Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-08-20

ing in this singular mode of defense. He
became desperate and was thinking of
leaving the tree and permitting the
animal to destroy him, as q mode OF say
ing himself from the pain end anxiety
that were becoming intolerable. But
she buffalo, Just at that time giving de-
cided symptoms of being as exhausted
as himself, now stopped for a few
minutes, and the young hunter took
courage.
Remembering that he had his butcher
knife in his belt he took it out and be-
gan to oontrive plans of defense. When
the bull, having rested q while, recon
mended his old round, he took elvap-
tage of the slowness of his motions, and
using q great deal of address and man
sgement contrived in the course OF a few
minutes to cut him in several places:
The animal now became weak from loss
of blood, and although he continued to
walk round the tree, he made no more
jumps at It's antagonist, contenting him.
self with keeping mis- head and neck
close TO the tree. This practically closed
the conflict. for il enabled the wounded
warrior to extend his right arm and give
the buffalo two deadly stabs in the eyes.
Nothing could exceed tbs frantic rage of
the unwieldy animal when he had lost
his sight. He beloved aud paving the
\ yrpnnA noy q ayaev rirn nj nnronipuu do
feat and ungovernable fury. After leaning
against the sapling O while, he knocked
himself down, by rushing headlong
against the large tree in his e%ndesvors to
deal his plucky foe q death blow, IN his
last struggles. The confusion received
in this attack terminated this strange
and tragic combat. The buffalo was un-
able to rise and the couqueror, stepping
up to him, cut his throat and les HIM
bleed to death. Then after resting him.
self he cut q portion of from the car
cass and during the night managed to
crawl back to camp.
OF the intense anxiety of mind pro-
dnced on the hunter or idea may be
formed from the fact that more than o
week had elapsed since the encounter
when the French trapper reached the
camp of the war party, and ever then
his agitation of mind was such that fire.
quently during the night he would
jump mp from b 8 couch and grab some
warlike weapon. as il he was in the act
OF defending himself from some imagi-
nary foe. And the writer was informed
that it took months before ne gained his
usual Tranquility of mind and stole in
difference to danger, that was character
istic among the Missouri river Indians
in taose days.
"Old Dakota" stayed the greater part
OF two days with the Ysnkton Indian war
party, whose exploits will be given in
another chapter, and after trading his
traps and other s~apesfaous baggage 70
advantage with them he packed his furl
on an old, Indifferent, lop-eared pony
and wendell his way back in the dlrec-
tion of the Missouri river, hoping that
he would meet with a good market in
selling his furs and that in due time he
could produce the wherewithal necessary
to enable him to gain the hand OF his In,
dian princess. But, alas human expec'
~tations are. prone to meet with disap-
pointments. When he reached his jour
ney's end, after many days of weary ira.
vel, he soon learned that his falthIess
sweetheart had, during his absence, mar.
ried a pook marked French Oreole-one
of those haphazard wights OF gallo orr
gin found on the frontier-and they had
taken their departure.
1t appears that the fair denizen of the
plains had been hattered by the appear
of the new comer-who fourished Ground
dressed In new suit of buokskin, as he
paraded past their wigwam, mounted on
@ high spirited running horse. And her
avaricious father was easily persuaded
BY the willy Oreole-who had recently
deserted a Mandan squaw and a troop of
pie.bald children in the upper county
w hSSCps IA Aic AuuukuH ucIoO hlO ave
buffalo robes, for the privilege of be
coming his father-in-law Wishing to
avoid the just r%etributive vengeance that
would be melted out TO them by the
young trapper on his return, they had
left the vicinity.
1t is needless to say that the young
Frenchman was deeply affected and dis
appointed, owing to the way matters
had turned, and IS O remedy. it took
weeks Of dissipation before he could OBJ
l~iterate from his minds eye the image OF
the fair young Indian girl. After squan.
dering the proceeds OF his winters work
in dissipation and riotious living, he pur.
chased a new trapping outfit on time
and wended his way toward the setting
sun, q sadder but wiser man.
(To be continued.)
Blueberries at Carney's,
Go to Benefits for ice cream and
fruits.
WOOd-Dry cord aud stove ct Felber's
wood yard.