. Colonial children . The hair growingon his head and neckis long and shaggy,and so soft that itwill spin into threadnot unlike people havestockings knit of it,that would haveserved an Israeliteduring his forty yearsmarch through thewilderness. Its horns are short and strong, and the Indians they aremake large spoons out of them, which they say will strong andsplit and fall to pieces whenever poison is put into Therewathem. The color of the buffalo is a dirty brown, and ground forits hide is so thick that it is scarcely penetratable. thlsbelief-Buffaloes may be easily tamed wh
. Colonial children . The hair growingon his head and neckis long and shaggy,and so soft that itwill spin into threadnot unlike people havestockings knit of it,that would haveserved an Israeliteduring his forty yearsmarch through thewilderness. Its horns are short and strong, and the Indians they aremake large spoons out of them, which they say will strong andsplit and fall to pieces whenever poison is put into Therewathem. The color of the buffalo is a dirty brown, and ground forits hide is so thick that it is scarcely penetratable. thlsbelief-Buffaloes may be easily tamed when they are takenyoung. As thick as this poor beasts hide was, a bullet made THE SUPPOSED BUFFALO. ^^fflffii^gt^. T1IK REAL BUFFALO. shift to enter itand fetch himdown. He wasfound all alone,though buffa-loes seldomare. The menwere so de-lighted withthis new diet,that the grid-iron and thefrying pan had 74 The Wilderness [No. 25 no rest all night. Before we marched this morn-ing, every man took care to pack up some buffalosteaks in his knapsack, besides what he crammedinto himself. Another day we encamped on a pleasant hill, over-looking a river which seemed to be deep everywhereexcept where we forded. The Indian killed a veryfat doe, and came across a bear which had been putto death and half devoured by a panther. The last named of these brutes reigns absolutemonarch of the woods. In the keenness of his hun-ger he will venture to attack a bear; though then itis always by surprise, as beasts of the cat kind comeupon their prey. Their play is to take the poor bears napping. Thebears are very drowsy animals. And though theyare exceedingly strong, yet their strength is heavy ;while the panthers are
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