. Our pioneer heroes and their daring deeds . drove was found, Buffalo Bill concludedthat as he had now some odds to give his opponent, he wouldride without saddle or bridle. The killing of thirteen buffaloesoccupied the remainder of the eight hours, and Cody was de-clared victor, the score being sixty-nine to forty-six. This reckless slaughter was rather wanton sport. But it wascertainly more sportsmanlilce than the practice on the early Pa-cific Eailroad trains, when,the iron horse sometimes being check-ed by the passage across the track of a great herd, the passengersamused themselves by sh
. Our pioneer heroes and their daring deeds . drove was found, Buffalo Bill concludedthat as he had now some odds to give his opponent, he wouldride without saddle or bridle. The killing of thirteen buffaloesoccupied the remainder of the eight hours, and Cody was de-clared victor, the score being sixty-nine to forty-six. This reckless slaughter was rather wanton sport. But it wascertainly more sportsmanlilce than the practice on the early Pa-cific Eailroad trains, when,the iron horse sometimes being check-ed by the passage across the track of a great herd, the passengersamused themselves by shooting the noble animals down fromthe car windows, etc. In May, 1868, the railroad was finished to Sheridan, and Buf-falo Bills services were no longer required. As scouts were ingreat demand on account of the Indian war which was then rag-ing, he concluded to engage again in that work. No difficulty,of course, was experienced in securing an appointment as scoutand guide, and he was ordered to report to Ft. Larned for duty. BUFFALO BILL. 697. 598 BUFFALO BILL. Soon after his appointment, he being special seont to Gen. Ha-zen, that officer left Fort Larned with an escort of twenty sol-diers, with, of course, Buffalo Bill, for Fort Harker. The party ar-rived at Fort Zarah at noon of the same day, where G-en. Hazenleft his guard, with instructions for them to return the next day;and he proceeded alone to his destination. The scout did notwish to wait, and telling the sergeant in command of the squadwhat he intended to do, saddled up his mule and started backalone. He had gone about half the distance when he was sudden-ly jumped by about forty Indians, who came dashing up tohim, extending their hands with the greeting: How, how!Eecognizing them as some of the very redskins who had latelybeen hanging around Fort Larned, he extended his hand; think-ing it best to respond thus to their overtures, although they hadon their war-paint and were evidently on the war-path. Stretch-ing out h
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