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Show GREATBUFFALOSLAUGHTER ill Pill It Came About Through a Gigantic Hoax Worked by M K Americans Upon Credulous Germans. Hm I l hen a lad onls r. sears of nge llr I II Hrlttau would sit on tho knee of Kit Canon nnd b. nun. thrilled and en e hunted with the old huntirs tnles nf his exploits and trapping expeditions It made the bovleh heart nche for adventure ad-venture lie gut It Inter on riuit was In Wcstpeiit, now u suburb of Kunsiis Cits In the seats that have Intervened llr ItrlttHti liemme sunn thing of a Western pioneer He became esieelalls hands with ihe Indians lie explored and tiinled and beinme a eomlneii lul truvil ei after sears of busing furs on Iho frontlet IihIiis Mr llrlttnn Is probnbls the old est comiturilnl mm In this cits He las been on the rout fot thins seven seats without nbreak He lepnsents a mini ber of Histeru nnd Norlhirii concerns lu this tiiiltury nnd tlili southfiil pupil uf Mt (mucin was found lu his (anil stmt hiiid.iuaiteis one afternoon looking look-ing ovir some old st u,e lout, mips I miu ml ei the btggist on lit fur but fnlo hldts that ivcl went west said llr lliiitan mnlliatlvils an I I am not apt to mr foi git It because I hid lis execution In chime There nu u i,.i.i 1 ma is iiopl. lu tlu middle Wist-busl-ii. ssmeii who know more cir loss nbuut Unit somewhat msstirlniis order ror mi nun Imrraio IiIiIib mid of tin wholesale whole-sale slaughtir uf the nnlm lis that followed fol-lowed but thes never reulls km w tho sunt about it wluie It mine from or what the skins neie acli-alls ror the WoHtoiii ilalns win lltrrnlls i.iviirel with tlm gniit Aiuerlcnn Ms mi In those diss Hull were iuIIIIoiih and millions nf them 1'veis keen shrewd fetlou who wint west tiled to mm cut some s. heme for making mones mil of the Imrraio W c Lnbensteln of I inv cnworlh Kan was mnong (lint mini bir Hi unit to Hermans told them of the thick hairs skins of the wild buffa lu and urged Hint tiny would be gloat for shoe leather 'Ihe riiimans bit nt the proposition nnd gave ms oil em ploscr, llr Lobiiisteiii mi order for half a million of them 1 line wns u time jlm II, which he was slick enough to hive put lu and the ord. r cool 1 not bo nlirn-gutcd nlirn-gutcd within that time He returned In the Rtntcs, enmu wi st nml found me lu one of tho frontier towi a, doing nntlilng In parlb ular " 'llrll ' Bal I he upon loe Ulng mo one das 'wnnt u nlio Job?' 'I don t rimimbet what I said, but I suppose I encouraged further explana- l&Mi ' 1 Hl tlims for lu ad led 'I ve got nn order ff)?t ' "fll from (lirmiiiis for r.oOOOrt butTnlu hides, it ('A JiHI t.i be dellviVd within eleven months. KhVA 1H Do S"i) want to get them for me?" His "1 i.efHI I illdn t vviiut nuythlng better, tn tell V. ii MiiHI Sou the truth That Job struck me right L'j Hi !3i?nB I while I lived in those class It wouldn't !lbiii' ?B I do now but then It was different Well. iffili'f l.l'jB I sir 1 wus lu tin sadi'lu and off In lesn mKffi I' fiJiH I lime Ihmi sou can pin k sour grip now- SSptl "rlfliH I iiiliivs headeil fur l'ort Dodge Indian SSJ U j;iUH I Tirrltorv The place Is also known an flT f j' t. JiB I Hodgetlts which wus the town proper. rvf(?ViMBI rint wusln liGr I. I5L5JEHI ' I hi place was ns wild and dangerous 'S..J kBBlIB I u 1 osl as wns ever made I wont Into .' Mf(t JM I the place and eiiiploje.l lifts hunters to :, j , '"'TnHI kill Imrraio for 1111 I otTered tu pis 3 ' ,. i-flH I rm evits bull hide und JI for cow hides. L !f' (MrH I IjUci In the Rium I had to pas JlandJJ, " i i i8B I resiKctlvels -itr,V?MBI riiKhunltrs would omplos their skin- fjll 1 iRMI neis tu euro for the unluial nftor It wni A.l,l ikWMm shot down The hunters proper did 'iflj Iclfl I nothing but follow the trails nnd watch Ri SMI for the ni 1 nituults to slas the monster t f.t 1 Bl bisons llns caslls mnde HOO per dns. . I- 9H I nu 1 would 1 nine Into Tort I)oIm In tho p ,HI evening mid rumble overs cent of It ,ij Bb I nwas befuro morning That wus tho 1 t i WM I life ' ' ', M Ihe moment he sklnni rs got the hldo ui 1. ,&Hil off the inn iss it was hung up to drs. III mil the licit wus left to the buzrnrds. i , ,H Huch a slaughtering nf the American t H biUTato was itevit lufnie known in thn f BV I Terrltors ns tint full and winter when I MB we wen aft. r the half million hi lea I 1 1 lAlfl bought tnans lmndreds from the Indiana. , , tvSH I nnd mill 1 e.l them in overs cnncclvnbtu ' ijlH I 11111 so that long ticfnro thn tlmo ex- ( 1 ' ! jTH I 1 1 red llr libensteln had his half mil- . 1 ! lion on tin lilch sens I oil ml for nor- ,', 1' M I mans ' It mis well that he got them lit & '4IHI In fore the time wns up, fur the Oer- J ', I JHH mans f,ol onto the fact Hint they worn r IJBb I absolulilv worthless, after the arrival il IihII of tin tlrst batch J , iHI 'Then Inklings of the big deal leakert m IM out over the cable but no one ever got ffj iMBV I the real secret tn the mnrveltius Ocrmnri Uh l:,nwBB order " U&- BHjT H llr llrlttnn Is now CO senrs nf ago lin ?, ;, JjTHjT left Niw lurk Mules In lll, when lira tf.iv'HI was 1 sear old His family moved tn j f; )Hfl lairasitte Iiul Ihenthcs took the env- j i ,LflB end wiignii ncrosB Hie country to Wis- j iff ; . IBJ cousin living within forts- miles of On- Ji -Mi, 3 HI lena tin nl I home nt den. C.rnnt. In J .7 ,'j'Ml driving through Chicago In the covered Hi, -i.i JHf wngnn thes mind down nnd got stuck: efSj 4 j'jl 47 I In the inn. I In Hike street, near Dear- til 'iff j)JS mt Isirii nvcniii Vow Orleans l'lcnsune. lf ili'jjll HI I if? (flair! SI |