Democratic banner., 1845-02-08

a trailing green bush over Ills head
and back. looked to his rifle, fresh
5 capped 1t, and commenced crawlino
$ carefully n hands and knees TO the
band OF buffalo which was NOT more
than three IN tour hundred Yards of.
concealed ~ 4 rise IN the; Prairie.
While rem:onrd pat emily behind,
waiting with tie mules IHland. I'M
ngIne my Impalieure. The band Of
Buffalo IS ieginnIn. 10 feed al owe the
next rise OF the PraiIie. they are star
tied, snuff the air very suspiciousIy
and bsgin doubttuliy To strike a short
trot over tie hill. VIVA, IA time Sill
Is. Why don't he fire? but he's pick
!rg nut a TAI n TO blaze away at no
d"ubI. Designating those whichmight
he nearest 10 him. Il can control nv
lmpaIIence no longer. ] must crawl
up TO the summit of the bill, ! see him.
he ~ the midst OF the band which,
Is scattered round him; they do not
discover him. He is not forty Yards
from il glorious cow. Tiers the
crack al his rifle ut last. She dun't
tall. He'sonI, worndsd her. They
have discovered him, the whole band
cross The far hull with their peculiar
numbering gailop. There Is an iu-
mense bull, the companion of the
wounded cow, lie Is tagging and
looking behind. Now the COW be-
gins TO ascend with staggering step,
the hill. All but these Two are on.
OF sight, %gnlloping over the sand hills.
SIilamo has loaded again. The poor
COW stops, looks buck at the hunter!
Now he has fired again. llurrah
She falls; but stop! Here comes The
old bull charging back, He walks
the fallen COW, lashing his
sides with his tail and tearing
up the earth with his i"ofs. He
walks off Il few yards. calls sadly To
the COW. Shes up again but the
run. rrey bo;h walk off tt
over the hill. into the next hot
She is safe enough, but We
kill the bull or he ii never lsa,c
Sill and myselfnow advanced. lead
ing our mules, and rIsIng the hill, saw
them AS we expected. on Il level an,-
phirhealre pi about i.ur hundred
surrounded by h lis. Now.
was fun, the buI was evident
" dangerous. The cow had AGAIN
unable to go further. W. did
not dare Ia o up close, $" we had Ia
content "u srlve With firm long ,hols
N the ID Gentleman, nd did five
>one seven or eight viii. uu further
fleet tlrin To make him .wI,ch his
~ each bullet stuck bin; but he
not leave the cav. Tee
WIS now nothing for i. hut IA msunl
,n1 advance on INN, masking Il ilhie-
US noise md ready TO fire and run
he attacked Us; iut we sue
in II igisteuing hun iii over tiis
Hills. f"l|nwed him ia Keep him oil,
Sill 10 deal with the cow
which was now dead.
Just rs mounted the hill, | met
he enraged Buffalo face 10 face. lie
seemed inspned With ireSi, courage
md no doub, ashamed ol his recent
light, was returning on US. There
no back Ut IN hun tHis Tint
Shouts, wells and Shots weie al met
~ectiyc, When ! found tbs the Case,
must Acknowledge | wheeled my
mule remarkably ias,-dashed spurs
IA her and ga.iuprd towards Sii,
Ia him 10 fire, nj the Buffalo
.iter me. | had barely lime TO reach
Sill. uismount, fling my rifle 10 IL rest,
and draw Il rad on HIM. Sill was
tire Buffalo was in Il fewyards.
both jumped TO m side and be-
fore he could urn we had each put
bullet in lis side. AT 50 short a dis
lance our fire failed net Ia be efiec-
live. He dropped a martyr to Con
iugal fidelity.
On examination we found that nine
hlIls had hit hun. A Butt.l bull
when enraged Is by no Means "easy
10 die and old hunters say he will
fight it'll n bullet in his heart.
And that's how we killed our COW
that day. We had fresh meat in our
camp that night, but they laughed
most heartily at me for many n day
after, for my exploits in the running
away line, which the Delaware's
thought too good a juke to keep.
Well. those cheerful nights on the
broad Prairie are pleasant, when thus
Al ound the camp fire we. tell the tales
Of the day.
Coop SroRY.-The Portland Bull
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