Democratic banner., 1845-02-08
From the Erpositor.' D
Life on the Prairies.
.essrs. Webb & Frenrh.

Life on the Prairies.
Mssrs. Webb & French;
Herewith YOU have some scraI
from my note book. lf they posse.
any interest win your renders | ma
"Iereat Tie do.e.'
YoGrs,
] can remember we'll with VIII.
| pleasure IN my Goyi>h days. ] hav
listened to the stories Of old Snare
the hunter; a man famous in Tie vii,
mountain district of the State ii
which ! spent part ofmy youth. OK
Snare was half Quaker. halt Indian
Was born ana had hved in tie Ale
cflany range nil his life. WIS iamiiial
with many scene Of border itud
could tell many a tale of the wild ilie
which he had led, OF time when the
var whonp Of the Indian was so alien
heard in the still forests, the preclude
To iaplne and death, and WEN The
'"r"stmHn never slept w,th' ut lis
trusiy rife ~ his side. ever prepar-
ed To use t;ahove all old Snare .was
a ''miphtv hunter letore the Lord
and the perpetual charms of his sto-
To me WIS. that he never failed
10 tell how !le has frs, tracked his
game, how lie had crepl up on it, how
he had shot. where he had hit it, and
''all about it,"
know not whether others share
with me this friendship 70, detail in
such matters, hut ! know that before
myseIfhave hutl the satisfaction OF
my W game on tie wild
! have often been vexed by
The concise manner in which some
mountain mar when ! asked him how
ne killed ii e Bear. the Buffalo or the
has told me,"why shot it, to
be sure"
81 surprising that some person may
De interested in such thirgS, it ! hope
SiIi be sufficient apology for my CIV
no come EXTRACTS from "A j%nu,na!
Ahich was only intended for the Pc
'usal of a relation. What shall be
he first7 Let us see. Here's II
hunt which ! find amnng the
notes of IA return trip from Santa Fe.
Iug"a l6h.-Camped seventeen
niles from the crossing Of the Arkan-
August the 1911. was Il bright and
sunny morn. the gorgeous dyes al
lie East recalling nothing else that ]
an compare them Ia, but the dawn
II the day before, f., least ] think OF
10 other comparison halt as COED ex-
indeed IT be tie joyous smile OF
VI. I.)
Our seven wagons "Tn'led OUT;
! e even waggoners most JehfelSh Y
:rackinI their whips and the serent!
mules III harness making all sorts ni -
loIse by "av OF k,eplrg uP The e1
:i,encnt. All fear OF meeting The
is forgotten in the JOY al
soon reaching the Arkansas. on the
,ther SIDE of which We shall he com
'araiiyely Sat home" Buffalo in
ight in Immense herds. Sl'lamo e.
INDIAN and myself conclu-
led 10 90 on a head and xiii u cua.-
We kept along for three or four miles
n advance Of the company. IN IL we
'ad an opportunity OF rushing cur
nimals on ii small baud feeding near
he trail; putting spurs 10 III mules
dashed on them before they had
.utice OF our approach, Sill on one
ide and myself on the other. In my
'aserncss, however, | tad overtaken
N enormous bull which was feeding
some little distance from the COWS.
md unfortunately rode between HIM
md the main bond. No sooner did
le perceive me in full chase OF the
,and. than le became the pursuer
md | the pursued; my mule was slow
md the enraced Lord o! the Pralrie
md myself were soon side by side
Wv situation was nov somewhat
critical; not to kill him was death To
nyseif. A prayer to the Virgin II
ing to my lips. tine tremendous brute
five yards OF my saddle bow.
took deliberate aim with n of my
leavy horse pistols, reservlng ny
for n second shot, and had
he satisfaction 10 witness ode despe'
ate plunge which sent him full TWEEN
v wards in advance of me, dead at
he first shot, my ball had gone
through his heart. In the meantime
Sill seeing my SILK" had left the band
without killing a COW. and was COM
ng to my rescue. Dismounting. We
.ook out the tongue, the hunters
and the only part Of n bull
which is fit to eat at this season and
off tho carcnss Eor those hrhind IN