. 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. was nuch liad rey- TIIYINCJ TIIK MKN8 COURAOK. 11)7 hounds name to a very sad end. One day, as he scicnuul to hi; sudbring from the heat, we tied him under tlie wag;;on, as it was a sliady phice, and soon after doing so we rode alifjad for some purpose, supposing that the men wouhl keep an eye on him, as there were three of them bcihind the waggon leading horses, and when wc rejoined the party w
. 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. was nuch liad rey- TIIYINCJ TIIK MKN8 COURAOK. 11)7 hounds name to a very sad end. One day, as he scicnuul to hi; sudbring from the heat, we tied him under tlie wag;;on, as it was a sliady phice, and soon after doing so we rode alifjad for some purpose, supposing that the men wouhl keep an eye on him, as there were three of them bcihind the waggon leading horses, and when wc rejoined the party wc found the poor dog (Unid and stiff, having evidently been dragged for some distance by the ncek. The next settlement wc reaehcd was a very small one on the Jan Jaha River, where we were told that there was a first- rate man to take as guide, as we had hitherto failed to find one, everyone ol)jccting to go across the plains through the Comanche Indian country with so small a party. This man was away when wc arrived, hunting for strayed horses, so wc camped there to wait for him. While there F and I rode to a house some way up the river, to try and buy some milk and butter, and on our way back, hearing some of our men bathing in the river, we thought we would try their courage, so we galloped through the bushes giving the Comanche war-whoop. On emerging on the bank, Ave could see five or six naked figures going for cover at a great rate, and I cannot say that they exactly blessed us when they saw who wc were. Hearing that John, the cook, was the only man in camp, we went into that in the same way and very nearly got shot, finding John under the waggon with a repeating rifle in his hands, aiming in our direction, and only just seeing who we were in time to avoid firing. I have forgotten to mention that mc had picked up another man in San Antonio, whose name was Halliday. He had been a miner in Montana, where he had made about jt;2000; -with. 'Mi. «â 'â i. Please note that
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