The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1930-05-09

him. Back to the thicket,' ! sal,
"and keep back the dogsl"
We began to retreat, but befor
we were again under cover tn
dogs joined us; and, in spite {
our shouts and efforts to restrai
them, they dashed forward an
siezed a buffalo calf. This was
signal % the whole herd to al
tack us. They beloved loudly
paved the ground, and tore it u
with their horns, and then dash
ed madly toward us. We had no
time to step behind a rock before
the leader was upon us. So close
was he that my gun was useless
| drew a pistol and fired. He fel
dead at my feet. His fall checked
the advance of the rest, They
halted, snuffed the air, turned tai
and galloped off ros the plain.
They were gone, but the dogs still
held CALAMITY to the calf. They
dragged and tussled with him, but
with their utmost efforts they
could not bring him to the ground.
How to assist them without shoot
ing the poor beast l knew not;
and this | was unwilling to do,
for / hoped that, if we could but
capture him alive, we might in
time manage to tame him and use
him as a beast of burden. Jacks
clever little head, however, sud-
denly devised a plan for their aid
and, with his usual promptitude,
he at. once put it into execution.
He unwound the lasso, which was
coiled round his body, and as the
young bull flung up his heels, he
cast it and caught him by his hind
The moose drew tight, and
in a twinkling the beast was upon
ground. We fastened the 9TH
end of the cord round a stout
bamboo, called off the dogs, and
hit animal was at our mercy,
Now we have got him. said
lack. as he looked at the poor
1east, lying painting on the ground
what are we going to do with
Il will show YOU" said 1; help
ne to fasten his fore legs together
nd you shall see the next opera
The bull thus secured, could not
move; and while Jack held his
cad drew my knife and pierced
he cartilage of his nose, and
yhen the blood flowed less free
Y, passed a stout cord through
he hole. / felt some repugnance
t thus paining the animal, but it
'as a case of necessity and |
Ould not hesitate. We united the
nds of the cord, freed the animal
1T him upon his legs, and, sub
led and overawed, he followed us
ithout resistance. l now turned
y attention to the dead buffalo,
ut as | could not then skin it, |
1ntented myself with cutting off
lie most delicate parts, it's tongue
nd a couple of steaks, and, pack
Ig them in salt in my wallet,
1andoned the rest to the dogs.
hey fell upon it greedily, and we
tired under the shade to enjoy
meal after our hard work. The
,gs, however, were not to have
possession of the car
SIS; %vultureS, crows, and other
rds of prey, with that marvellous
stinct which always leads them
a dead body, quickly filled the
and, with discordant cries,
'ooped down upon the buffalo.
l amusing contest ensued; the
gs again and again drove off
2 intruders, and they, as often,
REINFORCED by others who
armed to the spot. Jack, with
usual im~petuosity, wished to
I'd a shot in among the robber
nd, but | prevented him, for l
ew that the bird or two he
ght kill would be of no use to
while his shot would not drive
the rest, even had we wished
Both we and the dogs were
length satisfied, and as it was
ting late, / determined to give
for the present the search for
ass, and to return to our
mp. We again made our way
ough the bamboos, but before
left the thicket | cut down one
the smallest of the reeds, the
5est Of whose joints would form
ital little barrels while those
+ the tapering top would serve
molds for our next batch of
dies.
he buffalo, with a dog on eth
side and the rope through his
e, was following us passively.
we presently induced him to
NIT to a package of our goods
upon his back. We pushed
idly forward, Jack eager to dis
our latest acquisition. AS
repassed the rocky bed of a
am we had crossed in the
ming, Juno dashed ahead and
about to rush into a cleft be-
en- the rocks, when the appear
2 of a large jackal suddenly
:ked her further progress.
] dogs flew at the animal, and
Ugh she fought desperately,
ky overpowered and throttled
From the way the beast had
fight, l concluded that her
lg must be close by, probably