A new and popular Pictorial History of the United States . nt, the lit-tle thing is conquered, and makes nofurther resistance. * I have often, saysa writer, in concurrence with a knowncustom of the country, held my handsover the eyes of the calf, and breatheda few strong breaths into his nostrils ;after which I have, with my huntingcompanions, rode several miles to ourencampment, with the little prisonerbusily following the heels of my horsethe whole way, as closely and as affec-tionately as its instinct would attach itto the company of its dam. This is oneof the most extraordinary things that
A new and popular Pictorial History of the United States . nt, the lit-tle thing is conquered, and makes nofurther resistance. * I have often, saysa writer, in concurrence with a knowncustom of the country, held my handsover the eyes of the calf, and breatheda few strong breaths into his nostrils ;after which I have, with my huntingcompanions, rode several miles to ourencampment, with the little prisonerbusily following the heels of my horsethe whole way, as closely and as affec-tionately as its instinct would attach itto the company of its dam. This is oneof the most extraordinary things that Ihave met with in the habits of this wildcountry. The elk was one of the most usefulanimals to the Indians, in those regionswhere it abounds. It is a large, andsometimes a rather formidable animal,though its first impulse is to escape,when it discovers the approach of abounded in New England at thefirst settlement; and they have beenhunted within half a century, or a littlemore, among the White hills of NewHampshire. It is the largest of the 37. c C3 a ^i;,!(i*iSiat1ini;;,rT DESCRIPTION OF THE STATE OF MISSOURI 579 deer trihe ; but fossil animals of thekind, found in the earth in several pla-ces in Europe, far exceed it in form is far from graceful, and thegait in running is remarkably awkward,owing, apparently, to the great weightof the horns. The head is carried in ahorizontal position, the neck is stretchedout straight forward, and the pace ortrot throws the body from side to sidewith a rolling motion. When broughtto bay, it sometimes makes dangerousblows with its heavy and projectinghorns. The flesh of the elk is esteemed forfood, but is less common in the westthan buffalo meat. Hunting the Buffalo.—There are sev-eral modes and several different weap-ons by which the buffalo is slain by theIndians of different tribes, and at difler-ent seasons. The gun is not, however,preferred, so generally, as might be ex-pected, nor so extensively adopted as itmig
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