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Updated: June 27, 2025
"Dead as an Injun wi' his head cut off," replied the trapper, taking a small feather out of his cap and tossing it in the air. "See, cap, it falls plump!" "It does, truly." "We kin easily git roun' them bufflers afore they wind us; an' we hev men enough to make a picket fence about them. We can hardly set about it too soon, cap. Thur a movin' torst the edge yander."
They had not been at work above an hour before a couple more Indians came into sight, and soon after, to his great delight, Bart recognised Joses and the Beaver coming slowly over a ridge in the distance, and he cantered off to meet them at once. "Thought we lost you, Master Bart," cried Joses, with a grim smile. "Well, how many bufflers did you shoot?"
'I was just going to show you when you stopped me. 'Hold on; no need of bein' in a sweat about it. Do yer come alone? 'No. I came with a hunter. 'What war his name? 'Baldy Bicknell. 'B'ars and bufflers! did yer come with him? 'Yes; he was my companion all the way. 'Whar mought he be? Johnny Brainerd hesitated a moment.
"Thar ain't no use of tryin' to reach home on foot, any more than thar is of climbing up that wall with yer toes. Arter we strike camp, we'll stop long enough to eat two or three bufflers, and rest, and while yer at that sort of biz, I'll 'light out, and scare up something in the way of hoss flish. Thar's plenty of it in this part of the world, and a man needn't hunt long to find it.
Why, you never thought, praps, how bufflers fill up the country in some parts. I've seen droves of 'em miles upon miles long, and if it wasn't for the wolves and the Injun, as I said afore, there wouldn't be room for anything else." "Are there so many as you say, Joses?" asked Bart. "Not now, my lad. There used to be, but they've been killed down a deal. You see the Injun lives on 'em a'most.
He was at a loss what reply to make, and therefore made none. The next moment the giant hunter was beside him. 'B'ars and bufflers! younker, what ye got thar? he demanded, eyeing the steam man with an expression of the most amazed wonder. 'I say, what do yer call that thing?
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