. The young Nimrods in North America : a book for boys . n thevicinity, and when we put out our animals after unharnessing, we werenot as watchful as we should have been. One evening, while we were getting supper, we suddenly heard a STAMPEDING MULES AND HORSES. 205 shout as though all the Indians in the country were upon us. We lookedup, and ran for our guns, but were too late. Three or four Indians were riding through our herd, yelling at thetop of their voices, and waving strips of cloth in the air. Each of themcarried a lance, and every lance-head had a red strip fluttering from it,which a
. The young Nimrods in North America : a book for boys . n thevicinity, and when we put out our animals after unharnessing, we werenot as watchful as we should have been. One evening, while we were getting supper, we suddenly heard a STAMPEDING MULES AND HORSES. 205 shout as though all the Indians in the country were upon us. We lookedup, and ran for our guns, but were too late. Three or four Indians were riding through our herd, yelling at thetop of their voices, and waving strips of cloth in the air. Each of themcarried a lance, and every lance-head had a red strip fluttering from it,which added to the picturesqueness of the performance. This was a regular stampede. It was over in a few minutes, andleft us without a single horse or mule to help ourselves with. Our wholeherd had taken fright, and joined the fleeing Indians, and when we lastsaw them the Indian horses and ours were scampering away together. A remarkable thing about a stampede is the effect on the tired andworn-out horses. A weary, spavined animal, out of which you can hardly. THE STAMPEDE. get more than three miles an hour on the road, and who can barely standwhen turned out to graze, will be as active as any other when stampeded,lie throws his head in the air, and can keep up with the best of his com-panions, and sometimes he gets a little ahead. I have known a horse soold and worn as to be dear at five dollars who could take the lead in astampede, and make a spectator believe he was the pride of a circus/ 200 THE YOUNG NIMRODS. Supper was over before dark, and then the lire was carefully extin-guished. Captain Bailey, who commanded the party, ordered the guardsto be specially watchful over the animals, and, as a matter of precaution,they were driven up and picketed close to the camp. A long rope, called,in the parlance of the plains, a lariat, was attached to the neck or forefoot
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