. Adventures of a young naturalist. Natural history; Indians of North America. 488 THE AD VENTURES OF On reaching firm ground again, we hoped to perceive a hu- man dwelling, but the trees restricted our view. At lastj in the afternoon of the third day, just as we were endeavoring to go round two wild bulls engaged in a com- bat, a horseman came out in front of us, halted for a mo- ment as if in indecision, and then turned short round and rode off, after having fired his gun at us. We hurried on our horses, making sure of soon coming upon a hacienda, when we heard another gunshot, and a. bullet
. Adventures of a young naturalist. Natural history; Indians of North America. 488 THE AD VENTURES OF On reaching firm ground again, we hoped to perceive a hu- man dwelling, but the trees restricted our view. At lastj in the afternoon of the third day, just as we were endeavoring to go round two wild bulls engaged in a com- bat, a horseman came out in front of us, halted for a mo- ment as if in indecision, and then turned short round and rode off, after having fired his gun at us. We hurried on our horses, making sure of soon coming upon a hacienda, when we heard another gunshot, and a. bullet whistled by our ears. The Indian rode swiftly to- wards the would-be murderer, but he went off at full gal- lop. In spite of my cries, the Indian fired at him, and horse and man rolled upon the ground. The fool had mistaken us for horse-stealers; and the Indian, after soundly thrashing him, at my entreaty let him off. When night came, we were at the foot of the mountains; so all we had to do was to join the main road from Vera. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Biart, Lucien, 1828-1897; Gillmore, Parker, editor; Benett, Léon, engraver; Simon, P. , engraver; Moll, E. R. , engraver; Pisan, A. , engraver; Gauchard, Félix Jean, engraver; Pannemaker, Adolphe François, 1822- engraver; Harper & Brothers, publisher. New York: : Harper & Brothers, publishers, Franklin Square
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