The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-05-13
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The sun had already set when
White Otter finally discovered the
buffaloes directly ahead of him. He
approached as near as, he thought
wise, and then he made his camp
In the bottom OF a shallow rayine,
for he had decided to postpone his
hunt until daylight.
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~. The Buffalo Herd.
AT daybreak White Otter looked
upon sight which would have
quickened the pulse of the most
hardened hunter, The plain was
covered with buffaloes. Wherever
he looked he saWy them grazing In
small scattered companies. Some
were less than two arrow-flights
away The lad was fascinated. He
rejoiced in the. opportunity to veri-
fy the tales told by the Sioux hunt
ers. For the moment the stirring
scene drove all thought of the
chase from his mind, and he con
cealed himself behind convenient
boulder and remained an interested
spectator.
He saw great. shaggy-headed
bulls, handsome .sleek-coated cows,
and awkward, long-legged calves.
The outside OF the vast herd was
composed Of aged males, surly,
keenayed sentinels. ever on the
alert for danger. They we're irrita-
Bile and quarrelsome, and were con-
stantly fighting among themselves.
Beyond them, always at safe dis
lance, lowered murder0us bands Of
hungry coyotes, waiting for
chance ait the helpless calves. &C.. Z.
Then the Sioux saw q flash Of
white near the edge Of. the herd,
and his eyes lighted with excite
ment. He peered cautiously over the
rock. and his heart beat wildly as
he discovered a cream-colored year
ling feeding with its fellows. White
Otter could scarcely believe his
eyes. He looked again and again,
feartAg that his Imagination had
tricked him However, when the
animal did not vanish or change
color he knew 1t was real. Tt was a
trophy for which any Sioux hunter
would gladly have risked his life.
There were only two such robes in
the tribe, and for each the chief had
given fifty ponies. The lad knew
that the pelt Of this rare albino
would bring him fame and fortune,
and he longed to possess 1t.
Trembling with eagerness, White
Otter slid into the ravine and led
his pony along the bed OF the,
stream. The high banks concealed
him, and he hoped to steal upon the
buffaloes without being seen. When |
he was opposite the albino and its
companions he rode up the steep
side of the gully.
n White Offers appearance instant
Iy threw the great herd into confu-
sion. The cows and valves crowd
ed together in panic, the bulls trot-
ted neryously to and fro, and the
pugnacious old sentinels beloved
hoarsely and paved the plain. The
lad hesitated only long enough to
locate the albino and then he urged
his pony forward at top speed.
For a moment the buffaloes
him in stupid establishment
and then as he came nearer they
lowered their heads and Numbered
away in q wild stampede. Even the
clustering old bulls weakened at
the last minute and galloped awk-
wardly along in the rear of the rout.
The cream-colored yearling was
well to the front, and the Sioux rea-
liked that he must ride furiously.
Urged on by the anxious lad upon
his back, the fleet-footed little pie
bald rapidly closed upon the herd,
and White Otter soon found him
self among the laggards. "A wild
eyed bull turned to offer him bat
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