On the next morning we entered once more among the mountains. There was nothing in their appearance either grand or picturesque16, though they were desolate17 to the last degree, being mere18 piles of black and broken rocks, without trees or vegetation of any kind. As we passed among them along a wide valley, I noticed Raymond riding by the side of a younger squaw, to whom he was addressing various insinuating19 compliments. All the old squaws in the neighborhood watched his proceedings20 in great admiration21, and the girl herself would turn aside her head and laugh. Just then the old mule22 thought proper to display her vicious pranks23; she began to rear and plunge24 most furiously. Raymond was an excellent rider, and at first he stuck fast in his seat; but the moment after, I saw the mule’s hind-legs flourishing in the air, and my unlucky follower25 pitching head foremost over her ears. There was a burst of screams and laughter from all the women, in which his mistress herself took part, and Raymond was instantly assailed26 by such a shower of witticisms27, that he was glad to ride forward out of hearing.
Not long after, as I rode near him, I heard him shouting to me. He was pointing toward a detached rocky hill that stood in the middle of the valley before us, and from behind it a long file of elk28 came out at full speed and entered an opening in the side of the mountain. They had scarcely disappeared when whoops29 and exclamations30 came from fifty voices around me. The young men leaped from their horses, flung down their heavy buffalo32 robes, and ran at full speed toward the foot of the nearest mountain. Reynal also broke away at a gallop33 in the same direction, “Come on! come on!” he called to us. “Do you see that band of bighorn up yonder? If there’s one of them, there’s a hundred!”
In fact, near the summit of the mountain, I could see a large number of small white objects, moving rapidly upward among the precipices34, while others were filing along its rocky profile. Anxious to see the sport, I galloped35 forward, and entering a passage in the side of the mountain, ascended36 the loose rocks as far as my horse could carry me. Here I fastened her to an old pine tree that stood alone, scorching37 in the sun. At that moment Raymond called to me from the right that another band of sheep was close at hand in that direction. I ran up to the top of the opening, which gave me a full view into the rocky gorge38 beyond; and here I plainly saw some fifty or sixty sheep, almost within rifle-shot, clattering39 upward among the rocks, and endeavoring, after their usual custom, to reach the highest point. The naked Indians bounded up lightly in pursuit. In a moment the game and hunters disappeared. Nothing could be seen or heard but the occasional report of a gun, more and more distant, reverberating40 among the rocks.
I turned to descend41, and as I did so I could see the valley below alive with Indians passing rapidly through it, on horseback and on foot. A little farther on, all were stopping as they came up; the camp was preparing, and the lodges43 rising. I descended44 to this spot, and soon after Reynal and Raymond returned. They bore between them a sheep which they had pelted45 to death with stones from the edge of a ravine, along the bottom of which it was attempting to escape. One by one the hunters came dropping in; yet such is the activity of the Rocky Mountain sheep that, although sixty or seventy men were out in pursuit, not more than half a dozen animals were killed. Of these only one was a full-grown male. He had a pair of horns twisted like a ram’s, the dimensions of which were almost beyond belief. I have seen among the Indians ladles with long handles, capable of containing more than a quart, cut from such horns.
There is something peculiarly interesting in the character and habits of the mountain sheep, whose chosen retreats are above the region of vegetation and storms, and who leap among the giddy precipices of their aerial home as actively46 as the antelope47 skims over the prairies below.
Through the whole of the next morning we were moving forward, among the hills. On the following day the heights gathered around us, and the passage of the mountains began in earnest. Before the village left its camping ground, I set forward in company with the Eagle-Feather, a man of powerful frame, but of bad and sinister48 face. His son, a light-limbed boy, rode with us, and another Indian, named the Panther, was also of the party. Leaving the village out of sight behind us, we rode together up a rocky defile49. After a while, however, the Eagle-Feather discovered in the distance some appearance of game, and set off with his son in pursuit of it, while I went forward with the Panther. This was a mere NOM DE GUERRE; for, like many Indians, he concealed50 his real name out of some superstitious51 notion. He was a very noble looking fellow. As he suffered his ornamented52 buffalo robe to fall into folds about his loins, his stately and graceful53 figure was fully54 displayed; and while he sat his horse in an easy attitude, the long feathers of the prairie cock fluttering from the crown of his head, he seemed the very model of a wild prairie-rider. He had not the same features as those of other Indians. Unless his handsome face greatly belied55 him, he was free from the jealousy56, suspicion, and malignant57 cunning of his people. For the most part, a civilized58 white man can discover but very few points of sympathy between his own nature and that of an Indian. With every disposition59 to do justice to their good qualities, he must be conscious that an impassable gulf60 lies between him and his red brethren of the prairie. Nay61, so alien to himself do they appear that, having breathed for a few months or a few weeks the air of this region, he begins to look upon them as a troublesome and dangerous species of wild beast, and, if expedient62, he could shoot them with as little compunction as they themselves would experience after performing the same office upon him. Yet, in the countenance63 of the Panther, I gladly read that there were at least some points of sympathy between him and me. We were excellent friends, and as we rode forward together through rocky passages, deep dells, and little barren plains, he occupied himself very zealously65 in teaching me the Dakota language. After a while, we came to a little grassy66 recess67, where some gooseberry bushes were growing at the foot of a rock; and these offered such temptation to my companion, that he gave over his instruction, and stopped so long to gather the fruit that before we were in motion again the van of the village came in view. An old woman appeared, leading down her pack horse among the rocks above. Savage68 after savage followed, and the little dell was soon crowded with the throng69.
That morning’s march was one not easily to be forgotten. It led us through a sublime70 waste, a wilderness71 of mountains and pine forests, over which the spirit of loneliness and silence seemed brooding. Above and below little could be seen but the same dark green foliage72. It overspread the valleys, and the mountains were clothed with it from the black rocks that crowned their summits to the impetuous streams that circled round their base. Scenery like this, it might seem, could have no very cheering effect on the mind of a sick man (for to-day my disease had again assailed me) in the midst of a horde73 of savages74; but if the reader has ever wandered, with a true hunter’s spirit, among the forests of Maine, or the more picturesque solitudes75 of the Adirondack Mountains, he will understand how the somber76 woods and mountains around me might have awakened77 any other feelings than those of gloom. In truth they recalled gladdening recollections of similar scenes in a distant and far different land. After we had been advancing for several hours through passages always narrow, often obstructed78 and difficult, I saw at a little distance on our right a narrow opening between two high wooded precipices. All within seemed darkness and mystery. In the mood in which I found myself something strongly impelled79 me to enter. Passing over the intervening space I guided my horse through the rocky portal, and as I did so instinctively80 drew the covering from my rifle, half expecting that some unknown evil lay in ambush81 within those dreary82 recesses83. The place was shut in among tall cliffs, and so deeply shadowed by a host of old pine trees that, though the sun shone bright on the side of the mountain, nothing but a dim twilight84 could penetrate85 within. As far as I could see it had no tenants86 except a few hawks87 and owls6, who, dismayed at my intrusion, flapped hoarsely88 away among the shaggy branches. I moved forward, determined89 to explore the mystery to the bottom, and soon became involved among the pines. The genius of the place exercised a strange influence upon my mind. Its faculties90 were stimulated91 into extraordinary activity, and as I passed along many half-forgotten incidents, and the images of persons and things far distant, rose rapidly before me with surprising distinctness. In that perilous92 wilderness, eight hundred miles removed beyond the faintest vestige93 of civilization, the scenes of another hemisphere, the seat of ancient refinement94, passed before me more like a succession of vivid paintings than any mere dreams of the fancy. I saw the church of St. Peter’s illumined on the evening of Easter Day, the whole majestic95 pile, from the cross to the foundation stone, penciled in fire and shedding a radiance, like the serene96 light of the moon, on the sea of upturned faces below. I saw the peak of Mount Etna towering above its inky mantle97 of clouds and lightly curling its wreaths of milk-white smoke against the soft sky flushed with the Sicilian sunset. I saw also the gloomy vaulted98 passages and the narrow cells of the Passionist convent where I once had sojourned for a few days with the fanatical monks99, its pale, stern inmates100 in their robes of black, and the grated window from whence I could look out, a forbidden indulgence, upon the melancholy101 Coliseum and the crumbling102 ruins of the Eternal City. The mighty103 glaciers104 of the Splugen too rose before me, gleaming in the sun like polished silver, and those terrible solitudes, the birthplace of the Rhine, where bursting from the bowels105 of its native mountains, it lashes106 and foams107 down the rocky abyss into the little valley of Andeer. These recollections, and many more, crowded upon me, until remembering that it was hardly wise to remain long in such a place, I mounted again and retraced108 my steps. Issuing from between the rocks I saw a few rods before me the men, women, and children, dogs and horses, still filing slowly across the little glen. A bare round hill rose directly above them. I rode to the top, and from this point I could look down on the savage procession as it passed just beneath my feet, and far on the left I could see its thin and broken line, visible only at intervals109, stretching away for miles among the mountains. On the farthest ridge110 horsemen were still descending111 like mere specks112 in the distance.
I remained on the hill until all had passed, and then, descending, followed after them. A little farther on I found a very small meadow, set deeply among steep mountains; and here the whole village had encamped. The little spot was crowded with the confused and disorderly host. Some of the lodges were already completely prepared, or the squaws perhaps were busy in drawing the heavy coverings of skin over the bare poles. Others were as yet mere skeletons, while others still—poles, covering, and all—lay scattered115 in complete disorder114 on the ground among buffalo robes, bales of meat, domestic utensils117, harness, and weapons. Squaws were screaming to one another, horses rearing and plunging118 dogs yelping119, eager to be disburdened of their loads, while the fluttering of feathers and the gleam of barbaric ornaments120 added liveliness to the scene. The small children ran about amid the crowd, while many of the boys were scrambling121 among the overhanging rocks, and standing122, with their little bows in their hands, looking down upon a restless throng. In contrast with the general confusion, a circle of old men and warriors123 sat in the midst, smoking in profound indifference124 and tranquillity125. The disorder at length subsided126. The horses were driven away to feed along the adjacent valley, and the camp assumed an air of listless repose127. It was scarcely past noon; a vast white canopy128 of smoke from a burning forest to the eastward129 overhung the place, and partially130 obscured the sun; yet the heat was almost insupportable. The lodges stood crowded together without order in the narrow space. Each was a perfect hothouse, within which the lazy proprietor131 lay sleeping. The camp was silent as death. Nothing stirred except now and then an old woman passing from lodge42 to lodge. The girls and young men sat together in groups under the pine trees upon the surrounding heights. The dogs lay panting on the ground, too lazy even to growl132 at the white man. At the entrance of the meadow there was a cold spring among the rocks, completely overshadowed by tall trees and dense133 undergrowth. In this cold and shady retreat a number of girls were assembled, sitting together on rocks and fallen logs, discussing the latest gossip of the village, or laughing and throwing water with their hands at the intruding134 Meneaska. The minutes seemed lengthened135 into hours. I lay for a long time under a tree, studying the Ogallalla tongue, with the zealous64 instructions of my friend the Panther. When we were both tired of this I went and lay down by the side of a deep, clear pool formed by the water of the spring. A shoal of little fishes of about a pin’s length were playing in it, sporting together, as it seemed, very amicably136; but on closer observation, I saw that they were engaged in a cannibal warfare137 among themselves. Now and then a small one would fall a victim, and immediately disappear down the maw of his voracious138 conqueror139. Every moment, however, the tyrant140 of the pool, a monster about three inches long, with staring goggle141 eyes, would slowly issue forth142 with quivering fins143 and tail from under the shelving bank. The small fry at this would suspend their hostilities144, and scatter116 in a panic at the appearance of overwhelming force.
“Soft-hearted philanthropists,” thought I, “may sigh long for their peaceful millennium145; for from minnows up to men, life is an incessant146 battle.”
Evening approached at last, the tall mountain-tops around were still gay and bright in sunshine, while our deep glen was completely shadowed. I left the camp and ascended a neighboring hill, whose rocky summit commanded a wide view over the surrounding wilderness. The sun was still glaring through the stiff pines on the ridge of the western mountain. In a moment he was gone, and as the landscape rapidly darkened, I turned again toward the village. As I descended the hill, the howling of wolves and the barking of foxes came up out of the dim woods from far and near. The camp was glowing with a multitude of fires, and alive with dusky naked figures, whose tall shadows flitted among the surroundings crags.
I found a circle of smokers147 seated in their usual place; that is, on the ground before the lodge of a certain warrior, who seemed to be generally known for his social qualities. I sat down to smoke a parting pipe with my savage friends. That day was the 1st of August, on which I had promised to meet Shaw at Fort Laramie. The Fort was less than two days’ journey distant, and that my friend need not suffer anxiety on my account, I resolved to push forward as rapidly as possible to the place of meeting. I went to look after the Hail-Storm, and having found him, I offered him a handful of hawks’-bells and a paper of vermilion, on condition that he would guide me in the morning through the mountains within sight of Laramie Creek148.
The Hail-Storm ejaculated “How!” and accepted the gift. Nothing more was said on either side; the matter was settled, and I lay down to sleep in Kongra-Tonga’s lodge.
Long before daylight Raymond shook me by the shoulder.
“Everything is ready,” he said.
I went out. The morning was chill, damp, and dark; and the whole camp seemed asleep. The Hail-Storm sat on horseback before the lodge, and my mare149 Pauline and the mule which Raymond rode were picketed150 near it. We saddled and made our other arrangements for the journey, but before these were completed the camp began to stir, and the lodge-coverings fluttered and rustled151 as the squaws pulled them down in preparation for departure. Just as the light began to appear we left the ground, passing up through a narrow opening among the rocks which led eastward out of the meadow. Gaining the top of this passage, I turned round and sat looking back upon the camp, dimly visible in the gray light of the morning. All was alive with the bustle152 of preparation. I turned away, half unwilling153 to take a final leave of my savage associates. We turned to the right, passing among the rocks and pine trees so dark that for a while we could scarcely see our way. The country in front was wild and broken, half hill, half plain, partly open and partly covered with woods of pine and oak. Barriers of lofty mountains encompassed154 it; the woods were fresh and cool in the early morning; the peaks of the mountains were wreathed with mist, and sluggish155 vapors156 were entangled158 among the forests upon their sides. At length the black pinnacle159 of the tallest mountain was tipped with gold by the rising sun. About that time the Hail-Storm, who rode in front gave a low exclamation31. Some large animal leaped up from among the bushes, and an elk, as I thought, his horns thrown back over his neck, darted160 past us across the open space, and bounded like a mad thing away among the adjoining pines. Raymond was soon out of his saddle, but before he could fire, the animal was full two hundred yards distant. The ball struck its mark, though much too low for mortal effect. The elk, however, wheeled in its flight, and ran at full speed among the trees, nearly at right angles to his former course. I fired and broke his shoulder; still he moved on, limping down into the neighboring woody hollow, whither the young Indian followed and killed him. When we reached the spot we discovered him to be no elk, but a black-tailed deer, an animal nearly twice the size of the common deer, and quite unknown to the East. We began to cut him up; the reports of the rifles had reached the ears of the Indians, and before our task was finished several of them came to the spot. Leaving the hide of the deer to the Hail-Storm, we hung as much of the meat as we wanted behind our saddles, left the rest to the Indians, and resumed our journey. Meanwhile the village was on its way, and had gone so far that to get in advance of it was impossible. Therefore we directed our course so as to strike its line of march at the nearest point. In a short time, through the dark trunks of the pines, we could see the figures of the Indians as they passed. Once more we were among them. They were moving with even more than their usual precipitation, crowded close together in a narrow pass between rocks and old pine trees. We were on the eastern descent of the mountain, and soon came to a rough and difficult defile, leading down a very steep declivity161. The whole swarm poured down together, filling the rocky passageway like some turbulent mountain stream. The mountains before us were on fire, and had been so for weeks. The view in front was obscured by a vast dim sea of smoke and vapor157, while on either hand the tall cliffs, bearing aloft their crest162 of pines, thrust their heads boldly through it, and the sharp pinnacles163 and broken ridges164 of the mountains beyond them were faintly traceable as through a veil. The scene in itself was most grand and imposing165, but with the savage multitude, the armed warriors, the naked children, the gayly appareled girls, pouring impetuously down the heights, it would have formed a noble subject for a painter, and only the pen of a Scott could have done it justice in description.
We passed over a burnt tract166 where the ground was hot beneath the horses’ feet, and between the blazing sides of two mountains. Before long we had descended to a softer region, where we found a succession of little valleys watered by a stream, along the borders of which grew abundance of wild gooseberries and currants, and the children and many of the men straggled from the line of march to gather them as we passed along. Descending still farther, the view changed rapidly. The burning mountains were behind us, and through the open valleys in front we could see the ocean-like prairie, stretching beyond the sight. After passing through a line of trees that skirted the brook167, the Indians filed out upon the plains. I was thirsty and knelt down by the little stream to drink. As I mounted again I very carelessly left my rifle among the grass, and my thoughts being otherwise absorbed, I rode for some distance before discovering its absence. As the reader may conceive, I lost no time in turning about and galloping168 back in search of it. Passing the line of Indians, I watched every warrior as he rode by me at a canter, and at length discovered my rifle in the hands of one of them, who, on my approaching to claim it, immediately gave it up. Having no other means of acknowledging the obligation, I took off one of my spurs and gave it to him. He was greatly delighted, looking upon it as a distinguished169 mark of favor, and immediately held out his foot for me to buckle170 it on. As soon as I had done so, he struck it with force into the side of his horse, who gave a violent leap. The Indian laughed and spurred harder than before. At this the horse shot away like an arrow, amid the screams and laughter of the squaws, and the ejaculations of the men, who exclaimed: “Washtay!—Good!” at the potent171 effect of my gift. The Indian had no saddle, and nothing in place of a bridle172 except a leather string tied round the horse’s jaw173. The animal was of course wholly uncontrollable, and stretched away at full speed over the prairie, till he and his rider vanished behind a distant swell174. I never saw the man again, but I presume no harm came to him. An Indian on horseback has more lives than a cat.
The village encamped on a scorching prairie, close to the foot of the mountains. The beat was most intense and penetrating175. The coverings of the lodges were raised a foot or more from the ground, in order to procure176 some circulation of air; and Reynal thought proper to lay aside his trapper’s dress of buckskin and assume the very scanty177 costume of an Indian. Thus elegantly attired178, he stretched himself in his lodge on a buffalo robe, alternately cursing the heat and puffing179 at the pipe which he and I passed between us. There was present also a select circle of Indian friends and relatives. A small boiled puppy was served up as a parting feast, to which was added, by way of dessert, a wooden bowl of gooseberries, from the mountains.
“Look there,” said Reynal, pointing out of the opening of his lodge; “do you see that line of buttes about fifteen miles off? Well, now, do you see that farthest one, with the white speck113 on the face of it? Do you think you ever saw it before?”
“It looks to me,” said I, “like the hill that we were camped under when we were on Laramie Creek, six or eight weeks ago.”
“You’ve hit it,” answered Reynal.
“Go and bring in the animals, Raymond,” said I: “we’ll camp there to-night, and start for the Fort in the morning.”
The mare and the mule were soon before the lodge. We saddled them, and in the meantime a number of Indians collected about us. The virtues180 of Pauline, my strong, fleet, and hardy181 little mare, were well known in camp, and several of the visitors were mounted upon good horses which they had brought me as presents. I promptly182 declined their offers, since accepting them would have involved the necessity of transferring poor Pauline into their barbarous hands. We took leave of Reynal, but not of the Indians, who are accustomed to dispense183 with such superfluous184 ceremonies. Leaving the camp we rode straight over the prairie toward the white-faced bluff185, whose pale ridges swelled186 gently against the horizon, like a cloud. An Indian went with us, whose name I forget, though the ugliness of his face and the ghastly width of his mouth dwell vividly187 in my recollection. The antelope were numerous, but we did not heed188 them. We rode directly toward our destination, over the arid189 plains and barren hills, until, late in the afternoon, half spent with heat, thirst, and fatigue190, we saw a gladdening sight; the long line of trees and the deep gulf that mark the course of Laramie Creek. Passing through the growth of huge dilapidated old cottonwood trees that bordered the creek, we rode across to the other side.
The rapid and foaming191 waters were filled with fish playing and splashing in the shallows. As we gained the farther bank, our horses turned eagerly to drink, and we, kneeling on the sand, followed their example. We had not gone far before the scene began to grow familiar.
“We are getting near home, Raymond,” said I.
There stood the Big Tree under which we had encamped so long; there were the white cliffs that used to look down upon our tent when it stood at the bend of the creek; there was the meadow in which our horses had grazed for weeks, and a little farther on, the prairie-dog village where I had beguiled192 many a languid hour in persecuting193 the unfortunate inhabitants.
“We are going to catch it now,” said Raymond, turning his broad, vacant face up toward the sky.
In truth, the landscape, the cliffs and the meadow, the stream and the groves195 were darkening fast. Black masses of cloud were swelling196 up in the south, and the thunder was growling197 ominously198.
“We will camp here,” I said, pointing to a dense grove194 of trees lower down the stream. Raymond and I turned toward it, but the Indian stopped and called earnestly after us. When we demanded what was the matter, he said that the ghosts of two warriors were always among those trees, and that if we slept there, they would scream and throw stones at us all night, and perhaps steal our horses before morning. Thinking it as well to humor him, we left behind us the haunt of these extraordinary ghosts, and passed on toward Chugwater, riding at full gallop, for the big drops began to patter down. Soon we came in sight of the poplar saplings that grew about the mouth of the little stream. We leaped to the ground, threw off our saddles, turned our horses loose, and drawing our knives, began to slash199 among the bushes to cut twigs200 and branches for making a shelter against the rain. Bending down the taller saplings as they grew, we piled the young shoots upon them; and thus made a convenient penthouse, but all our labor201 was useless. The storm scarcely touched us. Half a mile on our right the rain was pouring down like a cataract202, and the thunder roared over the prairie like a battery of cannon203; while we by good fortune received only a few heavy drops from the skirt of the passing cloud. The weather cleared and the sun set gloriously. Sitting close under our leafy canopy, we proceeded to discuss a substantial meal of wasna which Weah-Washtay had given me. The Indian had brought with him his pipe and a bag of shongsasha; so before lying down to sleep, we sat for some time smoking together. Previously204, however, our wide-mouthed friend had taken the precaution of carefully examining the neighborhood. He reported that eight men, counting them on his fingers, had been encamped there not long before. Bisonette, Paul Dorion, Antoine Le Rouge205, Richardson, and four others, whose names he could not tell. All this proved strictly206 correct. By what instinct he had arrived at such accurate conclusions, I am utterly at a loss to divine.
It was still quite dark when I awoke and called Raymond. The Indian was already gone, having chosen to go on before us to the Fort. Setting out after him, we rode for some time in complete darkness, and when the sun at length rose, glowing like a fiery207 ball of copper208, we were ten miles distant from the Fort. At length, from the broken summit of a tall sandy bluff we could see Fort Laramie, miles before us, standing by the side of the stream like a little gray speck in the midst of the bounding desolation. I stopped my horse, and sat for a moment looking down upon it. It seemed to me the very center of comfort and civilization. We were not long in approaching it, for we rode at speed the greater part of the way. Laramie Creek still intervened between us and the friendly walls. Entering the water at the point where we had struck upon the bank, we raised our feet to the saddle behind us, and thus, kneeling as it were on horseback, passed dry-shod through the swift current. As we rode up the bank, a number of men appeared in the gateway209. Three of them came forward to meet us. In a moment I distinguished Shaw; Henry Chatillon followed with his face of manly210 simplicity211 and frankness, and Delorier came last, with a broad grin of welcome. The meeting was not on either side one of mere ceremony. For my own part, the change was a most agreeable one from the society of savages and men little better than savages, to that of my gallant212 and high-minded companion and our noble-hearted guide. My appearance was equally gratifying to Shaw, who was beginning to entertain some very uncomfortable surmises213 concerning me.
Bordeaux greeted me very cordially, and shouted to the cook. This functionary214 was a new acquisition, having lately come from Fort Pierre with the trading wagons215. Whatever skill he might have boasted, he had not the most promising216 materials to exercise it upon. He set before me, however, a breakfast of biscuit, coffee, and salt pork. It seemed like a new phase of existence, to be seated once more on a bench, with a knife and fork, a plate and teacup, and something resembling a table before me. The coffee seemed delicious, and the bread was a most welcome novelty, since for three weeks I had eaten scarcely anything but meat, and that for the most part without salt. The meal also had the relish217 of good company, for opposite to me sat Shaw in elegant dishabille. If one is anxious thoroughly218 to appreciate the value of a congenial companion, he has only to spend a few weeks by himself in an Ogallalla village. And if he can contrive219 to add to his seclusion220 a debilitating221 and somewhat critical illness, his perceptions upon this subject will be rendered considerably222 more vivid.
Shaw had been upward of two weeks at the Fort. I found him established in his old quarters, a large apartment usually occupied by the absent bourgeois223. In one corner was a soft and luxuriant pile of excellent buffalo robes, and here I lay down. Shaw brought me three books.
“Here,” said he, “is your Shakespeare and Byron, and here is the Old Testament224, which has as much poetry in it as the other two put together.”
I chose the worst of the three, and for the greater part of that day lay on the buffalo robes, fairly reveling in the creations of that resplendent genius which has achieved no more signal triumph than that of half beguiling225 us to forget the pitiful and unmanly character of its possessor.
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