“What is it, Henry?”
“Ah, I feel lonesome; I never been here before; but I see away yonder over the buttes, and down there on the prairie, black—all black with buffalo!”
In the afternoon he and I left the party in search of an antelope9; until at the distance of a mile or two on the right, the tall white wagons and the little black specks10 of horsemen were just visible, so slowly advancing that they seemed motionless; and far on the left rose the broken line of scorched11, desolate12 sand-hills. The vast plain waved with tall rank grass that swept our horses’ bellies13; it swayed to and fro in billows with the light breeze, and far and near antelope and wolves were moving through it, the hairy backs of the latter alternately appearing and disappearing as they bounded awkwardly along; while the antelope, with the simple curiosity peculiar14 to them, would often approach as closely, their little horns and white throats just visible above the grass tops, as they gazed eagerly at us with their round black eyes.
I dismounted, and amused myself with firing at the wolves. Henry attentively15 scrutinized16 the surrounding landscape; at length he gave a shout, and called on me to mount again, pointing in the direction of the sand-hills. A mile and a half from us, two minute black specks slowly traversed the face of one of the bare glaring declivities, and disappeared behind the summit. “Let us go!” cried Henry, belaboring17 the sides of Five Hundred Dollar; and I following in his wake, we galloped20 rapidly through the rank grass toward the base of the hills.
From one of their openings descended21 a deep ravine, widening as it issued on the prairie. We entered it, and galloping22 up, in a moment were surrounded by the bleak23 sand-hills. Half of their steep sides were bare; the rest were scantily24 clothed with clumps25 of grass, and various uncouth26 plants, conspicuous27 among which appeared the reptile-like prickly-pear. They were gashed28 with numberless ravines; and as the sky had suddenly darkened, and a cold gusty29 wind arisen, the strange shrubs31 and the dreary32 hills looked doubly wild and desolate. But Henry’s face was all eagerness. He tore off a little hair from the piece of buffalo robe under his saddle, and threw it up, to show the course of the wind. It blew directly before us. The game were therefore to windward, and it was necessary to make our best speed to get around them.
We scrambled33 from this ravine, and galloping away through the hollows, soon found another, winding34 like a snake among the hills, and so deep that it completely concealed35 us. We rode up the bottom of it, glancing through the shrubbery at its edge, till Henry abruptly36 jerked his rein38, and slid out of his saddle. Full a quarter of a mile distant, on the outline of the farthest hill, a long procession of buffalo were walking, in Indian file, with the utmost gravity and deliberation; then more appeared, clambering from a hollow not far off, and ascending39, one behind the other, the grassy40 slope of another hill; then a shaggy head and a pair of short broken horns appeared issuing out of a ravine close at hand, and with a slow, stately step, one by one, the enormous brutes41 came into view, taking their way across the valley, wholly unconscious of an enemy. In a moment Henry was worming his way, lying flat on the ground, through grass and prickly-pears, toward his unsuspecting victims. He had with him both my rifle and his own. He was soon out of sight, and still the buffalo kept issuing into the valley. For a long time all was silent. I sat holding his horse, and wondering what he was about, when suddenly, in rapid succession, came the sharp reports of the two rifles, and the whole line of buffalo, quickening their pace into a clumsy trot43, gradually disappeared over the ridge44 of the hill. Henry rose to his feet, and stood looking after them.
“You have missed them,” said I.
“Yes,” said Henry; “let us go.” He descended into the ravine, loaded the rifles, and mounted his horse.
We rode up the hill after the buffalo. The herd45 was out of sight when we reached the top, but lying on the grass not far off, was one quite lifeless, and another violently struggling in the death agony.
“You see I miss him!” remarked Henry. He had fired from a distance of more than a hundred and fifty yards, and both balls had passed through the lungs—the true mark in shooting buffalo.
The darkness increased, and a driving storm came on. Tying our horses to the horns of the victims, Henry began the bloody46 work of dissection47, slashing48 away with the science of a connoisseur50, while I vainly endeavored to imitate him. Old Hendrick recoiled51 with horror and indignation when I endeavored to tie the meat to the strings52 of raw hide, always carried for this purpose, dangling53 at the back of the saddle. After some difficulty we overcame his scruples54; and heavily burdened with the more eligible55 portions of the buffalo, we set out on our return. Scarcely had we emerged from the labyrinth56 of gorges57 and ravines, and issued upon the open prairie, when the pricking58 sleet59 came driving, gust30 upon gust, directly in our faces. It was strangely dark, though wanting still an hour of sunset. The freezing storm soon penetrated60 to the skin, but the uneasy trot of our heavy-gaited horses kept us warm enough, as we forced them unwillingly61 in the teeth of the sleet and rain, by the powerful suasion of our Indian whips. The prairie in this place was hard and level. A flourishing colony of prairie dogs had burrowed62 into it in every direction, and the little mounds64 of fresh earth around their holes were about as numerous as the hills in a cornfield; but not a yelp65 was to be heard; not the nose of a single citizen was visible; all had retired66 to the depths of their burrows67, and we envied them their dry and comfortable habitations. An hour’s hard riding showed us our tent dimly looming68 through the storm, one side puffed69 out by the force of the wind, and the other collapsed70 in proportion, while the disconsolate71 horses stood shivering close around, and the wind kept up a dismal72 whistling in the boughs73 of three old half-dead trees above. Shaw, like a patriarch, sat on his saddle in the entrance, with a pipe in his mouth, and his arms folded, contemplating74, with cool satisfaction, the piles of meat that we flung on the ground before him. A dark and dreary night succeeded; but the sun rose with heat so sultry and languid that the captain excused himself on that account from waylaying75 an old buffalo bull, who with stupid gravity was walking over the prairie to drink at the river. So much for the climate of the Platte!
But it was not the weather alone that had produced this sudden abatement76 of the sportsmanlike zeal77 which the captain had always professed78. He had been out on the afternoon before, together with several members of his party; but their hunting was attended with no other result than the loss of one of their best horses, severely79 injured by Sorel, in vainly chasing a wounded bull. The captain, whose ideas of hard riding were all derived80 from transatlantic sources, expressed the utmost amazement81 at the feats82 of Sorel, who went leaping ravines, and dashing at full speed up and down the sides of precipitous hills, lashing49 his horse with the recklessness of a Rocky Mountain rider. Unfortunately for the poor animal he was the property of R., against whom Sorel entertained an unbounded aversion. The captain himself, it seemed, had also attempted to “run” a buffalo, but though a good and practiced horseman, he had soon given over the attempt, being astonished and utterly83 disgusted at the nature of the ground he was required to ride over.
Nothing unusual occurred on that day; but on the following morning Henry Chatillon, looking over the oceanlike expanse, saw near the foot of the distant hills something that looked like a band of buffalo. He was not sure, he said, but at all events, if they were buffalo, there was a fine chance for a race. Shaw and I at once determined84 to try the speed of our horses.
“Come, captain; we’ll see which can ride hardest, a Yankee or an Irishman.”
But the captain maintained a grave and austere85 countenance86. He mounted his led horse, however, though very slowly; and we set out at a trot. The game appeared about three miles distant. As we proceeded the captain made various remarks of doubt and indecision; and at length declared he would have nothing to do with such a breakneck business; protesting that he had ridden plenty of steeple-chases in his day, but he never knew what riding was till he found himself behind a band of buffalo day before yesterday. “I am convinced,” said the captain, “that, ‘running’ is out of the question.* Take my advice now and don’t attempt it. It’s dangerous, and of no use at all.”
*The method of hunting called “running” consists in
attacking the buffalo on horseback and shooting him with
bullets or arrows when at full-speed. In “approaching,” the
game, or lies in wait to kill them.
“Then why did you come out with us? What do you mean to do?”
“I shall ‘approach,’” replied the captain.
“You don’t mean to ‘approach’ with your pistols, do you? We have all of us left our rifles in the wagons.”
The captain seemed staggered at the suggestion. In his characteristic indecision, at setting out, pistols, rifles, “running” and “approaching” were mingled88 in an inextricable medley89 in his brain. He trotted90 on in silence between us for a while; but at length he dropped behind and slowly walked his horse back to rejoin the party. Shaw and I kept on; when lo! as we advanced, the band of buffalo were transformed into certain clumps of tall bushes, dotting the prairie for a considerable distance. At this ludicrous termination of our chase, we followed the example of our late ally, and turned back toward the party. We were skirting the brink91 of a deep ravine, when we saw Henry and the broad-chested pony coming toward us at a gallop19.
“Here’s old Papin and Frederic, down from Fort Laramie!” shouted Henry, long before he came up. We had for some days expected this encounter. Papin was the bourgeois92 of Fort Laramie. He had come down the river with the buffalo robes and the beaver93, the produce of the last winter’s trading. I had among our baggage a letter which I wished to commit to their hands; so requesting Henry to detain the boats if he could until my return, I set out after the wagons. They were about four miles in advance. In half an hour I overtook them, got the letter, trotted back upon the trail, and looking carefully, as I rode, saw a patch of broken, storm-blasted trees, and moving near them some little black specks like men and horses. Arriving at the place, I found a strange assembly. The boats, eleven in number, deep-laden with the skins, hugged close to the shore, to escape being borne down by the swift current. The rowers, swarthy ignoble94 Mexicans, turned their brutish faces upward to look, as I reached the bank. Papin sat in the middle of one of the boats upon the canvas covering that protected the robes. He was a stout95, robust96 fellow, with a little gray eye, that had a peculiarly sly twinkle. “Frederic” also stretched his tall rawboned proportions close by the bourgeois, and “mountain-men” completed the group; some lounging in the boats, some strolling on shore; some attired97 in gayly painted buffalo robes, like Indian dandies; some with hair saturated98 with red paint, and beplastered with glue to their temples; and one bedaubed with vermilion upon his forehead and each cheek. They were a mongrel race; yet the French blood seemed to predominate; in a few, indeed, might be seen the black snaky eye of the Indian half-breed, and one and all, they seemed to aim at assimilating themselves to their savage99 associates.
I shook hands with the bourgeois, and delivered the letter; then the boats swung round into the stream and floated away. They had reason for haste, for already the voyage from Fort Laramie had occupied a full month, and the river was growing daily more shallow. Fifty times a day the boats had been aground, indeed; those who navigate100 the Platte invariably spend half their time upon sand-bars. Two of these boats, the property of private traders, afterward101 separating from the rest, got hopelessly involved in the shallows, not very far from the Pawnee villages, and were soon surrounded by a swarm102 of the inhabitants. They carried off everything that they considered valuable, including most of the robes; and amused themselves by tying up the men left on guard and soundly whipping them with sticks.
We encamped that night upon the bank of the river. Among the emigrants103 there was an overgrown boy, some eighteen years old, with a head as round and about as large as a pumpkin104, and fever-and-ague fits had dyed his face of a corresponding color. He wore an old white hat, tied under his chin with a handkerchief; his body was short and stout, but his legs of disproportioned and appalling105 length. I observed him at sunset, breasting the hill with gigantic strides, and standing106 against the sky on the summit, like a colossal107 pair of tongs108. In a moment after we heard him screaming frantically109 behind the ridge, and nothing doubting that he was in the clutches of Indians or grizzly111 bears, some of the party caught up their rifles and ran to the rescue. His outcries, however, proved but an ebullition of joyous112 excitement; he had chased two little wolf pups to their burrow63, and he was on his knees, grubbing away like a dog at the mouth of the hole, to get at them.
Before morning he caused more serious disquiet113 in the camp. It was his turn to hold the middle guard; but no sooner was he called up, than he coolly arranged a pair of saddle-bags under a wagon3, laid his head upon them, closed his eyes, opened his mouth and fell asleep. The guard on our side of the camp, thinking it no part of his duty to look after the cattle of the emigrants, contented114 himself with watching our own horses and mules115; the wolves, he said, were unusually noisy; but still no mischief116 was anticipated until the sun rose, and not a hoof117 or horn was in sight! The cattle were gone! While Tom was quietly slumbering118, the wolves had driven them away.
Then we reaped the fruits of R.‘s precious plan of traveling in company with emigrants. To leave them in their distress119 was not to be thought of, and we felt bound to wait until the cattle could be searched for, and, if possible, recovered. But the reader may be curious to know what punishment awaited the faithless Tom. By the wholesome120 law of the prairie, he who falls asleep on guard is condemned121 to walk all day leading his horse by the bridle122, and we found much fault with our companions for not enforcing such a sentence on the offender123. Nevertheless had he been of our party, I have no doubt he would in like manner have escaped scot-free. But the emigrants went farther than mere124 forebearance; they decreed that since Tom couldn’t stand guard without falling asleep, he shouldn’t stand guard at all, and henceforward his slumbers125 were unbroken. Establishing such a premium126 on drowsiness127 could have no very beneficial effect upon the vigilance of our sentinels; for it is far from agreeable, after riding from sunrise to sunset, to feel your slumbers interrupted by the butt8 of a rifle nudging your side, and a sleepy voice growling128 in your ear that you must get up, to shiver and freeze for three weary hours at midnight.
“Buffalo! buffalo!” It was but a grim old bull, roaming the prairie by himself in misanthropic129 seclusion130; but there might be more behind the hills. Dreading131 the monotony and languor133 of the camp, Shaw and I saddled our horses, buckled134 our holsters in their places, and set out with Henry Chatillon in search of the game. Henry, not intending to take part in the chase, but merely conducting us, carried his rifle with him, while we left ours behind as incumbrances. We rode for some five or six miles, and saw no living thing but wolves, snakes, and prairie dogs.
“This won’t do at all,” said Shaw.
“What won’t do?”
“There’s no wood about here to make a litter for the wounded man; I have an idea that one of us will need something of the sort before the day is over.”
There was some foundation for such an apprehension135, for the ground was none of the best for a race, and grew worse continually as we proceeded; indeed it soon became desperately136 bad, consisting of abrupt37 hills and deep hollows, cut by frequent ravines not easy to pass. At length, a mile in advance, we saw a band of bulls. Some were scattered137 grazing over a green declivity138, while the rest were crowded more densely139 together in the wide hollow below. Making a circuit to keep out of sight, we rode toward them until we ascended140 a hill within a furlong of them, beyond which nothing intervened that could possibly screen us from their view. We dismounted behind the ridge just out of sight, drew our saddle-girths, examined our pistols, and mounting again rode over the hill, and descended at a canter toward them, bending close to our horses’ necks. Instantly they took the alarm; those on the hill descended; those below gathered into a mass, and the whole got in motion, shouldering each other along at a clumsy gallop. We followed, spurring our horses to full speed; and as the herd rushed, crowding and trampling141 in terror through an opening in the hills, we were close at their heels, half suffocated142 by the clouds of dust. But as we drew near, their alarm and speed increased; our horses showed signs of the utmost fear, bounding violently aside as we approached, and refusing to enter among the herd. The buffalo now broke into several small bodies, scampering143 over the hills in different directions, and I lost sight of Shaw; neither of us knew where the other had gone. Old Pontiac ran like a frantic110 elephant up hill and down hill, his ponderous144 hoofs145 striking the prairie like sledge-hammers. He showed a curious mixture of eagerness and terror, straining to overtake the panic-stricken herd, but constantly recoiling146 in dismay as we drew near. The fugitives147, indeed, offered no very attractive spectacle, with their enormous size and weight, their shaggy manes and the tattered148 remnants of their last winter’s hair covering their backs in irregular shreds149 and patches, and flying off in the wind as they ran. At length I urged my horse close behind a bull, and after trying in vain, by blows and spurring, to bring him alongside, I shot a bullet into the buffalo from this disadvantageous position. At the report, Pontiac swerved150 so much that I was again thrown a little behind the game. The bullet, entering too much in the rear, failed to disable the bull, for a buffalo requires to be shot at particular points, or he will certainly escape. The herd ran up a hill, and I followed in pursuit. As Pontiac rushed headlong down on the other side, I saw Shaw and Henry descending151 the hollow on the right, at a leisurely152 gallop; and in front, the buffalo were just disappearing behind the crest153 of the next hill, their short tails erect154, and their hoofs twinkling through a cloud of dust.
At that moment, I heard Shaw and Henry shouting to me; but the muscles of a stronger arm than mine could not have checked at once the furious course of Pontiac, whose mouth was as insensible as leather. Added to this, I rode him that morning with a common snaffle, having the day before, for the benefit of my other horse, unbuckled from my bridle the curb155 which I ordinarily used. A stronger and hardier156 brute42 never trod the prairie; but the novel sight of the buffalo filled him with terror, and when at full speed he was almost incontrollable. Gaining the top of the ridge, I saw nothing of the buffalo; they had all vanished amid the intricacies of the hills and hollows. Reloading my pistols, in the best way I could, I galloped on until I saw them again scuttling157 along at the base of the hill, their panic somewhat abated158. Down went old Pontiac among them, scattering159 them to the right and left, and then we had another long chase. About a dozen bulls were before us, scouring160 over the hills, rushing down the declivities with tremendous weight and impetuosity, and then laboring18 with a weary gallop upward. Still Pontiac, in spite of spurring and beating, would not close with them. One bull at length fell a little behind the rest, and by dint161 of much effort I urged my horse within six or eight yards of his side. His back was darkened with sweat; he was panting heavily, while his tongue lolled out a foot from his jaws162. Gradually I came up abreast163 of him, urging Pontiac with leg and rein nearer to his side, then suddenly he did what buffalo in such circumstances will always do; he slackened his gallop, and turning toward us, with an aspect of mingled rage and distress, lowered his huge shaggy head for a charge. Pontiac with a snort, leaped aside in terror, nearly throwing me to the ground, as I was wholly unprepared for such an evolution. I raised my pistol in a passion to strike him on the head, but thinking better of it fired the bullet after the bull, who had resumed his flight, then drew rein and determined to rejoin my companions. It was high time. The breath blew hard from Pontiac’s nostrils164, and the sweat rolled in big drops down his sides; I myself felt as if drenched165 in warm water. Pledging myself (and I redeemed166 the pledge) to take my revenge at a future opportunity, I looked round for some indications to show me where I was, and what course I ought to pursue; I might as well have looked for landmarks167 in the midst of the ocean. How many miles I had run or in what direction, I had no idea; and around me the prairie was rolling in steep swells168 and pitches, without a single distinctive169 feature to guide me. I had a little compass hung at my neck; and ignorant that the Platte at this point diverged170 considerably172 from its easterly course, I thought that by keeping to the northward173 I should certainly reach it. So I turned and rode about two hours in that direction. The prairie changed as I advanced, softening174 away into easier undulations, but nothing like the Platte appeared, nor any sign of a human being; the same wild endless expanse lay around me still; and to all appearance I was as far from my object as ever. I began now to consider myself in danger of being lost; and therefore, reining175 in my horse, summoned the scanty176 share of woodcraft that I possessed177 (if that term he applicable upon the prairie) to extricate178 me. Looking round, it occurred to me that the buffalo might prove my best guides. I soon found one of the paths made by them in their passage to the river; it ran nearly at right angles to my course; but turning my horse’s head in the direction it indicated, his freer gait and erected179 ears assured me that I was right.
But in the meantime my ride had been by no means a solitary180 one. The whole face of the country was dotted far and wide with countless181 hundreds of buffalo. They trooped along in files and columns, bulls cows, and calves182, on the green faces of the declivities in front. They scrambled away over the hills to the right and left; and far off, the pale blue swells in the extreme distance were dotted with innumerable specks. Sometimes I surprised shaggy old bulls grazing alone, or sleeping behind the ridges183 I ascended. They would leap up at my approach, stare stupidly at me through their tangled184 manes, and then gallop heavily away. The antelope were very numerous; and as they are always bold when in the neighborhood of buffalo, they would approach quite near to look at me, gazing intently with their great round eyes, then suddenly leap aside, and stretch lightly away over the prairie, as swiftly as a racehorse. Squalid, ruffianlike wolves sneaked185 through the hollows and sandy ravines. Several times I passed through villages of prairie dogs, who sat, each at the mouth of his burrow, holding his paws before him in a supplicating186 attitude, and yelping187 away most vehemently188, energetically whisking his little tail with every squeaking189 cry he uttered. Prairie dogs are not fastidious in their choice of companions; various long, checkered190 snakes were sunning themselves in the midst of the village, and demure191 little gray owls192, with a large white ring around each eye, were perched side by side with the rightful inhabitants. The prairie teemed193 with life. Again and again I looked toward the crowded hillsides, and was sure I saw horsemen; and riding near, with a mixture of hope and dread132, for Indians were abroad, I found them transformed into a group of buffalo. There was nothing in human shape amid all this vast congregation of brute forms.
When I turned down the buffalo path, the prairie seemed changed; only a wolf or two glided194 past at intervals195, like conscious felons196, never looking to the right or left. Being now free from anxiety, I was at leisure to observe minutely the objects around me; and here, for the first time, I noticed insects wholly different from any of the varieties found farther to the eastward197. Gaudy198 butterflies fluttered about my horse’s head; strangely formed beetles199, glittering with metallic200 luster201, were crawling upon plants that I had never seen before; multitudes of lizards202, too, were darting203 like lightning over the sand.
I had run to a great distance from the river. It cost me a long ride on the buffalo path before I saw from the ridge of a sand-hill the pale surface of the Platte glistening204 in the midst of its desert valleys, and the faint outline of the hills beyond waving along the sky. From where I stood, not a tree nor a bush nor a living thing was visible throughout the whole extent of the sun-scorched landscape. In half an hour I came upon the trail, not far from the river; and seeing that the party had not yet passed, I turned eastward to meet them, old Pontiac’s long swinging trot again assuring me that I was right in doing so. Having been slightly ill on leaving camp in the morning six or seven hours of rough riding had fatigued205 me extremely. I soon stopped, therefore; flung my saddle on the ground, and with my head resting on it, and my horse’s trail-rope tied loosely to my arm, lay waiting the arrival of the party, speculating meanwhile on the extent of the injuries Pontiac had received. At length the white wagon coverings rose from the verge171 of the plain. By a singular coincidence, almost at the same moment two horsemen appeared coming down from the hills. They were Shaw and Henry, who had searched for me a while in the morning, but well knowing the futility206 of the attempt in such a broken country, had placed themselves on the top of the highest hill they could find, and picketing207 their horses near them, as a signal to me, had laid down and fallen asleep. The stray cattle had been recovered, as the emigrants told us, about noon. Before sunset, we pushed forward eight miles farther.
JUNE 7, 1846.—Four men are missing; R., Sorel and two emigrants. They set out this morning after buffalo, and have not yet made their appearance; whether killed or lost, we cannot tell.
I find the above in my notebook, and well remember the council held on the occasion. Our fire was the scene of it; or the palpable superiority of Henry Chatillon’s experience and skill made him the resort of the whole camp upon every question of difficulty. He was molding bullets at the fire, when the captain drew near, with a perturbed208 and care-worn expression of countenance, faithfully reflected on the heavy features of Jack209, who followed close behind. Then emigrants came straggling from their wagons toward the common center; various suggestions were made to account for the absence of the four men, and one or two of the emigrants declared that when out after the cattle they had seen Indians dogging them, and crawling like wolves along the ridges of the hills. At this time the captain slowly shook his head with double gravity, and solemnly remarked:
“It’s a serious thing to be traveling through this cursed wilderness”; an opinion in which Jack immediately expressed a thorough coincidence. Henry would not commit himself by declaring any positive opinion.
“Maybe he only follow the buffalo too far; maybe Indian kill him; maybe he got lost; I cannot tell!”
With this the auditors210 were obliged to rest content; the emigrants, not in the least alarmed, though curious to know what had become of their comrades, walked back to their wagons and the captain betook himself pensively to his tent. Shaw and I followed his example.
“It will be a bad thing for our plans,” said he as we entered, “if these fellows don’t get back safe. The captain is as helpless on the prairie as a child. We shall have to take him and his brother in tow; they will hang on us like lead.”
“The prairie is a strange place,” said I. “A month ago I should have thought it rather a startling affair to have an acquaintance ride out in the morning and lose his scalp before night, but here it seems the most natural thing in the world; not that I believe that R. has lost his yet.”
If a man is constitutionally liable to nervous apprehensions211, a tour on the distant prairies would prove the best prescription212; for though when in the neighborhood of the Rocky Mountains he may at times find himself placed in circumstances of some danger, I believe that few ever breathe that reckless atmosphere without becoming almost indifferent to any evil chance that may befall themselves or their friends.
Shaw had a propensity213 for luxurious214 indulgence. He spread his blanket with the utmost accuracy on the ground, picked up the sticks and stones that he thought might interfere215 with his comfort, adjusted his saddle to serve as a pillow, and composed himself for his night’s rest. I had the first guard that evening; so, taking my rifle, I went out of the tent. It was perfectly216 dark. A brisk wind blew down from the hills, and the sparks from the fire were streaming over the prairie. One of the emigrants, named Morton, was my companion; and laying our rifles on the grass, we sat down together by the fire. Morton was a Kentuckian, an athletic217 fellow, with a fine intelligent face, and in his manners and conversation he showed the essential characteristics of a gentleman. Our conversation turned on the pioneers of his gallant218 native State. The three hours of our watch dragged away at last, and we went to call up the relief.
R.‘s guard succeeded mine. He was absent; but the captain, anxious lest the camp should be left defenseless, had volunteered to stand in his place; so I went to wake him up. There was no occasion for it, for the captain had been awake since nightfall. A fire was blazing outside of the tent, and by the light which struck through the canvas, I saw him and Jack lying on their backs, with their eyes wide open. The captain responded instantly to my call; he jumped up, seized the double-barreled rifle, and came out of the tent with an air of solemn determination, as if about to devote himself to the safety of the party. I went and lay down, not doubting that for the next three hours our slumbers would be guarded with sufficient vigilance.
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squeaking
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owls
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