Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1871-03-15

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In Isuu.rv ID. John Wils1n, q lad
al,oat i6 wears Of aze. lsii has hone. On
No.auito Bottom, ksns1s. m conpany
With his father and two nsighbors, for
he purpose Of hunting buffalo On the
MINER Arkansas The weather was All
thai could b. wished. game MS ioand m
Abundance. and the hunters secured a.
mach As their teams were able g. haul
bsck on 80 long q distance, and on the
10th preparations were made for return
home.
Young Wilson, had become enchanted
With the Wild scenes and wilder sports,
and sh0uhering his gun hastily, be
started out. and was son lust b. sight
as be picked his way quietly along the
rivsr hank and timber. The boy not ~
turning in a reasonable time 30 the camp
his father aud companions became I'M
easy. and set out in search 81 him. Guns
were fired. but no answer came m r.
sponse. The sane was continued through
out the night, and large fires were kin
died ON the highest eminences IN the
hopes Of attracting his attention, but all
in vain. The day elapsed in frulileSs
search, followed by another night Of de-
monstrations similar to those Of the first,
On the third day, after fully deliber-
ating on il, the party concluded 10 re-
turn home, form companies OF their
neighburs, and make a grand search Tor
the boy on the plains.
Awakening from sleep, through feel
ing Of GOODNESS, young Wilson looked
out upon the dreary waste before HIM.
The wind still blew. but the sleet had
subsidized. His frozen clothes clanked
about his body as he arose and picked
up his gun. He now fully recognized
his situation, and his first thoughts were
on his friends and something 10 eat To
choose his course puzzled him, yet no
time was to be lost He plucked from
one Of the bushes a sprig sat 1t ON end,
and in his boyish way, resolved on gong
in the direction it might fall As the re-
suit will show, il fell in the opposite d.
rection TO that in which his friends were,
and he wandered further and further
away.
For procuring food his gun was now
his only reliance, and as he trudged about
he kept sharp lookout for game. The
first day out nothing in the game line
presented itself, but on the second day
a small herd Of buffalo, on which he
fired, passed him. His shot was short
of the mark, and they were soon away.
So he passed the third and fourth days.
Weakened by hunger and fatigue, he
nevertheless kept mp good courage, and
hoped that if he did not find his friends,
he at least might fall in with other hun
tiers or Indians, friendly or otherwise, he
did not care much which, so long as his
scalp was safe and a prospect of re-
pIenishment of his stomach offered.
On the morning of the fifth day he
came to q small stream, skirted by few
scattering trees. Here he gathered some
broken limbs, and pulled out from be
meath the roots the dry grass and started
a fire. This he did by firing off his gun
and blowing the wad INTO blaze, which
soon grew into a warming fire, by which
his frozen clothes were thawed out and
himself warmed. BY this time he
was too hungry and worn out TO proceed
much further, and he resolved on keep
ing up his fine through the day and
night While so engaged late IN the ev-
ening, he was suddenly startled bya grufi
how and dirty big Indian stood be
fore him, with a gun on his back and the
hind quarters of an antelope.
Bully replied Wilson, " how your
self ?" He gazed in establishment at the
intruder. The Indian comprehended
the situation, proffered him portion Of
his meat, and they sat down together and
ate ravcnously of it. The heat and foot
liveied him up, and he soon ascertainec
that band of friendly Indians were en-
camped few miles below. To thii
camp the two repaired, and Wilson wa
welcomed kindly, and fed for three days
when enough provision was given hin
to reach the settlements. His cours
was pointed out and he started on hi
homeward journey. He travelled tire
days, when he fell in with his father AM
friends, who were returning to reneN
the search for him. The meeting was
Joyous one, and young Wilson is conten
with "only one more shot"