Litchfield enquirer., 1853-03-03

That night the unhappy wretch sank exhausted upon the grass and sleDt. to awaken ina state of fear and danOer more appalling even than the night before. A compact and innnmerable band of buffalo came moving slowly across theregion of
 prairie on which he lay, and he started from sleep in imminent peril of being lrodden to death by the huge monarchs of
 the plain. As these dense masses of
 buffalo move they emit sounds that rise
 on the alr tlke a sea surge. and as the
 vast black herd came toward him in the deep midnight, the poor trader declared
 that rolling ocean seemed about to overwhelm him. Utterly paralysed with
 his danger. the unfortunate man conld
 but start to his feet and stand confound. cd, fearing either to fire or use other means to alarm the buffalo, lest by ex- citing their terror he should but increase his own peril. From this critical posi. tion. however, he likewise escaped un- hurt. for the animals separated, as is thelr custom when strange scent is dc. tected and passed on in two divisions. keeping some two hundred yards clear ot the mysterious intruder iu the middle. Day light was again appearing as the last of this innumerable herd of .crea. lures passed him. and the man was star. wing. He took aim with his rifle at a retreating buff.lo. and missed fire. for his purcussion cap was damp with the night dew. Still he was furnishing, and his only hope seemed to be in the s!augh.
 ter of buffalo. He followed crawling upon his hands and knees, and, aftdr hours of weary watching and labor, wonn ded a COW at last with a successful shot. but the terrified creature l,mpefl away, and tue whole band disappeared. while the poor trader fell prostate, too exhausted and faint to make another ef- fort in the pursuit.
 Tue unhappy wretch ley groaing aloud. alone in tho midst of the intern, inable waste. abandoned to desperation and de- spair, when the thin bark of a small prai~ rie dog attracted his attention. Once more ne charged his rife, for the little creature was in sight with its nose lifted just above the mound surrounding its hole. The starving man. still prostrate upon the earth took slow and cautious aim at the dog. and was fortunate enough to knock it out of it's hole with . broken back bat before ho could reach the spot the dying creature had wiggled back into its hiding plece again and disappeared. Wish his ten fin> to 6fhfit5sfi fifsTyoiss ms rsked m lhe earth with bis teeth. like wolf, while tho ex. piring creature was still biting as his has gers i-@ ..s3ats3l aa ! r l@
 This unnatural snstenanee restored the dropping man, and he was enabled to rs> sumo his wandering, which he continued for .hree more days and nigh,s.l alone. des- olate and, miserable, until he encountered a hunting party of Camanches, whom, 70 far from avoiding, he rushed 10 embrace as though they were kiad:ed near and dear and the best friends he could meet upon earth. They were friends, as it turned .out. for they set hitn upon the track to regain his comrades. with instructions to diiecs him, and buffalo meat to support him. pay- ing themselves by s,ripping him of his ris ae and everything else of the slightest val. ue he had about him. '.a+
 After four days travel the poor trader reache his friends again, and was wOls comed as one from the grave. Upon ,hs evening of his loss ssarcli had been made in all directions and signal guns 6rea fi,oSi
 the camp. which he would have heard had
 he not been lying inssnsibls by the buff.-
 los skeieton. Search was also continued
 apon llIe succeeding days, as the caravan
 moved along. bn; his wandering had been
 so irregular, tending in far and opposite
 direction. that ii was impossible to trncs
 him. The i've days suffering of this un-
 fortunate mao may be but fainlly imagined.
 Deserted and lost without hope in the in-
 terminabis solitude; alone in vast dos
 main of sky and grass furnishing, and
 tormeEted with raging thirsl-O. terms may not bs found of nervous force suffi- cient to thrill che natu:nl sympathiss as
 should such story ss shis of 1As L0st
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