. The life and practice of the wild and modern Indian; the early days of Oklahoma, some thrilling experiences. terrific force. It was an hour of terror and trouble andanxiety for us. I had never witnessed such a thing inlife and hope that it will never be my experience againin this world. But with the passing of the storm a great calm fellover the world, and the crimson rays of the setting sunbespangled the drenched prairie with ermine hues, min-gled with the colorings of silver and gold. It was ascene of indescribable beauty and grandeur. It madethe heart stir with sublime emotions that a wea
. The life and practice of the wild and modern Indian; the early days of Oklahoma, some thrilling experiences. terrific force. It was an hour of terror and trouble andanxiety for us. I had never witnessed such a thing inlife and hope that it will never be my experience againin this world. But with the passing of the storm a great calm fellover the world, and the crimson rays of the setting sunbespangled the drenched prairie with ermine hues, min-gled with the colorings of silver and gold. It was ascene of indescribable beauty and grandeur. It madethe heart stir with sublime emotions that a wealth ofadventure would be too feeble to express. We were fortunate, however, in finding a lone oaktree that had stood sentinel over the prairie waste thrupast years, and we pitched our camp under its ampleboughs for the night. The Guide climbed the tree andbroke away some dead limbs to be used for a fire, butthe supply was so limited that we could not get enoughheat from it to keep us warm, and it goes without say-ing that we spent a very miserable night. Our clothing 44 The Life and Practice of the Indian. a 3 \ Settling In the Seminole Nation 45 was wet and we were drenched to the skin with waterthat was almost ice-cold, Oh! we welcomed the dawningof another day and the warmth of the risen sun. We started on our journey very early hoping to reachanother Chickasaw camp before nightfall. The distancethat we had to travel to reach the camp was fifteenor twenty miles, and traveling over the country on footwas slow and tiresome, but we were very anxious to getto the camp, hence we had made greater haste thanusual. It was about nine oclock when we were attacked bysix large timber wolves. They are much more danger-ous than the little coyote and when they are hungryone may expect to have to fight them. We were ap-proaching the foot-hills and were just entering the tim-ber when the wolves, at about the distance of one hun-dred feet, charged us. The Indian squared himselfin front of the
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