"Faith, man, 'tis the fate of genius to ride a[Pg 202] fractious steed," said Father Holland, when the bronchos of priest and poet had come into violent collision with angry squeals28 for the third time in ten minutes.
"And what are the capers29 of this, my beast, compared to the antics of fate, Sir Priest?" asked Pierre with grave dignity.
The wind caught his long hair and blew it about his face till he became an equestrian30 personification of the frenzied31 muse32. I had become acquainted with his trick of setting words to the music of quaint33 rhymes; but Father Holland was taken aback.
"By the saints," he exclaimed, "I've no mind to run amuck34 of Pegasus! I'll get out of your way. Faith, 'tis the first time I've seen poetry in buckskin of this particular binding," and he wheeled his broncho out, leaving me abreast35 of the rhymster.
Pierre's lips began to frame some answer to the churchman.
"Have a care, Father," I warned. "You've escaped the broncho; but look out for the poet."
"Ha! I have it!" and Pierre turned triumphantly37 to Father Holland.
"The Lord be praised that poetry's free,
Or you'd bottle it up like a saint's thumb-bone,
That beauty's beauty for eyes that see
Without regard to a priestly gown——"
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"Hold on," interrupted Father Holland. "Hold on, Pierre!"
Has a limp of one leg!'
"'Bone' and 'gown' don't fit, Mr. Rhymster."
"Upon my honor! You turned poet, too, Father Holland!" said I. "We might be on a pilgrimage to Helicon."
"To where?" says Grant, whose knowledge of classics was less than my own, which was precious little indeed.
"Helicon."
At that Father Holland burst in such roars of laughter, the rhymster took personal offense38, dug his moccasins against the horse's sides and rode ahead. His fringed leggings were braced40 straight out in the stirrups as if he anticipated his broncho transforming the concave into the convex,—known in the vernacular41 as "bucking42."
"Mad as a hatter," said Grant, inferring the joke was on Pierre. "Let him be! Let him be! He'll get over it! He's working up his rhymes for the feast after the buffalo hunt."
And we afterwards got the benefit of those rhymes.
The tenth day west from Pembina our scouts43 found some herd44's footprints on soggy ground. At once word was sent back to pitch camp on rolling land. A cordon45 of carts with shafts46 turned outward encircled the camping ground. At one end the animals were tethered, at the[Pg 204] other the hunter's tents were huddled48 together. All night mongrel curs, tearing about the enclosure in packs, kept noisy watch. Twice Grant and I went out to reconnoitre. We saw only a whitish wolf scurrying49 through the long grass. Grant thought this had disturbed the dogs; but I was not so sure. Indeed, I felt prepared to trace features of Le Grand Diable under every elk-hide, or wolf-skin in which a cunning Indian could be disguised. I deemed it wise to have a stronger guard and engaged two runners, Ringing Thunder and Burnt Earth, giving them horses and ordering them to keep within call during the thick of the hunt.
At daybreak all tents were a beehive of activity. The horses, with almost human intelligence, were wild to be off. Riders could scarcely gain saddles, and before feet were well in the stirrups, the bronchos had reared and bolted away, only to be reined51 sharply in and brought back to the ranks. The dogs, too, were mad, tearing after make-believe enemies and worrying one another till there were several curs less for the hunt. Inside the cart circle, men were shouting last orders to women, squaws scolding half-naked urchins54, that scampered55 in the way, and the whole encampment setting up a din13 that might have scared any buffalo herd into endless flight. Grant gave the word. Pierre hoisted56 the flag, and the camp turmoil57 was left behind. The Bois-Brulés kept well within the lines and observed good order; but the Indian rabble lashed58 their half-broken horses into a[Pg 205] fury of excitement, that threatened confusion to all discipline. The camp was strongly guarded. Father Holland remained with the campers, but in spite of his holy calling, I am sure he longed to be among the hunters.
Scouts ahead, we followed the course of a half-dried slough59 where buffalo tracks were visible. Some two miles from camp, the out-runners returned with word that the herds60 were browsing61 a short distance ahead, and that the marsh62-bed widened to a banked ravine. The buffalo could not have been found in a better place; for there was a fine slope from the upper land to our game. We at once ascended63 the embankment and coursed cautiously along the cliff's summit. Suddenly we rounded an abrupt64 headland and gained full view of the buffalo. The flag was lowered, stopping the march, and up rose our captain in his stirrups to survey the herd. A light mist screened us and a deep growth of the leathery grass, common to marsh lands, half hid a multitude of broad, humped, furry65 backs, moving aimlessly in the valley. Coal-black noses poked66 through the green stalks sniffing68 the air suspiciously and the curved horns tossed broken stems off in savage contempt.
From the headland beneath us to the rolling prairie at the mouth of the valley, the earth swayed with giant forms. The great creatures were restless as caged tigers and already on the rove for the day's march. I suppose the vast flocks of wild geese, that used to darken the sky[Pg 206] and fill the air with their shrill69 "hunk, hunk," when I first went to the north, numbered as many living beings in one mass as that herd; but men no more attempted to count the creatures in flock or herd, than to estimate the pebbles70 of a shore.
Protruding71 eyes glared savagely72 sideways. Great, thick necks hulked forward in impatient jerks; and those dagger-pointed73 horns, sharper than a pruning74 hook, promised no boy's sport for our company. The buffalo sees best laterally75 on the level, and as long as we were quiet we remained undiscovered. At the prospect76, some of the hunters grew excitedly profane77. Others were timorous78, fearing a stampede in our direction. Being above, we could come down on the rear of the buffaloes79 and they would be driven to the open.
Grant scouted80 the counseled caution. The hunters loaded guns, filled their mouths with balls to reload on the gallop81 and awaited the captain's order. Wheeling his horse to the fore5, the warden gave one quick signal. With a storm-burst of galloping82 hoofs83, we charged down the slope. At sound of our whirlwind advance, the bulls tossed up their heads and began pawing the ground angrily. From the hunters there was no shouting till close on the herd, then a wild halloo with unearthly screams from the Indians broke from our company. The buffaloes started up, turned panic-stricken, and with bellowings, that roared down the valley, tore for the open prairie. The ravine rocked with the plunging85 monsters,[Pg 207] and reëchoed to the crash of six-hundred guns and a thunderous tread. Firing was at close range. In a moment there was a battle royal between dexterous86 savages87, swift as tigers, and these leviathans of the prairie with their brute strength.
A quick fearless horse was now invaluable88; for the swiftest riders darted90 towards the large buffaloes and rode within a few yards before taking aim. Instantly, the ravine was ablaze91 with shots. Showers of arrows from the Indian hunters sung through the air overhead. Men unhorsed, ponies92 thrown from their feet, buffaloes wounded—or dead—were scattered93 everywhere. One angry bull gored94 furiously at his assailant, ripping his horse from shoulder to flank, then, maddened by the creature's blood, and before a shot from a second hunter brought him down, caught the rider on its upturned horns and tossed him high. By keeping deftly95 to the fore, where the buffalo could not see, and swerving97 alternately from side to side as the enraged98 animals struck forward, trained horses avoided side thrusts. The saddle-girths of one hunter, heading a buffalo from the herd, gave way as he was leaning over to send a final ball into the brute's head. Down he went, shoulders foremost under its nose, while the horse, with a deft96 leap cleared the vicious drive of horns. Strange to say, the buffalo did not see where he fell and galloped99 onward100. Carcasses were mowed101 down like felled trees; but still we plunged102 on and on, pursuing the racing104 herd; while the ground shook in an earthquake under stampeding hoofs.[Pg 208]
I had forgotten time, place, danger—everything in the mad chase and was hard after a savage old warrior105 that outraced my horse. Gradually I rounded him closer to the embankment. My broncho was blowing, almost wind-spent, but still I dug the spurs into him, and was only a few lengths behind the buffalo, when the wily beast turned. With head down, eyes on fire and nostrils106 blood-red, he bore straight upon me. My broncho reared, then sprang aside. Leaning over to take sure aim, I fired, but a side jerk unbalanced me. I lost my stirrup and sprawled107 in the dust. When I got to my feet, the buffalo lay dead and my broncho was trotting108 back. Hunters were still tearing after the disappearing herd. Riderless horses, mad with the smell of blood and snorting at every flash of powder, kept up with the wild race. Little Fellow, La Robe Noire, Burnt Earth, and Ringing Thunder, had evidently been left in the rear; for look where I might I could not see one of my four Indians. Near me two half-breeds were righting their saddles. I also was tightening109 the girths, which was not an easy matter with my excited broncho prancing110 round in a circle. Suddenly there was the whistle of something through the air overhead, like a catapult stone, or recoiling111 whip-lash. The same instant one of the half-breeds gave an upward toss of both arms and, with a piercing shriek112, fell to the ground. The fellow caught at his throat and from his bared chest protruded113 an arrow shaft47.
I heard his terrified comrade shout, "The[Pg 209] Sioux! the Sioux!" Then he fled in a panic of fear, not knowing where he was going and staggering as he ran; and I saw him pitch forward face downwards114. I had barely realized what had happened and what it all meant, before an exultant115 shout broke from the high grass above the embankment. At that my horse gave a plunge103 and, wrenching116 the rein52 from my grasp, galloped off leaving me to face the hostiles. Half a score of Indians scrambled117 down the cliff and ran to secure the scalps of the dead. Evidently I had not been seen; but if I ran I should certainly be discovered and a Sioux's arrow can overtake the swiftest runner. I was looking hopelessly about for some place of concealment118, when like a demon119 from the earth a horseman, scarlet120 in war-paint appeared not a hundred yards away. Brandishing121 his battle-axe, he came towards me at furious speed. With weapons in hand I crouched122 as his horse approached; and the fool mistook my action for fear. White teeth glistened123 and he shrieked124 with derisive125 laughter. I knew that sound. Back came memory of Le Grand Diable standing126 among the shadows of a forest camp-fire, laughing as I struck him.
The Indian swung his club aloft. I dodged127 abreast of his horse to avoid the blow. With a jerk he pulled the animal back on its haunches. Quick, when it rose, I sent a bullet to its heart. It lurched sideways, reared straight up and fell backwards128 with Le Grand Diable under. The fall knocked battle-axe and club from his grasp;[Pg 210] and when his horse rolled over in a final spasm129, two men were instantly locked in a death clutch. The evil eyes of the Indian glared with a fixed130 look of uncowed hatred131 and the hands of the other tightened132 on the redman's throat. Diable was snatching at a knife in his belt, when the cries of my Indians rang out close at hand. Their coming seemed to renew his strength; for with the full weight of an antagonist133 hanging from his neck, the willowy form squirmed first on his knees, then to his feet. But my men dashed up, knocked his feet from under him and pinioned134 him to the ground. La Robe Noire, with the blood-lust of his race, had a knife unsheathed and would have finished Diable's career for good and all; but Little Fellow struck the blade from his hand. That murderous attempt cost poor La Robe Noire dearly enough in the end.
Hare-skin thongs135 of triple ply53 were wound about Diable's crossed arms from wrists to elbows. Burnt Earth gagged the knave136 with his own moccasin, while Ringing Thunder and Little Fellow quickly roped him neck and ankles to the fore and hind9 shanks of the dead buffalo. This time my wily foe137 should remain in my power till I had rescued Miriam.
"Monsieur! Monsieur!" gasped Little Fellow as he rose from putting a last knot to our prisoner's cords. "The Sioux!" and he pointed in alarm to the cliff.
True, in my sudden conflict, I had forgotten about the marauding Sioux; but the fellows had[Pg 211] disappeared from the field of the buffalo hunt and it was to the embankment that my Indians were anxiously looking. Three thin smoke lines were rising from the prairie. I knew enough of Indian lore138 to recognize this tribal139 signal as a warning to the Sioux band of some misfortune. Was Miriam within range of those smoke signals? Now was my opportunity. I could offer Diable in exchange for the Sioux captives. Meanwhile, we had him secure. He would not be found till the hunt was over and the carts came for the skins.
Mounting the broncho, which Little Fellow had caught and brought back, I ordered the Indians to get their horses and follow; and I rode up to the level prairie. Against the southern horizon shone the yellow birch of a wigwam. Vague movements were apparent through the long grass, from which we conjectured140 the raiders were hastening back with news of Diable's capture. We must reach the Sioux camp before these messengers caused another mysterious disappearing of this fugitive tribe.
We whipped our horses to a gallop. Again thin smoke lines arose from the prairie and simultaneously141 the wigwam began to vanish. I had almost concluded the tepee was one of those delusive142 mirages143 which lead prairie riders on fools' errands, when I descried144 figures mounting ponies where the peaked camp had stood. At this we lashed our horses to faster pace. The Sioux galloped off and more smoke lines were rising.[Pg 212]
"What do those mean, Little Fellow?" I asked; for there was smoke in a dozen places ahead.
"The prairie's on fire, Monsieur! The Sioux have put burnt stick in dry grass! The wind—it blow—it come hard—fast—fast this way!" and all four Indians reined up their horses as if they would turn.
"Coward Indians," I cried. "Go on! Who's put off the trail by the fire of a fool Sioux? Get through the fire before it grows big, or it will catch you all and burn you to a crisp."
The gathering145 smoke was obscuring the fugitives146 and my Indians still hung back. Where the Indian refuses to be coerced147, he may be won by reward, or spurred by praise of bravery.
"Ten horses to the brave who catches a Sioux!" I shouted. "Come on, Indians! Who follows? Is the Indian less brave than the pale face?" and we all dashed forward, spurring our hard-ridden horses without mercy. Each Indian gave his horse the bit. Beating them over the head, they craned flat over the horses' necks to lessen148 resistance to the air. A boisterous149 wind was fanning the burning grass to a great tide of fire that rolled forward in forked tongues; but beyond the flames were figures of receding150 riders; and we pressed on. Cinders151 rained on us like liquid fire, scorching152 and maddening our horses; but we never paused. The billowy clouds of smoke that rolled to meet us were blinding, and the very atmosphere, livid and[Pg 213] quivering with heat, seemed to become a fiery153 fluid that enveloped154 and tortured us. Involuntarily, as we drew nearer and nearer the angry fire-tide, my hand was across my mouth to shut out the hot burning air; but a man must breathe, and the next intake155 of breath blistered156 one's chest like live coals on raw flesh. Little wonder our poor beasts uttered that pitiful scream against pain, which is the horse's one protest of suffering. Presently, they became wildly unmanageable; and when we dismounted to blindfold157 them and muffle158 their heads in our jackets, they crowded and trembled against us in a frenzy159 of terror. Then we tied strips torn from our clothing across our own mouths and, remounting, beat the frantic160 creatures forward. I have often marveled at the courage of those four Indians. For me, there was incentive161 enough to dare everything to the death. For them, what motive162 but to vindicate163 their bravery? But even bravery in its perfection has the limitation of physical endurance; and we had now reached the limit of what we could endure and live. The fire wave was crackling and licking up everything within a few paces of us. Live brands fell thick as a rain of fire. The flames were not crawling in the insidious164 line of the prairie fire when there is no wind, but the very heat of the air seemed to generate a hurricane and the red wave came forward in leaps and bounds, reaching out cloven fangs165 that hissed167 at us like an army of serpents. I remember wondering in a half delirium168 whether parts of Dante's[Pg 214] hell could be worse. With the instinctive169 cry to heaven for help, of human-kind world over, I looked above; but there was only a great pitchy dome170 with glowing clouds rolling and heaving and tossing and blackening the firmament171. Then I knew we must choose one of three things, a long detour172 round the fire-wave, one dash through the flames—or death. I shouted to the men to save themselves; but Burnt Earth and Ringing Thunder had already gone off to skirt the near end of the fire-line. Little Fellow and La Robe Noire stuck staunchly by me. We all three paused, facing death; and the Indians' horses trembled close to my broncho till I felt the burn of hot stirrups against both ankles. Our buckskin was smoking in a dozen places. There was a lull173 of the wind, and I said to myself, "The calm before the end; the next hurricane burst and those red demon claws will have us." But in the momentary174 lull, a place appeared through the trough of smoke billows, where the grass was green and the fire-barrier breached175. With a shout and heads down, we dashed towards this and vaulted176 across the flaming wall, our horses snorting and screaming with pain as we landed on the smoking turf of the other side. I gulped177 a great breath of the fresh air into my suffocating178 lungs, tore the buckskin covering from my broncho's head and we raced on in a swirl179 of smoke, always following the dust which revealed the tracks of the retreating Sioux. There was a whiff of singed180 hair, as if one of the[Pg 215] horses had been burnt, and Little Fellow gave a shout. Looking back I saw his horse sinking on the blackened patch; but La Robe Noire and I rode on. The fugitives were ascending181 rising ground to the south. They were beating their horses in a rage of cruelty; but we gained at every pace. I counted twenty riders. A woman seemed to be strapped182 to one horse. Was this Miriam? We were on moist grass and I urged La Robe Noire to ride faster and drove spurs in my own beast, though I felt him weakening under me. The Sioux had now reached the crest183 of the hill. Our horses were nigh done, and to jade184 the fagged creatures up rising ground was useless.
When we finally reached the height, the Sioux were far down in the valley. It was utterly185 hopeless to try to overtake them. Ah! It is easy to face death and to struggle and to fight and to triumph! But the hardest of all hard things is to surrender, to yield to the inevitable186, to turn back just when the goal looms187 through obscurity!
I still had Diable in my power. We headed about and crawled slowly back by unburnt land towards the buffalo hunters.
Little Fellow, we overtook limping homeward afoot. Burnt Earth and Ringing Thunder awaited us near the ravine. The carts were already out gathering hides, tallow, flesh and tongues. We made what poor speed we could among the buffalo carcasses to the spot where we had left Le Grand Diable. It was Little Fellow, who was[Pg 216] hobbling ahead, and the Indian suddenly turned with such a cry of baffled rage, I knew it boded188 misfortune. Running forward, I could hardly believe my eyes. Fools that we were to leave the captive unguarded! The great buffalo lay unmolested; but there was no Le Grand Diable. A third time had he vanished as if in league with the powers of the air. Closer examination explained his disappearance189. A wet, tattered190 moccasin, with the appearance of having been chewed, lay on the turf. He had evidently bitten through his gag, raised his arms to his mouth, eaten away the hare thongs, and so, without the help of the Sioux raiders, freed his hands, untied191 himself and escaped.
Dumfounded and baffled, I returned to the encampment and took counsel with Father Holland. We arranged to set out for the Mandanes on the Missouri. Diable's tribe had certainly gone south to Sioux territory. The Sioux and the Mandanes were friendly enough neighbors this year. Living with the Mandanes south of the Sioux country, we might keep track of the enemy without exposing ourselves to Sioux vengeance192.
Forebodings of terrible suffering for Miriam haunted me. I could not close my eyes without seeing her subjected to Indian torture; and I had no heart to take part in the jubilation193 of the hunters over their great success. The savory194 smell of roasting meat whiffed into my tent and I heard the shrill laughter of the squaws preparing the hunters' feast. With hard-wood axles[Pg 217] squeaking195 loudly under the unusual burden, the last cart rumbled196 into the camp enclosure with its load of meat and skins. The clamor of the people subsided197; and I knew every one was busily gorging198 to repletion199, too intent on the satisfaction of animal greed to indulge in the Saxon habit of talking over a meal. Well might they gorge200; for this was the one great annual feast. There would follow a winter of stint201 and hardship and hunger; and every soul in the camp was laying up store against famine. Even the dogs were happy, for they were either roving over the field of the hunt, or lying disabled from gluttony at their masters' tents.
Father Holland remained in the tepee with me talking over our plans and plastering Indian ointment202 on my numerous burns. By and by, the voices of the feasters began again and we heard Pierre, the rhymester, chanting the song of the buffalo hunt:
Now list to the song of the buffalo hunt,
Which I, Pierre, the rhymester, chant of the brave!
We are Bois-Brulés, Freemen of the plains,
We choose our chief! We are no man's slave!
Up, riders, up, ere the early mist
Up, rangers, up, ere the buffalo herds
Down in the gorge, where the prairie dips.
We've followed their tracks from the rolling plain
Stand half as high as the billowy green.
The spear-grass touched our saddle-bows,
Till our horses reared with a sudden check.
Great fur-maned heads are thrust through reeds,
Reined sheer on their haunches are terrified steeds!
Get you gone to the squaws at the tents, old men,
The cart-lines safely encircle the camp!
Quick! Load guns, for our horses champ!
A tossing of horns, a pawing of hoofs,
But the hunters utter never a word,
So move we in silence against the herd.
With arrows ready and triggers cocked,
We round them nearer the valley bank;
A wave from our captain, out bursts a wild shout,
A crash of shots from our breaking ranks,
And the herd stampedes with a thunderous boom
While we drive our spurs into quivering flanks.
And hunters ride on in a whirl of dust.[Pg 219]
A rip of the sharp-curved sickle-horns,
A hunter falls to the blood-soaked ground!
He is gored and tossed and trampled down,
On dashes the furious beast with a bound,
When over sky-line hulks the last great form
Dies like an echo in distant hills,
Now, old men and squaws, come you out with the carts!
There's meat against hunger and fur against cold!
Gather full store for the pemmican bags,
So list ye the song of the Bois-Brulés,
Of their glorious deeds in the days of old,
And this is the tale of the buffalo hunt
Which I, Pierre, the rhymester, have proudly told.
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untied
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vengeance
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jubilation
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savory
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hips
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