The Red Cloud chief., 1884-08-08

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MOI very far haek n the history a
thu Laramie pIAsn2, buffalo were -
common a. tbs antelope srs there nov.
snd on . good day you viii see 500 %
so snfeiopes IN , ride frusn LarAmie
CITY 30 Last Chaacc and hack
Nov. however. tho buffalo hsvc taken
their fight from sc1shcrn Wyoming
and driffei TO the northwest. where
thcy can sill be slain for . fs~ more
wears. The day II not distant ! fear.
when We will only have on. buffalo
apiece for the foreign dadss who come
10 orr coasts 60 regain thcs. health and
marry our actresses.
We were rather startled = day IN
Laramie by th. howl Of ''bUffalo' on
the streets not long aga lnguir.ng
into The MISTER, l found that the game
had been .isa:-d across the riyer. bot
oye three miles from town. Every.
body was Wild. In Ten minutes it,e
livery stables were empty and everv
man with \ team nal n Dad OF excited
men moving toward the herd
1t was a grand exodus. and for n
mile or two il iooket. Ike n mass meet
iuE- lBttt WE.t Iap cs tllfr guns
aud perhaps twenty revoiyers In tho
party. Some %: Us were in express
wagons. some in drays and soms in
carriages. We hurried on exc..ediy
uniil the advance guard set mp q wild
sell, which mcan that The game was
in sight. and that no n in That crowd
had ever seen 7 buffalo before.
Every ones eyes were strained 30 get
q glimpsc OF the herd. Eyery one held
his breath. waiting for tie thunder and
dust of the s:ampede. i had Just de-
ciicd that the whole thing was u sell
when one O! The party pointed out ~ q
little distance on The foot 1911 10 our
right n buffalo bull. This Was our
prey. he was trying to eat when We
hove in sight. and was doing as we'll.
perhaps. IS any OLD buffalo could with
ou, teeth He had worn most of his
hair of when the country was'ncw.
and it had neglected 10 grow again.
His ears had been gnawed by coyotes
and the ravarcs OF time till they had a
fringe on them W an inch deep. His
back looked like one OF these old-fash-
ioned hair trunks, and his little tive
cent tail had about rs much hair on the
end Of il rs = ramrod in full bloom. /
never saw such u sad looking face. II
had an expression OF deep-sea;ed woe
and painod surprise, such as n ma
has when u tiye-stOry brick warehouse
falls on him. H. had the same grievcd.
sorrowful look of reproach that q msn
might wear if he were to leap a nine
rail fence in the solemn bush Of the
night and fall into the embrace Of =
bulldog in the prime Of life.
The old bull raised his head in a SOL
emn way aud tried TO snort as he used
TO in the early history Of the country,
but it was n failure. he then tried 10
raise his tail and lash his sides with il,
but the effort was not crowned with
success. His tail mad forgotten its
cunning.
He then tried to flash his eye. but it
wouldn't flash. Hc turned slowly
around and. as we'll as the poor old
foundered brute could. no tried 20 am
bio AWAY. Then q brave man from the
cultivated east, wearing q new suit of
buckskin that ho had just bought rode
fearlessly up to the old bull and filled
him full Of buckshot from the muzzie
Of u secondhand ~two-dollar gun.
The veteran of the plains fell with a
half below. half groan and died. He
would have died in n few days anyhow.
1t was an exciting hunt!
The man who a~ssassinated that fee
bic old bull was ut once named the
Buffalo Saver, and he had to 60 some
where else 20 get work. don't know
why it is considered such q big thing
to Kill q buffalo. 1t is far more diff
cult to kill u good. a~ble-bodied elk or
deer. l saw m Englishman at the
Palmer house last summer who had.
no doubt, failed 10 fnd u buffalo docile
enough TO stand still and be shot. so he
was carrying homo TO MerryEngiand the
bleached and decayed skull OF . buffalo
killed fifty years ago. perhaps. Yes.
sir, he was carrying that thing 5000
miles in a shawl strap.-BhI Nye IN
NeW York Mercury.