Odd People Being a Popular Description of Singular Races of Man
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277 their skins ; or else keep moving too rapidly for the hunter to follow them on foot. His only resource, then, is to ride rapidly up on horseback, fire his arrows with- out dismounting, or strike the victim with his long lance while galloping side by side with it. If in this way he can obtain two or three fat cows, before his hoi'se be- comes Mown, or the herd scatters beyond his reach, he considers that he has had good success. But in this kind of chase the hunter is rarely alone : the whol...e tribe takes part in it ; and, mounted on their well-trained mustangs, often pursue the buifulo gangs for an hour or more, before the latter can get off and hide themselves in the distance, or behind the swells of the prairie. The clouds of dust raised in a melee of this kind often afford the buffalo a chance of escaping, — especially when they ai"e running with the wind. A "buffalo surround" is effected by a large party of hunters riding to a great distance ; deploying them- selves into a circle around the herd ; and then galloping inward with loud yells.
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