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as We rode mp in .iGht and changing their

as we rode mp IN HlRnt ana, changing tneE
course, came after VA with all speed.
took the lead. and Louis apd pounds,d III The
swift swift and poSerSl. and didn need much urs
Ing. We had a good start of the lndians hut
little number Of them began to lessen the
distance between us Then. MS mile after mile
by one ' until finally not more than a dozen
kept on. or these there were two who forged
steadily ahead Of the rest and soon drew within
range OF us, Nearer and nearer they came,
until the foremost was. not nifty feet away.
shouting and encouraging each other in
Cheyenne. We now saw that they each carried
o 9Ing ance Sat "4T @o5 eGb a bs would
take care OF the pack horses.
turned in nv saddle and pointed NY gun,
tut before could pull the trigger s9 tb. 81 the
mails. SO | had no mark but log gripping,a
horses back and an arm thrown oyer it's neck.
couldn't stay twisted in my saddle long with
my gun extended, and as soon as ! would
straiChten around they would sit up again and
closer. II It had been Just a Iuesto OF the
two we would have stopped and finished them
in short order, but we dare not attempt 1t. for
were still coming. and only few hundred
yards distant: we couldn't fight them all: Tho
enough for lance thrust, and. trusting to luck.
Isuddeny turned and fired at the nearest ono
ing aim. Just az il was firing at buffalo at
close range. Down he fell To the ground. and
lUb Otntr one WIN u yen, InaUe his nOT5t give
me-, / guess he didn't notice that my rife was
double barreled. for he made no effort to dodge
raised his lance III never forget the express
sion of surprise and pain which flashed across
ihS bali Jail smashed mash through his riTs lie iroppsd
tho lance, grabbed at the hole in his side and
then rolled backward or his horse.
Those two must have been pretty big hefs.
for when the rest came up to them they
stonped and set up 2 terrible bowling 1Sa, We We
whole tribe would hunt the country for US, We
had been swinging around toward the Yellow
up the chase we dropped into n trot and about
dusk struck the river where We had left IT In
the packs and horses across to the other side
We had concluded that so far as we were con-
cerncd the company would get along without
before we got back to the fort a little incl
dent happened to me which may interest you
started on without having breakfast, for we
had eaten all our meat the previous evening.
When the sun rose the wind, began to blow
So strong that our horses could barely make
ay we FIR b1sqs on ana get
pecting every minute to sight n band OF buff
falo and XII one guess the wind blew them
disappeared, Finally about noon we sighted
an animal Just goin,E over ridge We only get
Wiper told me to ride over there and kill him.
handed Louis my rife. intending, to, use my
BOW snd nd, aLrp@ws. ana rode off thinking we
When got to the top OF the ridge there was
no bull in sight. 80 rode on overanother little
rise or two and suddenly found that what we
had taken for n bull was an enormous grizzly
bear. He was as big as two-year-od steer.
bTHsSbi '''' "''A'"'A' anu ''n"'' S'""'S Oh
" Bear meat wasn't so good as buffalo meat.
yet II would 10 for hungry men but had only
my bow and arrows, which wasn't exactly the
weapon to shoot grizzly with, | turned back
ana Louis would laugh at me, / concluded to
tackle the bear ANYHOW. When was a young
man did many t92i1h things Tor far Of being
blowing as hard as ever so | made a little de-
tour and approggrhed tho bear across it, He
thirty feet Of him and let drive an arrow. In
stead Of piercing his ribs it went foul and
he had been stru X with good whir. lie gave
savage roar and started for mo at once. and |
dug my heels into the horse and lit out The |
ia-t-he hadn't scented the bear yet and prob |
ably thought it was u huiraI4an The first
The horse couldn't pulI away from him. but he;
kent swinRng around. and | kelt thumping
nm VIII M h heri nd DrknE him with an
~ ara Ss5 E # Tor so54 h. r.
&sSth aud nqy the tail Part i'fs t sT5G.
and ran as last as f he could a' acTass
the marsh, the bear after u.s. still CARRYING the |
iar, of the tail he, had bitten OF. I fitted an
he rose Tor leap. | saw il pierce hi, brisket. |
yntcring, only an inch OF, Two, and then tho |
ever lightly. III" bait OF the arrow |
struck stone or some hard substance and |
wa. pp~hrd clear in through the heart The |
couldn't make it. and then fell over on his side |
lu!te dead. When Louis aud Wipsr came up |
ever saw