. The life of Hon. William F. Cody, known as Buffalo Bill, the famous hunter, scout and guide. An autobiography . A RACE FOR LIFE. 165 miles lie got right down to business, and did some of theprettiest running I ever saw. But the Indians were aboutas well-mounted as I was, and one of their horses in par-ticular—a spotted animal—was gaining on me all the all the other horses were strung out behind for adistance of two miles, but still chasing after me. The Indian who was riding the spotted horse wns armedwith a rifle, and would occasionally send a bullet \vliistling. ©OWN WENT HIS H
. The life of Hon. William F. Cody, known as Buffalo Bill, the famous hunter, scout and guide. An autobiography . A RACE FOR LIFE. 165 miles lie got right down to business, and did some of theprettiest running I ever saw. But the Indians were aboutas well-mounted as I was, and one of their horses in par-ticular—a spotted animal—was gaining on me all the all the other horses were strung out behind for adistance of two miles, but still chasing after me. The Indian who was riding the spotted horse wns armedwith a rifle, and would occasionally send a bullet \vliistling. ©OWN WENT HIS HORSE. along, sometimes striking the ground ahead of me. I saw that this fellow must be checked, or a stray bullet from his gun might hit me or my horse; so, suddenly stopping Brighara, and quickly wheeling him around, I raised old Lucretia to my • shoulder, took deliberate aim at the Indian and his horse, hoping to hit one or the other, and fired. He was not over eighty yards from me at this time, and at the crack of my rifle down went his horse. Not waiting to see if he recovered, I turned Brigham, and in Sk10 166 LIFE OF BUFFALO BILL. moment we were again fairly flying towards our destina-tion ;, we had urgent business about that time, and were in ahurry to get there. The other Indians had gained on us while I was engagedin shooting at their leader, and they sent several shots whiz-zing past me, but fortunately none of them hit the intendedmark. To return their compliment I occasionally wheeledmyself in the saddle and fired back at them, and one of myshots broke th
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