Show I A POJIMIDABLE FOE 101 tSic Canadian 5utliti Filmt Their Slcili Vitli Kiflcs I if A gentleman who has spent many I ears among the Indians and halfbreeds i I in the Northwest declares they have attained I at-tained a remarkable proficiency in the I use ot the rifle Their aim is unerring and they seldom fail to bring down their I game In years gone by when a buffalo I hunt was the chief event in the life off of-f these people he had many opportunities I of observing their skill which was sim 1 ply marvelous On these occasions i I everything bearing in the remotest degree de-gree upon the chase was left to a captain I who gave the word for the attack Until I then not a move could be made Sad I havoc was made in the ranks of the buffalo buf-falo by these natives of the prairie although al-though armed only with an old flintlock rifle Powder was carried in a horn strung across the shoulder and the balls thirtytwo to a pound in the mouth Thus equipped and mounted the hunts After discharging men engage in the chase ing his rifle his steed was guided by the knee and kept running in the direction desired the powder was deftly slipped into the chamber and holding the barrel to the mouth the ball was dropped into its place then striking the rifle across the knee causing the ball and powder to together the hunter was again come of ready for another shot The loading If done in a moment their rifles is thus rifles these I with such poor and antiquated accomplished it is wonderful results were I not difficult to account for the deadly effects of their fire in the Duck Lake fight I armed as they were with the most improved I im-proved weapons of modern warfare |