Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, W.T. [i.e. Wis.]) 1843-1844, 1844-01-20
PRAIRIE AND MOUNTAIN LIFE.

PRAIRIE AND MOUNTAIN LIFE.
"Or Ness" Sport Continued = Luck IF The
Lion. The Lamb. The Quaker, &c.-John Ke!-
y-Draw the Sioord. Ireland &c.
There was one mess in camp known
as "Our Mess" composed of four, who
were severalIy and lacetousy cogno-
minated "rhe Lion" The Lamb"
"The Quaker" and Colonel Crockett
"Now tor a run now for fun now
we'll have them! Wdh! Look, Prince |!
n thousand of them in a bandl iii! hi!
hi, :"
So roared the Lion, mounted upon a
mule, by the side Of the Lamb, with
the Quaker before him, the Prince be.
hind him, Crockett on his left, and a
spy.glass up TO his eye. 1t was in the
afternoon, us we were lcisurely riding
along the banks of the Platte, discours-
ing about the route of the five bulls a
few hours before, and what each OF us
would have done but for some provok-
ing ifthat happened TO be in the way
al the time.
"Them's 'em al last" soid the Qua
ker, passing The spy-gIass 10 Crockett,
sand now for a run after the cows"
"You',I make a capital cow-driver!"
said Col Crockett.
A few miles in advance Of us we
could distinguish spread cluster
OF dark spoIs, which the Lion, who
had been in the wilderness before,
knew TO be buil'Ilo,s. Mules were
now exchanged for horses, the heavy
rifles for lighter weapons, of went the
Lion, the Lamb, the Prince, Col. Davy
and the Quaker, in company with
some fifteen or twenty others. The
nature OF the ground in this ins,an &c IA
vored us, aud we got very close on TO
the band before the brutes took alarm.
We had taken the usual precaution OF
approaching them from the lee; and
when we burst upon them, The near
view we obtained of their consterna-
ton and fright furnished spectacle
that made US involnntarily rise in the
surrups and shout again and again
with excitement and pleasure. The
Lion roared, the Lamb got half way
in an attempt to spell baker with a
shake on the 6a.) the Prince express
ed his emotion elegantly in the Sioux
tongue, the Quaker swore there were
a, least hundred and fifty IN the band,
aud Crockett, IN reply, asked him
what he was going TO do about il.
Away went the hutlalocs, down the
hollows, around the hills, headlong o.
yer all sorts of ground, with guns aud
pistols cracking among them in fine
style. The Prince got within thirty
yards Of the 5nvine quadrupeds, aud
took aim at the band-6ang he hi, 0
bull in the bose, and got out of the
way. The Lion run up to a COW, with
a Coli in his hand, as he called his
"six shooter" but his horse took a
sudden notion 10 be of in another direo.
ton, and the klog Of tho Forest saw
no more Of the monsters of the prai-
RE that day. The Lamb couldn't run,
ns he was carrying the spy-slass. aud
the Quaker wouldn't, because he dldn'l
choose 10 tire his animal down while
Col. David Crockett made up his mind
10 wait for grizzly bears before he
Joined in any sports 9th chase.
Others were more successful, and in
half an hour eight COWS, TWO bulls and
one calf lay dead upon the prairie, scat.
Tered abon, within the circumference
II two or three miles
That's my GOVT" called out hule
sharp-nosed, pale,faced, thin whisker-
ed EngIishman, riding up to where
Joe Fourier was sharpening bis Knife
upon The horn Of fallen animal
>"Ho'0 IS yon IF your mo.er a''
aid Joe, Masking a desperate a,,cmp,