and in all directions. July 21 y Friday. We were up at sunrise, and had our coffee, after which Lafleur a mulatto, Harris, and Bell went off after Antelopes, for we cared no more about bulls; where the cows are, we cannot tell. Cows run fister than bulls, yearlings faster than cows, and calves faster than any of these. Squires
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