The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1860-09-08

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short, SIMPLE yet effective pEayer--"God be
merciftii to mea sinner 20 OF in the language
of the isimitaHle Moore, 81
';As, down 10 the sunless retrreets q the ocean
Sweet fowrets are Swinging no mortal can see
So deep in Their bosoms the prayer of devotion
UnheaId by the world may rise silent to thee.
To remain stationary in camp, would ex
cite more noise, confusion. and occasion
more labor, than to move on, hence the Sab
bath could not be strictly observed by those
in our situation. We said in the com
mencement of these sketches that ne started
on the Sabbath this too was matter of
necessity. We had 10 start on that day-in
order 10 Join our Middle Greek friends,
without whose Com ant we could not have
gone at all. ar CT az T-E f1fvz 2
Innnmerable herds of buhalos were seen
10 day. chad in our company couple OF
gentle men who, ike ourselves. were perfect
novices in buffalo hunting-going out to
see the sights One of them appears to be
exceedingly anxious to kill a, buffalo f; he
soon. received the application Of 'sgreen
horn or as he was more frequently called
"greeHy." We scarcely ever came within
two miles of herd, OF, as often happened,
a solitary bull, making his way "afone IN
bis glory, . over the prairie, but-rhat gree
ny would snatch down his rifle and start
in full chase after them. No difference
whether the wind was to or from fhen-no
matter whether he was endeayerine 10
-thead them off," or following directly lin
aheir rear-no matter, though the sun
poured down iIsnielting rays, hot enough
TO make the very sand lizards pant, greeRy' g
ordor was not in the least altered !: he never
4. - fprt
that let the objects OF his pursuit were
entirely out of sight Saider had-with bis
characteristic politeness,g endeavered to
instruct all our green horns how to hunt
and kill buffalos, and having his bowels OF
compassion moved at seeing the sweat
streaming from greenys brow, he tried in
mind the futility of his attempt TO run down
day--on foot, and carrying a.rifie weighing
forty pounds 49, sa - Is
rGreepy paid no sttei t on to Nimro @ friend
dly advice, and met it all with look that
said very plainly--you cant catch old
birds with chaf''-"you can't fool me.'i
7 reckon know thing or two .Pool
greeny was the continued object of2the
ieers and witicisms Of the crowd. Yondel
is another buffalo, where is greeny? There
be is just-to the right of yeH sand hill only
about couple of miles off. Hurry greeny
YOU wiIEsoen, overtake him.. There, now
he has stopped for you-do not keepthe poor
fellow waiting this hot day. Now he is of
again. ''Suke, suke, suke, suke % as .
did you git that buffalo 'sgreeay %
mo 1 was lille toe far off when shot ;
Yes, rather. You made a mighty goot
shot considering" 81 -
81 don't think missed him much =
s:"Missed him-I call it. Why man,
saw the ball hit him, pop on his back ano
bounce off, and strike the prairie more thar
ten rods on the other side Of him.
II thought must have grazed him.
'.Grazed him lyon done more than that
why that buffalo must be as tenacious o
life as the Wandering Jew, if he stands VI
To day we got little too far from tn
river, aud found ourselves entangled among
the sand hills. After iaborious journe,
Of two or-three hours we succeeded in ex
tracing ourselves.
aeOur Middle creek friends had been out
few weeks before, and had made their perm
anent cncampmeut en- he eo1th sids of tin
Arkansas-to this point we were steering
and expected to reach it before night to day
The horsemen had gone ahead, and we haC
not seen them since noon. Towards even
ing, one tall Hoosier who had the teams
declared that Snider has directed him wrong
That we were striking the river either to-
far up or too low down. He was ready u
swear that he had never seen this place be
fore. At length we came upon some hun
tiers gathering.buffalo chips--of these we in
euired for our borsemen--they had seer
nothing of them. They pointed out I'll
spot of their encampment. We enquired o
them what chance there would be for camp
ing in grove of cottonwood, which ap
pearedt TO be little below them, they re
piled that that grove was on the oppost
side of the river. There was a considerabl
bend in the river before us, and we were in
formed that we would not be athletic fin
grass for our cattle until we had passed il
Il was nearly four miles above this, ant
nearly dark ere we found camping plact
Soon after camping we were Joined by ou
guides who informed us that the old cam
was about FIVE miles below, and was the yer.
grove of cottonwood we had enquire
about Poor Hoosier's scoutish pride got
tremendous fall. All the witicism at III
command of prairie voyqgears was poure
upon lis devoted head without stint o
measure.
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