. Buffalo land: an authentic account of the discoveries, adventures, and mishaps of a scientific and sporting party in the wild West; with graphic descriptions of the country; the red man, savage and civilized; hunting the buffalo, antelope, elk, and wild turkey; etc., etc. ... The appendix comprising a complete guide for sportsmen and emigrants. ^, whilethe other absorbs train-oil, and so a half-breed Alaskanheathen is always prepared for spontaneous combus-tion, and if rubbed the wrong way, flames up is always hot for murder, and if you throw coldwater on his designs, his oily n
. Buffalo land: an authentic account of the discoveries, adventures, and mishaps of a scientific and sporting party in the wild West; with graphic descriptions of the country; the red man, savage and civilized; hunting the buffalo, antelope, elk, and wild turkey; etc., etc. ... The appendix comprising a complete guide for sportsmen and emigrants. ^, whilethe other absorbs train-oil, and so a half-breed Alaskanheathen is always prepared for spontaneous combus-tion, and if rubbed the wrong way, flames up is always hot for murder, and if you throw coldwater on his designs, his oily nature sheds it. And many a yarn did the captain spin concerningtheir strange customs. Sealing a marriage contractconsisted in the warrior leaving a fat seal at the holeof the luit, where his intended crawled in to herhome privileges of smoke and fish. Their favoritegame was okl sledge, played with prisoners toshorten their captivity. All this, and much more, probably equally true, wehad picked up of Alaskan history, and at one timeour chests had been packed for a voyage on the Har-poon; but at the final council the west carried it .v,.-,^ w I.
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