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a standing shot by bring ing him to bay
and as he showed he was wicked
at the first start and I knew
I could rely on old Blackee to keep
me out of danger. I had no idea
of the immense size and extreme
ugliness of buffalo.

Going home Ill shoot bear and
perhaps elk – but I dont intend to
waste much time in hunting where
tis not necessary to hunt for food.

I can tell you, that you can form
no Idea of the great relish it
gives to game to kill cook and
eat it as the voyageurs do, and
then to know that you’ve got
to get it or go hungry makes it
more pleasant – I did not
hunt any coming up excepting the
one day for buffalo, as our
mess was well supplied with
bull meat the whol time – I wish
I could have tried a fat cow but
we got nothing but bulls and they all
old. I tried all the titbits of the
buffalo, tongue, tripe, intestines, blood vessels,
and all and was complimented by old
Antoine the half breed guide by being told
I was the first “green un” he had ever