Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-11-17
POETRY.
fFr.m the .Ne,r Orleans Pieclnss.!
INDIANS HUNTING THE BUFFALO.

fFrsm the Nr,r Orleans Piccluas.!
INDIANS HUNTING THE BUFFALO.
silence bene aih the noon day sun, j. Secpihs
Watch DER the unlrnd riairics OF the "cs''
Where nyriads of buffalo are sleeping,
Or grazing ear,h's green and 'io"sry .ieas'
And their low believing doth Stiffness pss"H'
Is zephyr moves the lake.
Like the low s,rging Of distant sea,
Orlike the murmur of a storm retiring,
The sound the creatures utter seems 10 w
Nor roar, nor believing, but 4 snort te,pian.,
Which, made by millions, low YET a"iui' seo"'
Like thunder heard IN dreams
Count in tile milky way each little star,
Then number the Wild monarchs oi the Scehe'
Around the land, 10 the horizon lar,
The wilderness is black Instead OF green
Millions and ,,vr'Ids. unseen. unknown,
Rove the wild waste tiey own.
Dut hcarkcn listen Other sounds are near
See far away commotion speed along,
like darkIine waves some wild and sudden fear
MoYes like a storm dashed sea the mighty thfone'
And law bulls rising In sudden fright,
stretch their huge limbs in fight.
An Tia, as still and peaceful only now,
Now is scene Of terror Wild and strange;
The solid earth is moving, tremhlins--inw
Appalling, how bewildcTing the change'
One vast, bilcS living mass, III !ieadlons speed,
Flying across the mead.
Tic cause the cause. Look 10 the sky atar;
See there The dust rising III sudden clouds;
Hear there the red niai'S piercing scream oil var
MARX The Wild ,teea mixed with the flying crowds
Gee the swift ARROWS, flashing III The sisM,
Like taant stars Of michi.
A thousand hunters, on INtlr 'ltt-tSth stt'"''
W,th barrie arrows aal with Blended bow,
Shriosin I a. each victim falls and bleeds,
Are dealing death among the buffalo!
See the wild herds, swift crossing As ihey ny,
The verge OF land aud SKY.
On. on. Now hither, thiiher wildly Spreading,
Their startling eyes IN phrenzy slaring rannn,
Bends the throng, some staggering ana beeulhg,
Gorng The mir and tearing up The ground
Crossed turned, cut of and maddened by the foe
ill-fd.ed buffalo.
See the Canrlnche>, with tiend-like ease,
t,,lt, ct.a Tho MIA
Their long, dark scaplocks streaming 20 the breeze,
Red as the sunbeam with veImiliioa STAIN
Now distant far, then instant flashing higher,
Like mounted flames of lire.
And see the prcnzed buffalo nj hay,
Aner his savage hunter niadly rushing;
Vanly he fights. or seeks 10 'Scape away,
With the red stream from his wide nosiris gushing
H- pauses, s,arsers, pants and eiares around,
Then headlon. seeks the ground
Gorns the earth, gaspins feeble breath,
And spoung blood, he falls upon his side;
And soon the quivern. agony oi death
Leaves his limbs stiff aud eyebails staring wide;
But e'er hc yields his parting breath of life,
lie feels the butchers knife
Now mark the magic changing Of the scene;
Gone are the hunted my rads from the plan;
The earth again displays it, carpet green,
And some poor hundred buiialos remains
Some fighting still, staggering, saSpiag, dying
Around the prairie l:inc.
Around them see .hc red Cananchcs crowd.
10th haze victims horns thell Md >'eeaS tied
With ,iashin. knives and yels oi triumph loud,
Tearing the warn. skin f,um his reekin. SIDE
See the red devils, with TIE bfa!e's oHn hUoi,
Knocking his hump RIBS or
Thus rall the unar,cd :nouerchs oil the waste;
i:: centuries shall seek eternal rest,
E:e the la. LONELY huiidlo j. chased
From The Wild, grassy gardens u the West
Then, like :hc mas;odoR, r.pi,.d.Gp bone
Shall be his funeral stone. PnAz,