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Show 160 .JOuHt\AL OF A VO YAGf~ stood until they came within forty yards of them, neighing and whinnowing, when the chase began, which w .. con. tinued about two miles, without success. 1 wo of our horses ran up with thern; we could not take them. Returned to camp. I have since laughed at our folly, for taking the wild horses, in that 1nanner, is scarcely ever attempted, even with the flcet':!st horses, and most expert rop~ rs, (sec my account of w·l ~ hor<i<-'c;, and tne manner of al~in g th"t iu m; JISS' n at on on the province of Texas). March n l .. ~"e. 1ver turned to north by west. Hills change to the north side. Distance 13 1-2 nules. Killed one buffalo. 3d N ovember, Monday -NT ~.1 , .. ~.l (t ten o'clock passed 1 n, 1 rn (' ·" cL J; bultal<', el • ~ "ni•lt horses &c. all tra·v I mg ,·outh. T he river bottoms h~ll of salt ponds; gras~, ~11 111. r 1 ~) 'll' · tit meado vs. Kll '-'d one bttfl'alo. Distance ~ .:; 1·2 miles. 4·tb Na·vembcr, T uc.rday.-This day brought to our recollection, the f~tte of our countqnnen at Recovery; when defeated by the indians, in the year 'D 1. Tn the af. ternoon discovered the north side of the river to be covered with animals ; which, when we caine to them proved to be buffalo cows anc..l calves. I do not think it an cxaggc· ration to say there were 3,000 in one view. It is worthy of remark, that in all the extent of country yet crossed, we never saw one cow, and that now the face of the earth ap· peared to be covered with them. Killed one buflalo. Distance 21 1-2 miles. .r;th N o"vcmbcr, Wcdncsday.-Marched at our usual hour; at the end of two miles, shot a bufralo and two leer and halted, which detained us so long that we foolish· I y concluded to halt the day and kill some ows and calves, which lay on the opposite side of the river. I took post n!l a hill, and ent some horsemen over when a scene took ' TO THE SOURCES 01· TilE ARKANSAW, &c. j 61 place which gave a lively representation of an engagement. The herd of bufFalo being eli vided into separate bands covcr:d the prairie with dust, and first charged on the one side then to the other, as the pursuit of the horsemen impelled them : the r~port and sn1okc fron1 the guns, added to the pleasure of the ~cene, which in part compensated for our detention. . 6tb November, Tl.mrsday.-Marched early, but was dctamed two or three hour~ by the cows which we kill ,d Tl1 e cow buffalo, was equal to any meat' 1 ever saw, acn d• we feasted sumptuously on the choice morsels. I will not attempt to describe the droves of animals we now saw on our route ;. suffice it to say, that the I:1ce of the prairie was covered With them, on each side of the river; their numbers exceeded imagination. Distance 1 G miles. 7t~ November, Friday.-March cc..l. early. The herbage .bcmg very poor, concluded to lay by on the mor; ow, m order to recruit our horses, killed three cow buf .. do, one calf, two wolves, one brclaw. Distance 18 mile-: B~h No?xmber, Saturday.-Our hor, es bcinf)· vc1; muc~ pdcd and our situation ver y eligible, we ha~ed aJ r day, Jerked meat, nlCndeJ n1ockinsons &c. , Dtb November, Sunday.-Marched early. At t welve 0 cl~ck, struck the Spanish road, (which had been ou the outside of us) wh .I c· h.a ppea. l. e Ll to b e consK. lerably augment~ cd, and on our arrival, at the camp, found it to consist of 9G fires fron 1 · h l ' 1 v.,r uc a reasonable conclusion 1night be drawn. t 1at there w·' , f 6 h c. ""re rom to 700 n1cn. \V e this day found t .c 1ace .o f tl1 e country consH· .krably changed; being hilly, With sprmgs. p·lss • l 1 l . . 1 • • Cl numero as tt.'n s oi bufl alo and some 1orscs · !).Is tance 27 111ilcs. 1 k lOt./ ; No·-vcmb(._·r , M on d ay.- 'I,Il e I lH.,1 s 1· ncr ased the )an s o1 the riv 'r r \ l . l f ' , CO\ CreL Wlt l gro\ es 0 }'lHtn p· Ot lOJl Wood · th , · · r '-' ' c nver Ilsvlt much n:u rower aiHl r rou]· L'd. Our }... |