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Show 4.02 Ex. Doc. No, 41. · . h latter aid no rcgartl to them, but let 1 he wolves the buffalo,.~ heout sho\vin the l ast Hpugnance, although tl.te approach "'It tl rr ~alv s ·md attack the ('OWS at l:<'tlillll wo~ves delvourtl le. yonlneoast ~blc. to' dcft'nd tb(•tnscl ves. Th is species enods w 1cn 1cy Me ' . · 1 · · , lf ~f wolf doc~ not congregate Ill hugc pa<'k~ ltke t lC pr~unc \\0 ' but roams olitary. . . '1'1 Tl . ·ng f1vc Pawnee Indw.n. eamc llllo our camp. tcy . uso ne vfeonott nake· d ' ' an d had t 1 · 1· · t 1 AH our J)arty l c l r a<' t s pat ~1 c l . • . wwacste very sm'.a ll , anc l '.", knew from the hehav10r of these Jcllows 1 · th,;t there were plenty of Tndians ncar us, we ehang~< our p 1 ost- tl.o'n f or one more t lefe11s• iblc· • All our horses w •re pi<'krted c osc 1 t . to the eamp; the cabn•.·locs w rt· ~hortencd; wagons :n1~ lens at: range1( ,soa S to 1·o1·m '·t c.o m1)ac, t nnrbr·' . the arms rxam1n.< tl· lafnld the l lloubled· tlte whole carnp was m a state of w.tt< 1 u ness, ~~:1~<cnta.rily c'·pceting an attack. ~ lay fo.r the greater part .of th<' night by the side of a wn~on, wtlh m.y nflc ac1:oss the tongue, con stan tl y cxp c1 j 11 g to sec som c rt' d sk 111 s c· r~1 w hn g among, t our h 0 r s e s; but the 11 j g 11 t :vas u n d i s ~ u r h e d , save w 1l h 1 he h o wIt n g of wolves anu tht• bcllowtng of buflalo. . . Satu1'day J8th.-Thi~ moming, as soon as 1t wa.s ltghl, we Ra:v a large batHl ~f bufl'illo, not n1orc than 300 yards from ~t:-4, wallo~g slowly to the ponds close by; they were to ~he wcs~ o{ us, and ,lS the wind did not blow towards them tbry paul but lllllc regaf(l to our proximity. rc Some of the patriar<.:hs of the band wrre o~ the lca.t1; th~y w.c all moving with ~1ow and mea:urrd 1rcad, as 1f attcndtng a Iunctal. Now and then some of them wonld ca?t. a sinister glance l.o~v.ardl us, b n t s t i 1l co n t in u e d to m o v P o. n w 1 t h 1 h e . sam c s 1 o \~ p ,H c · " got my spy-gl<t,·s in ordrr to <'xamtnc them wtth great mtuutcncs.·, and u;en ·e comwt>nced making ~lc<•tcltcs. .oon the: w~s a g~': 1 l xa1 commotion amongst the buflalo· they ratscd thetr tatls, toss~! their l1cads into the air; now nrul then th<• bulls W?uld dash at eac ~ other when suddenly the whole hantl st•para1ed mto ~mnl~ d~ns rou~s that srampercd ofl' to the fo~r winds of he<~YC'tL W c In"t.ll1C~ riv ly grn•r•·<~ our gun:, not htowmg wh•·thcr fnen•' or roc ~~'7ha appe·u nnd . oon ~a w a n um h er of h orst•m en urgtng thc11 .l,'u c ~\t• 'U.s ~md<'r the pridcy spu.r. At <.'Vl'ry touch the ~mpaticn: .ntlerl~ ~ave, the tail:; of the weaned hor. cs were 1 hrown mto the tllr., ~n the ,)low gait al whirh they mov~d showed _that t~1~y had be~~~. r.td!O~ fast and far. Tll<·y were put-.·tung a bu!lalo of 11nm<'n r :m-: c., a,r parently wonn<lcd; the buffalo now turned, but his int ndcd .v • c,lt~ shycd nnd as the hor ·em en passed by, we Raw the smoke of scv ral sh~ts burst forth; the horscmC'n now turned, ancl ere .~ong 1 1 lnltC huffalo lay extcnd<•tl upon the ground. VVc saw them all OIS11lOIW~ and in a little W~ii.lc aft.cr apta.in }\arsons r?cle into our cnmp. t~ i 11 q u ired t h c p o s 1 t 1 on o { t h c m am b o d y, w h 1 cIt w <' w c r c n 11 ~to us rcJ· oin for oursclYes were sufl\•ring from the harrassing 111ghl '~c had pa' ssed, :m< l our l 10rses were .·'u ff •n· ng f rom ou · l H'l· n g nen•s' sl.-. t.1tcu to pi ckl't thrm so <"lo ely for fe:,r of lndinns; and both 0111 ::;clv sand our horses dHily sufl'cred from w:1nt of' water. As we w_ert moving along, a banu of bufl'idocs ran to\\·arcl' uR; but as tlt<'Y It~~~<' .kept off som~ di lance, runuing parallel with the road. Our mlilll Ex. Doc. No. 41. 40~ frien<l noticed .the.m, an<l as they passed, di. mount<·11, stooprcl clown a~Hl <~rcw up l11s nil·_; as lht' ~mokt· bur ·t forth frorn th(' muzzl. of llts pteee, \VC saw a fwe buffa lo <'OW lash hPr heels birrh ;n t1 1 • · and l1l n coni ·t nUPt1 lo J· ump and kt.c :k for a qt~art ('r b of • a mile. uo rr, more, wh •n she fell and all the r~st of ~h<' herd gathered around hr. We alrr.ady hacl th<· meal of two fat t:O\\~, and as th<' wa _ on ~ were so far from tlt 1J1acc where the row had fallen she w~s Jcft to fc <lthc \J\Olv s. ' The: ruts of' the road '"·cr t• fnll of Jittl~· liz<ntl~~ , sunning thrrnsclvcs· as. we approa ·hc•<l lhc·y '~ould dart hnskly a'' ay, manif<'stly tlisin~ cltnccl to J~lay the par.t oi d( ' \'Olecs to .Juggt•rnnnt. In no.s~uq;;· to ~l1e nvn W~' found the gtound in 1oany places c·o ''c r.rd :Wtth bcau~tful g<lllarduls (g. nmblyodon) and tl1 eupatorium, w h d c 111 t h <' m o 1 s t g r o u n d s ' t' sa w t b (' c ur i o 11-; d o d d e r t w j 11 j 11 g · ~t:-4 g,,].dcn trndrils all th<' platds that grc\\ arouud it, formincr ;~;: 1 n c x t n c au I r (' n t an g I em cut. 0 Among tb. - birds, W<' saw nutny of thr sk) -larks and . rvc•raJ avo!- it•ts (rccuro n~) str<l allies.) The t:lil anti its c·on-rts whiff·, ,,ing& bla('k and whtt<', legs blu<', and bdl rceur\'ed. ~ b c· n w <' • fi n., t s L r u c 1.. 1 h c r i v c r , w e m e t w i t lt M <1 j o r C J a r k s b a t _ t~l1 on of ar.tdlery, a fine body of tro ops, well uniformed and of soldtcrly beanng . Having rn arc i.cd a ft•w· mil<•s along the riH'r hank we formed our ·amp, after tra vf'lling this day a distanrt• of' ID mil~s. Sunday, July JDtlz..-\lar('hing along the '\t·kansas bottom one is stru<'k Wtlh the 1-ariety of "iwamp grassc·s. line we find the trian ~ul.a r gra"is, (s~irpns tri g uet.io,) :111d min gl<·<l with it in gn'at ahund. l~tc ~he ~<'Olll'lllg- ru:--h (<' CJtllst'!Hut hyrm :lle) ;uul the lH·autifHI liatns (hatns spil·ata.) ~ttrr we had s tat ted, 1 weut ba,·k tluC'e miles to mrd Ccn. lu';nn~ tn ordn lo ~d some one 1o ~o with us and show ns thP <'Xaf'( lo(':1tion ?l tltc eapture of th*" party of 'J'cxans by C:q>t. Cool.:r, 2d dragoons 10 HH 3. G <' n c r a I J <'a rn y d c t a i l 1 • d Lie u ten a n l L o v e, who s IJ o w c cl ~1 S tl1c spot that. W" souJhl. On the south :-;ide of thl' river, there. l. a large groY<' of' cotton wood trrcs that l' \trnd.• some distance along the rivn bank, and is th e first grov<' of any ~i:r.<' that the travcllc W<'.'l tn('t·t.· :lft< r passing Pawn!'<' fork, which, by th • route W<' eamc, is 6ri milc•s distant. In lhe rvening we wt.ni lo <~<'nt·r:d K<•aruy scamp to get somcof the horses ·hod. We hatl e p<'d('d to have gon<' not more than th.rc.r or four miles, but on ly rea<·ht'd them after n ride of eight ~~des, so cl ccivcd W<'re we with regard to the clistancc by tit· pu nt~ of lho alm of' phe,·e. As it was cptit latr, we ro Hcluded toremain here until th(• camp should o\erlak<· u~ in th<' moming. G J'rlonday,20tlt..-Thismorningwe had not ntarrhc• cl far" ll<'n we srn\ ~net a I I r a r n y 's guard stop and <' n ramp. Soon L i r. < 1 t t•n n 11 t }; m or y, '' 10 hacl <:roHscd the river rode ovn arul inform<'d u~ tlwt Gcn ;0r1~ J l<eaJny was V<'ry ill, a:td onlnr.cl one' of our wagons to remain tll<' purpo:e of tOilVl')'ing- the genc>ral on by <' f1sy :->f1rrt•'i; lor our ''agon was light and hnd good ~pting~, wl1ilc all the ot7u·J w~ |
