Show n 1 I t r y JI r W I eft p I I N ere tb I U j r rr m ho S I iV e I Iy 5 1 e f I I II fi f on onI Itt I fI i b i c r L I i ti 4 4 i A I i ii i i 1 1 1 t I It tl I I IJ 1 t 1 I It I J t i it c 1 4 5 t k j i V t i 4 c s sS t I I Ir i I II r Ii to toj f j f J jl 1 f I Ii f 1 I i 1 1 I It i ill t ll i ij j r rf f I I If Ij 1 j j jI I Ift 11 f I 3 iJ v ft I i iI w B F Fi I I S tr zt W sort OMM Z V Y MCI j jj ji 5 r rJ 1 J I j i g I II I Ij i j L TJ V ju V I Ij 1 1 j n 1 j fi 1 IT I r the American V I when wiet tills thill species I which wo W are arc L now flOW so anxious to plO U I ct e 1 freo foa over the tile 1111 Ii ti and anil lia not yet et been t j er I IUsI disturbed ills t in I n his 11 1 s I n I n by b y yf f American tn settlement s tins tills article has hasHo hasi i Ho deal hc buffalo jishe tJ he was known to tot V t t f cr r alid a Hl ago k 0 are arc ahead C n and a ll with s 9 Is known now till In n n a f law few w private I herds Sat Salt alt Lakers have ilav an all Intimate t tI ac ci a through the tiie fact I 1 C rori Ideate on I Ii I ro herds Is I on an i jl r of o the tho Great Suit Salt si t Lake La e The TilO t keen j st Elt t of oE o p public ll eres In these le o privat herds Is 18 In 1 that only a fe s aio o when s h n i I l poly Se l e an eastern ea fancier 1 ff vl hp ly 0 tJ it was wa Ya an ani l i if i WS important enough to Co tele telegraph graph all alF oer oyei tiffs thIs i l an a tremendously less tic dc ticS r S lo must m st have occurred d In the tJ t r fl t years of ot careless regard for or con conS conI I tf 19 fauna I Is shown In Inthis it this thi article lc It I Is from fr 1 tAlC Uie dl tilary y of gr I a i gi 3 lan t t a r ho ranged rali e l from Red ORed River In fl to Iho ho hoi Co CoIT fl i IT b Oregon ati at the Iho very v Jr ry opening J t i I nl nineteenth century Tile Tho rl o diary Hary 1 1 hornY Hern l now lOW aV at at Ottawa con lx been those l passages dealing with the th buffalo are 1110 Ii I hero holo extracted le l They are scattered through the tIO entire volume and auti are ar areher 1 i her lel I for fO the light they tIr ona on Oft a present pl lent Important Amer Amerl ll l ilc of savins to the next gen oration the th scattered remnants of re 10 resources s sources ur es almost effaced er from th e j jI jl I I i L l OF THE HERD r G 1799 1790 at 9 wo we o found foun l those heard firo yesterday on oil onRod Rod R River Diver they were ivere re waiting for mu vu the tle of ot two ho rut fut buffalo cows eow IB t o of ot fat under L the tIO skin S ln were ra about two Inches thick The TIie Indians told me they had seen eon seena eona a IL wounded buffalo hull bull which must shot by b tho the Sioux This was isas if enough eno no gli gh them an au alarm a The Mt tI s buffaloes buffalos at this place isiace are aro r astonishing to a 11 T unaccustomed to these meadows i h once once a aMU MU black blacic mUll Into which a J man would sink knee kne l deop Is IR i now n made mado hard 1 t ah l t H pavement Jn ont by bYtho tho numerous roUS rols I herds coming to b drink Tho Tilo willows are 1110 entirely trampled tramp ed ana torn to top p t ces even tho hUrl baric of ot tho smaller trees frees Is many places Num Nuni Numerous erous Konio o Of oe which aro 0 a u foot f ot the tl Halll turf como cO from tho the thol plains l To tho the brink blink of othe the river r AU At the tho Grand Marias Mallas a bull buH rushed up sIll from c I being the tho on only ly 13 one u OliC io on the tho Indians wished J to t give It chase chae c s I dl so lo and was near ne I Him In r I sent a n bOll ball through ih the t liver The blood lood Instantly l gunned gu hed out o t of if his Ills nostrils and mouth In ln a as thick as asP my lay m arm at the tile same o turned tUried plunged at al nio with his tongue l out of oC oCI IlL his I l mouth nn anil l his IllS tail t l twisted over ovel his back bacic hac I a t frightful I iyah Iy surprised d at his Ills agility in il 1 at 01 t o leml gore gor my horse buLl ti avoid vold avoided ed eti e him hin as lis best b st I could cOllI until n a second fe shot hot I knocked him down dawn This was another th l diversion for the Indians VICIOUS Sept 5 51 I went ent on horseback t to chase clis a buffalo bull we saw Sail near at hand as n Ic mo up U tit d and nU prepared to fire my horse hOlS suddenly y stopped The bull had ha turned about to face my any horse who was much afraid of ot and startled at such u af r right ful fui object o ho leaped to one o olie o side Ido to t tin th hull AH I T Prepared I for l this tili I was y s I bead ic and amI fell foil within a few fow yards of tile the bulls nose noso but fortunately for fOI me Ino he ha paid morn more attention on to fo any n y horse than limn to me hie Tho grass was vas long and andI I 1 lay IllY quiet until un la a favorable opportunity offered orr led as mi he lie presented his 1 Is I discharged dl both bo beards barrels Js of my double gun at him he be turned and made one no ne plunge towards me but had lattI h no to tor repeat r it before b fore he foil fell with th his nose noso not Ilot more molo than three paces off olf I must mut acknowledge mo mc a n fright VASTNESS RS OF 0 HERDS Sept 6 On approaching Bols Perez Peres Per vye we y Immense Immen e heris s or of buffalo which h appeared to tb touch tou h trie river r VOl anil anti extend ext et zid nd westward wo lard on r the thib plains as 08 UI far as tho the eye eyo could bould reach loach Tho Pio meadows vero were alive with them Wo We 0 soon crawled gunshot arid and ench ll h llred in turn turri keeping our concealed c in the tho long grass SI S At every ev HY shot I they would start at rt but did not Hot appear inclined to t run run off Wo We both emptied our ur powder horns horn and aull by b that limo timp several cows e r e down down Having flaying no rio more nore a n wo lio went to dross ss our cows but lJ lIt tile trie herd h started and nud with wounded cows not one n remained on tue spot sPIt o horrified to Cu fidd d so man shots s to no purpose Sept Sop 9 fIAn An alarm al yas vas given givan n by hy zi i L iman man on guard guar d cl rg aught t Ho Iro lJ o me Inc saying sa the Hie 1 u a IL great Ireat I in Iri if anum alIum a her ber of horsemen ivere 1010 coming 11 1 I r rih desired ih him to fo make no while T r Went tU t the th edge of thin woods w od not p Paces ces from my tout tent tent 1 Vo YO we lc l Ib but a short hort time tl o cI a largo ugo herd lierd 1 e d of tt but f j falo fato came camo t to the ho river IYer todI drink w during tho tIlt Uio r st ft l except for the tho b f ilo s In Wery every Hon an tt 1 whistling of or red deer cIcCI F ep i up lip a tall tal oak oal h l I ad ed fo pur I pose atthe at at tile tho edge dge of of tho the plain from fl the tho top of which I had an extensive I of or tile the country Buffalo and aud reel reil deer wore everywhere in III sight passing l ng Mo to and fro Ire Buffalo came camo down dowl to drink both day da and night near our camp We wo seldom molest n olet them but allow alow them to return in quiet cutlet The Indians I this evening load loaded loadell loaded ed ell our ou stage stalO with bears behrs fat fat and nd choice meat This would have been a glorious time for men had not dread of tho the Sioux deprived them hem of their appetite and made mado them thorn only anxious to the fort FOREST OnEST DESTRUCTION Sept 18 I took my 1111 usual morning morningview morn morningview view from tho the top of my oak and saw more moro buffaloes than ever They formed Jd one body half a n mile 0 from camp rn hence me eOv crOll na ni n far as 3 the fhe e oeo l r see soo This fJ lt a fo f W v miles up UI Park p l river spots of it have hayo been beim la aged by y buffaloes U fales none non but the largo trees tree ala standing the tho thearl baric arl ari of o which yh h Is rubbed perfectly pe y smooth the tho wool and hair lio ir li at tit tha tho foot of t lO trees tree The Tho small brush h are completely m l destroy destroyed ed ell and even OY JU tho grass is not permitted p tl tlC to C gro in lu the Iho th points of gt wood rite Tho faire I re ground Is Js more moro by these th sc Hie tia gate gato of a n farmyard Feb 2 Frogs gs begin to croak A or oE of c s were crosing tho ico lea icon near n ar the r i tho JOgS dogs chased them thema and a one 01 from getting on this tho the men took Ileo they thoy doubled and then hen entangled her ier iier legs less in such a manner maimer tl that tell upon 1 side She jump Jumi jumped ed ll up io clogs dogs taking no ofus otus Crow lOWI and Pierre both got goton gotor on or her sack back ba k but b t this did d not Incommode lIce her she he was yas as as nimble In jumping and kicking at aL tho the dogs as liS before although they were two stout men Crow weigh weighIng ing at 9 pounds What must bo be bothe bothe bethe the strength of It rull gr bull dOU ble hIe the tite w cow Itis common lo to io see a huh l u I e e ed lEOO pounds but buta a cow is s oyei om or SOO pounds p S gross Tho The dogs have I ne line fine 1 sport chasing the theold th old bulls that take talo tho the woods but they arc aro very or alert for COI animals of at their bulk built and the tile dogs cannot hurt them theist I saw otro olf pass today toda with witha a 11 crow perched on eu his back pecking raw spots which caused him to kick k kan and an 1 twist his tall tail I 1 can count daily tally from tho top of my oak from flom 20 to SO 30 herds h r of buffalo feeding on the plains It is surprising how the tho cows resist the tho piercing north which at times blows blow with such nuch violence over the bleak bleal plains ns and such drifts that it cannot be faced still st these an animals anImals graze In Itt n tho t a open field Feb 23 Wolves and crows are ara very numerous feasting on buffalo carcasses which lie Ho in every direction I shot two cows and a calf ca r anti and two bulls buns and got homo after af er dark darl A draught of ot water was We o sweetest s st beverage I II ever cy i tasted tast d darch March arch 20 1 saw sturgeon Jump j mp Wildfowl mid find buffalo buff lo now abound al und Two men mem coming cominS 1 t that they th y saw sawa a 0 L Cull calf of bf this year your yourt t IN i FLOoDS April irli 1 The river r er clear of leo ice but drowned buffalo CO tb to drift by In lii entire herds Several S veral are ale lodged on Oil tho tho banks near n tho tl fort fott fort T Twp io vo wo women women men cut up iti some of f fl the c fattest for their own use mute The Tho fief to io tobo tob iobe bo be b fresh fresl and good goo it It a y as astonishing what vast numbers lg have perished they ll d OlIO on continuous ous US in the current curten for two days anti and um nights 1 Ono One of my hy men found fo a whole l lord herd that mid had ha l fallen fa 1011 t through tho ice Ico in hi lU Park l I river rind till mill H been drowned IlI they were sticking In thin the th lee Ice which had 1101 not yet et moved in that part rh eW had excellent ox nt sport In ln hiack fat and tongues s April ll 11 cutting up tip make malo tallow taU 0 April IS Drowned buffalo b still drift drifting ft ing In down doi the th J ilver ut not n t In such ast as before many nian having lodged oil ill i the thu banks and along al ng thai thi beach I April 22 Pigeons ns flying fl ln north In great numbers F IE LY CALVES CALVE April 29 Wo eliot 4 bears ming down the tho river the fort having brought mo mo a horse I chased a o buffalo but the ground being slippery my horse fell felt and I T i cut my head on the tho cock of my iny gum un unI I killed Jd four calves Js of which I took only the thO thighs and brought two tw calves cales homo home alive h they hey no sooner lost sight of tho the herd hord followed my horse lute like dogs directly Into Int tho the fort fortOn fortOn fortOn On chasing a herd at this season eason tho calves follow until they thoi are fatigued when whon they throw themselves down dow In high h grass and lie still hiding their heads If possible On coming coining on them they start to run only lJ the th person and his hI horse remain quiet and allow to be taken Having been a little handled they follo folloW v like dogs But If they thoy aro not discovered rod by the tho hunter they keep still sUlI until their mothers return jn In search s arch of them thom themas 03 as I observed ved today While cutting up upa a calf on a low ground I heard hoard something running toward mo mao and on looking up saw sawa a large cow coming over raising ground directly at mo moI I had only time to catch c up my gun and fire at which she turned tUr lOd about at full rul speed My Mi tot aim and so s only ci l i shO vory fierce and I r had my gun been beena a IL few fC 1 yards further off sho ie would I Ihil Imao hil attacked mo mc moAN moAN I AN ANNUAL May ia I The stench from frOmn the tho of drowned d buffalo b long along the tile was Intolerable hunt hu at ors arrived from Grand with sIth 30 20 sovan soven bear b lr skins They TheW Th y tell tel mo the time number of buffalo lying along tho th a beach b ach and nd on the tIte banks form one on continuous halo lino and emit omit a I Horrid stench st noh 1 I lam am m informed that every eVOlT evoi Is about tho the same cost tho the white men mon their provisions sometimes nu as well 01 as bring ling ing them thein their meat me t Thus we sva wa have ImY Henry In 1801 now camped on river r complainIng thus Buffalo have ha YO destroyed 1 all tho grass antl azzI t I our oui horses hors s are There was wa honor lonor for particular hunt haunt hunters huntIS ers IS and some somo vastly excelled others In Thus the th noto note for Nov 2 1802 Jl 11 I hired La Boeuf os as ris hunter huntor t This man Is I il supposed to t bo ho tho the beat among Indians for buffalo and other othe strong wild animals his name narrio Is derived from fiolli superior capacities In hunting hUl ting the bufo but falo ale III II has often even evon In seasons When whon there thero was tio no snow approached l a ahl herd hl and und then th n when hon on n hils Iring they thoy ran ram oft off chased ehase l tJ m mon on foot toot for a long distance loading and firing rapidly and keeping In tho the of the herd until ho killed as lY as he ho wished He came In to today tolay tod lay day d y with whim tl a lynx which ho had caught In lii the plains In a fair fall chase and killed I with his hs small ax Ho lIe Is an extraordinary runner Ho Is a tall tallman tallman man lana and lean loan and of a mild disposition but wicked when whon pro PIO provoked yoked to anger angerA A curiosity to know mow how such largo large buffalo bands fared farod In tho forest tires fires that In those days da s must have raged r ged as this liis summer su mner through the same same re ro region glen gion Late In 1804 Henry noted n ted tho We tragic results of or these those fires In this language Nov 1 Fire running all allover allover allover over the this country Nov 25 Plains burned In every ever direction and blind buffalo seen every very minute wandering about The poor beasts have havo all their hair singed off oft even tho the skin akin In many many places Is shriveled up and terribly burned and their eves are ar swollen and closed fast It was really pitiful to see them thorn staggering about sometimes running afoul of a largo large stone at other times tumbling down hill and failing falling Into crocks not yet frozen over uyer In ono one spot we found a whole herd lying hying dead The Tho fire 1110 having I passed only yesterday these animals i still fresh and an ninny many mun o oC cC J them exceedingly gly fat will not permit going into fur th rd details tl lIs 01 tIle the lIftS animal Whoso extinction n Is now tho thio cause au u o of DC i ih h eri regret I ng all lc cans I from this diary dl ry of a Lt fur trailer w sv a kept tle tl u buffalo was dwindling In hi iti ir and amid SO 80 1 yeats ear after afterwards afterwards i wards ard |