The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1868-12-03

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INCIDENTS OF Al BbF aLo HUNT.
An excursion party over the eastern
division of the Pacific Railroad, which
trayerses Kansas to Fort Hays and be-
yond, has inst returned; The party
was composed Of general e ticket agents tsI
of .Yarious. railroad companies in the
United States. They were Jolly set
Of fellows. Their main object APP
pears to have been to get e shot at the
buffalo. At Fort Hays they borrowed
earbinesr and breech7loading rifle rifles,
but most of them were SO ignorant of
the use of firearms that they. had to be;
instructed how to load. Of course
there was danger that such q party Of. Of
hunters would kill more. Of their own o1wYH
company, than of bufaloes. They
were, what we would call q PickWick7-r
ian SET, Of hunters, who handled their hfr
firearms rs if they were no. no more l2r9 dan Ian
gerous than p walking stick. Thirty
miles west, Of, Fort Hays they une!x- mex,
pectedlY came upon a herd Of buffa-
loes, and a correspondent thus des-
cribes the ludicrous and exciting
scene which thereupon ensued: -
when. about 3 thirty miles west Of
Hays, the cry, fBufaloes! buffaloes1
was heard, and amid a. general rush lsI
for platform and windows, and the
exolamations. that arose, from every.
side, great, numbers of huge, hairy
monsters were seen galloping with
unwiedly movements from the line of
the track on, either side. As the train
rolled by they strung out. here and
there, manyrof them within fifty yards
distance.adWe had surprised them
Great was the excitement on the train.
Madly impatient, yelling and shout;
ing, the men rushed for the, platform
and baggage car, got in one another's
way, discharged their weapons here
and there at random. Not a few, mar
rowly escaped being victims, to impru-
dence and ,headlong carelessness. The
side entrances to the baggage car were
blocked up, and within those unable
to obtain shot were, frantically
stamping and tugging at those in front
of them. Men who had never before
held rife in their hads, discharged
their arms not thinking of. taking aim.
Some who had forgotten the instrue7
tions about loading were ridiculous
objects of despair, as they stood be-
wildered, after having vainly endeav-
ored to thrust in their cartridges at
the muzzle. Leland, with unusual ac-
tivity, clambered to the roof of one. of
the cars, and thence bla7ed harmlessly
away with a pocket revolver at the
fleeing herd Several; crowded p for
ward into the tender, and from, there
kept up a steady fire. Moran was
seen .wrangling about the possession
of, a q buffalo-who, unharmed, was
making good time. over the plain
with his Monor Judge Sweeny, and
offering to bet four dollars and a. hall
that was his bullet, and not. that of the
Judge, which, had brought the game
down. Meanwhile, many a, gigantic
monster was seen to falter, while those
untouched galloped rapidly away
The rattling of bullets was heard from
the windows, and the ladies' screams
were drowned in the yelling and
| shooting of the men. The train was
Psoon Stacked up, and MANY not wait
ing for it to stop, leaped out and gave
chase 3 So deceptive was the distanc,
that tie pursued did not seem to gain
and It was not until many d one hat
given out from sheer exhaustion tina
lit was seen to attempt TO- overtak'
them was tfrditless. Still the tirins
Went ON, and bullets flew in every di
rectioodn:.a tod Some few took Ieffect;; TIL
most failed: The party Z were nsool
scattered over. the plain needless Q
the admonitionp they had received t.
beware Of Indians, and intent OIL,
upon tn? SPORT. 1t Was 1udicrous I,
J witness the excitement, and yet be
! holder and hunter shared alike tn
common feeling. The btriy figure
tt5fl9At 81 9Atmore NOR, and bay Il were ere bebeid run
ming nimbly for awhile after the fdgi
) tive animals, and then gradually fal
tering, 81 until, after having vainlyI chase
) for mile q or more, yielding to fatigu
, and excess of avordupois, and sink
5 ing ing; utterly tagged, upon the Carpet
like plain = gazing iii mournfully upon tn
rapidly disappearing herd. Eighte
| weights kept npFsa longer chase, an
: only ceased pursuit when far. ava
e and out of sight in depressions of th
e seemingly level plain To ,th&eGRortf
y ward was seen q vast COLLECTION Of al
+. limals, covering several miles 5df
e ground, feeding peacefully, needles
e of the firing whose squad did dfrtnrpec NJ
: reach themi Toward this he herd seyel
9 al Of the wounded ,nimlals made the
g 4way,osT They were lplursued by0othel
I'll of the party, and and q que of them mI.rffe rfe