The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-01-22

taking off his coat and puttinc Il
the animals eyes. But then. ~ sh ove.
the horse stop, he would he l. should
down by the butlaloes, and 1h. a.e
them be pounded to death bera "ove q
feet of the herd. "ea'h the
So powerful are these clums,,
that in q large herd they are ,I Al, oes'ts
vincib!e. They leave a ,ra u ts''lost il.
them which HI much resembles a n H,tnlad
ile'd. Should one of the number p.0 WE'D
its footing. it is almost sure to he l; lose
by its companions, as those in tho v H .
crowd'ng upon the forward ranks n ,sat'
pause impossible. ''aSe
CrocAcr observed his sons nor;,c
lie was heard to cry ont suddenly " as
then, applying his spurs, he ~a i, aa',
IN III" rear of the fas,-rctrcatiur hd"'
l.ecicrr and nUtch followed hsri " "
! his he"is, but the coidcr-bloodrJ W Ht'0a
cans remained 10 skin the buIuiocs st M
little party had Slain. ''s ne
Meanwhile. Viii had given himsor
tor lost: But he looked his peril in ~, up
face with a courage beso,teu Of "a :, I I;s
among dangers. lie
Suddenly, 4 desperate tl,ouch, .
CURED to him. He had heard Jror w.
:ndtrappers,elio! Indian hunters vhets
mode OF killing bnila'ocs was "T b':
running on their BACKS, jump;n, ivy y!
one to another, and spearins them 'a'l
they ran. Why couii not no o'a. as
that way9 The animals were coso o' J.
Gcthcr. and, though a misstep Womb mid ~
fatal, to remain in his present oos;,;o W
was certain death. ''''ou
a dense cloud of black dust HIM,
over the herd, through which na n"4s
was visible but the tossing sea 0; hp,sss
near him. He, therefore, hal No ;das
how many of the animals intervaOeeaa
between himself and safety ~.
chances of escape seemed not ono ;n
ten. but the stumbling of his horse da
cIdcd him to make the ATTEMPT.
More tho'I rhtful than most bor,
would have been in the face OF dancs,
like his. he unbucklcd his horses hr;1Is
and tied it around his gun (Which hs
carried strapped to his back. and tben
getting Oft his saddle onto the horsa's,
wi,hcrs. he loosel the cirth and lot :,
fall to the ground, intending, shopldh s
succeed in making his escape, to ON
back and pick it up. He now rose % 70
his feet on the horses back, ho|lirr IA
the animals name. and in an Instant
lcapca to til" nearest buffalo. ho|lnc
his gun' like Lalancing:pole, in both
hands.
The animal plunged, but he jumpea
to the next and the next. like Ella
crossing the Ohio on the ice in "lIncle
Toms Cahin.' He had accomplished
half the distance, when one OF the hnf.
ialoes, sec.n- him coming, ismped to
one side. Iii" boy fell between. but
dropped his ~nn in time to GRASP the
animal BY lis long hair, and with diti.
entity ne climbed upon the terrified and
piunging creature and Jumped DIES.
pera,ely on till he reached the outside
Of the herd, when he fell to the Ground
and rolled over and over. with his head
swimming and heart leaping for joy,
He was Yet in danger from the stray
glers on the edge OF the herd, but the
cloud of dust and the animals it Oh
srured passed by and faded into
smoke-like billow, leaving him unin.
jured.
Ten minutes after, Crocker and his
two followers galloped up and, to their
great JOY, found the boy unhurt beyond
q few bruises.
Will rode home behind his fathers
saddle, but whether or not the advent.
ure had any effect for good on his stub.
born nature the chronicle saith not.
Let us hope it had.-F. Marshall White,
IN st. Nicholas.