Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-03-21

tTHNel on tne snowy prairie. Anu il would
be foohardy to start out ON IA fifty or sixty
mile drive without a camp outfit. for if
night or Il storm overlook "A party of hunt
erS they would suffer and possibly perish
with the cold.
The novel thing for the '.trndcrfoot"
was how they were to signal for the team,
and they said wait and see {or tokshev).
One OF the boys on the darkest horse rode
high up on the butte ana ran his horse in
a circle down the side of the butte. and
then back up, repeating several times.
and nearly instantly the team started
down one of the ridges toward us Wcall
then crossed down toward the team to a
deep creek where We met the team and
unloadcd our camp outfit. pitcher our
tent, ate our dinners, fed our horses. cut
our wood for the right after which we
started for the chase. We then had about
four or five mics to sight the game again
Ed. an old buffalo hunter. l. ok the lead
and we followed with the team till he mo-
toned for the team To stop and the rest of
us to come up.
We filled up. or loaded our repeating ri
ileS. got everything rcauy for business and
started with tense nerves Il am speak
cr we came to the brow of the hill the
more the Tcnderfoot would have liked To
have made "A 'potshot' and wished and
wondered if everything was all right
Pretty soon. when we were nearing the
top of the ridge. something big and black
Jamr looming up away ahead and we
Skulkey nack down the ravinc and came
up closer To the ridge on a good fast run.
making the ground rattle under the
horses feet: but we gained. for the buI
falo hearing the noise came more d 'rcctly
up the hill and our running start got us
up in fairly good range. Our horses be
came so badly frightened that they were
hard to manage but after u short run they
seemed to quiet down and we commenced
to take Il shot occasionally. Ed and Frank
took off after one Nutfalol and they left
he Tcmt!crfoot to Try his luck with am
other. Presently Ed turned in his sad
die and followed "Looli out "Loul, out.
This was the first word in English that
remember hearing him thus far speak.
I'h" buffalo had turned and ] rode wide.
giving him plenty Of room, as they are
ugly when close pressed.
One of my wild shots must have stirred
up his Irish" for he lmpcd when he
started To run again. After another short
run got two or three more good side
| shots, and he arain stopped. took AN
other hike tas the boys would say bnt
soon wheeled around again W hen at Il safe
Instance anu t'Upk dIlblIl'I b'SUot. UTIIlp-
ing him to his knees. | now felt safe to
size up my game and pick myself togcth-
cr. but found that had The buffalo agun
which is "A great deal worse than the buck
ague that one hears so much about
Tn" other boy, wer' having regular
fusiladc over the hill IN the draw and |
rode to the edge of the draw and rested ON
my honors seeing them racing after game.
| IL Is a sure cure for stagnant circulation
for believe mine increased dou! lc Tor
| fully an hour aftcrward. 1t was now get
| ting quite late and the boys gave lp the
chase and returned To the Tcnderfoot 5
game which we butchcren and then start
ed for camp. getting in after il was quite
dark. and telling m" that we would get
the other one in the morning. We had To
unload and load mp several times getting
thru the deep snow in the draws. hut the
Ienderfoot was feeling "bunkum don't
you know for thcr" had been "a reaction
ahd the feeling was over his whole person
that he had killed a buffalo and real live
one. and wild and woody at that. After
we ate eur supper we rccited the way we
should have done etc but the only thing
he Tenderfoot could feel or say was com
pletc satisfaction. and he lay awake way
into the night congratulating himself lis
tening to the coyote and the grey VOLTS
scrcnade. which is fine. away back i'm the
brakes. where there are plenty to Join i'm
| the chorus
We were M bright and early the next
morning and soon on the lookout foi the
other fellow and found him all right down
and out, with another one standing guard.
We were up against it. for he was in for
| fight. and we dared not go near him and
we only had permission to get two: so we
rode to the top Of the butte amp threw
stones down at him till finally he stalked
off but soon came back. He repeated this
maneuver several times, till finally ha
walked down the ravinc far enough for
one of the boys to take a running shot and