Daily Republican., 1888-12-29
LOST ON THE PLAINS

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dotted here and there q few great blarL
spots In the boundlets sea of brown.
This is the way II was WHEN NV nsrpnt,
TOOK me, then only lad, across the plain
more than thirty years ago. NV differ.
ent now with the engine earring across
day. " NUN
IbeFo are many houses on the plaint
now The pioneers have planted great
iofes's q trees, ana there are a &c
vast cornhelds, aud the songs Of happy
haryesters are found there. But the great
oiack spots that dotted tho OF brown
are gone forever. Those dark spots were
nerds Of bison, or buffalo, as they were
more generally called.
One mornil e in July, as the suu rose
| up and blnz d 9Th uncommon ardor. a
herd OF buffalo were seen grszlnE quietly
close to our tran, aud come OF the
younger boys who had guns or pistols
and who were dying to XII buGalo.
begged their parents to let them ride ont
aud take a shot
As It was a natural desire and seemed
a simple thing TO DO, small party of
boys was so ready. The mes were
| Obliged 70 stay with Ia train ard drive
the oxen; for the tents had alrsady been
struck and the long white line had bcgup
to creep slowly away over he level brown
sea toward the next water, little blind
1 81 S,d t,'1s H s! l5eli through the
wesC.
There were in our train two sous of n
rich and rather important man. Aud they
were now ilfst in the ca die aud ready h.
80 80 ."e - 'ut W N,9y were VAN and
oT a., , "n5 uS' o'"5ys hau ols opinion
Ladno, 49,, ~ iH.'yr hnt" tney
ib.,.. - - ,''' W awning eise.
siisnt ~ go ~ T., ~ TN sSu. iace1,
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-. w.. a. Va w Ino'er@ thh Gay
ar1 H., ,, 10y ,o,t -ne MtssouIl fVsr,
rs-.l,.. wv, hnu aious ne
,i.,, ~. y" NY olei Snu as ior the
~, ua , ~ it,y W,'u,a as soon have
sn' wy. o. sFtASlns 10 th'ir nesro cook
90 A. i 'tt ,-..-,,-,
,,, Xxx t'''yn Se' % tue'' ho'aee ready TO
~ IN NJ, 90. .9'u VI wagons foiled away
s '.I ~ ~ 'uau t1u'e up u IN" poor boy
,'S s'',I .7,u..-
- LIutlri 90 along win my
''y ','i Ilin~ lCine Iue game
.s 80 Nv t'Iss' SIR replica TIE
,uy..u TX ~ .,.. -,
,,. WI l'NG u''iiei l WIN Ret IN the
mat"n !, anu Iiiu there until you come
"a ~ uiRsu cue ANXIOUS IA her'
tIy Hafe no morse, no pistols or
s".t t.e boy
q, s' JG55hp on ny morse, anu ! VIII
az ~ Srleu Ihe f'sh man
-, H.n u, u4'''v"tta b2y mad mounted
sl,','i 'e '''L oIohleu ms oWh oeit
~ 49, - '|o '"l' any e"unE MS rue oY.r
uns r., bo,,. c.,o,t, ,,., y,.-..-
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lie r,rt, h1nl,,5 "n ~ NV uei'sgt -
Tin ~, - -, at'er 'nG nun so
I, Wfsf ai III. - ',',o ~ ""Ss
mona 81 ,,f.las,,i,I, $500 I'niu, tte
and uft,Hr tbei, 49, Ing ~ HNii.Flsi
fbsr, anr,ii,, I'm $3.50 tieSee eh1pA
a Snru Tttresiing tiIn ~ ~ n.y. It am3J LIN
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away a fins i.t hufI,Io -''ii,,s' ~ ,'-u
gysss bsfnrs tbsr, FoIt"Sy,tr no'' ,t N ,no
Flo n T,t5ers tbov iosdst ,,'nI- IAN, IAN
tcrc tbsr stno5 - III as,l,,l1e Puns
do aDd tErn yscn ~, 80 ~ 80. i'u'sio
TSc hErsf mai * ~ ~ SAM Ia, ~.
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ill., cS VI ad iool 'Ci5 saF Ss Tesleh Of
20 'i''''
~ AZ ~, ''s.S' shpu'eu ohe
WIZ, ~ s l'S ~ .,au ~, w otuer' .
,iart Wnou' Iny inE VII out WIN avery
knife, and. urobservsd. n,icleJ too boias
with The pol, tof IL eloss IN tbo bn'ist
huIp Then he mt no anger thcr, s,,t
again lacked AZ tbe hovs Tbeg ,gero
down on their kueps wild With deIign, a.
an Iostert Thav bad roaiig 49, -
knl a bnfTaioI In E,ct tbcy bsd Ina
III
'tFor ore. mn, two i.,,Ii.t. t,s..o- A.,
ope v, tl,sv crfsd '''A"
"TattcTs. III al thet.iI=s .,,6 ore
"And rut ma IN the mae, ,g.nt u
to make a coat collar g,r nv ,'.ts y y
shouted the ntber '''--'''
Without a Unrd thu b,,, atl a., n, ,ya.
Md ana hen a rreIy' 10 - ~
trophies on behind heir saddle,
ESoyy Irt,s oycr,oEs ,ba 80 o,d ,oii
ss.b,T We k,iIed The arst S1 M ~ y cr M
tbs eId6r If ,be ,,y., boys @'i 'i''1
.yyo,,t Lc La dsIiabi5I ,ho,,,,b,i, so,,
the oIber ma he elamhsrai IN to'bi
"a az ana .r-noi NJ 49,, ~ -, 80,
I,oLing S,r ,aros trsce ny
wagons 'S0''''' ~ 'e'''' '"N' W 'uS
,tJySere ,ro tbo,,,, cr,s8 bis hr,tbo,
Rolb hots isng6sd a liltie AZ Grst and
Then grcW veTv e.rsvs 800 -
tIhis Ia tha W. tbsv Upnt ,, c,i,d opa
n7,ptiuo "a ''>' ~ NV
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