. Forrester's bildliche Miscellany für den Familienkreis . stoppt ihren Fortschritt, der sie bestimmte Opfer zum Speer ihrer Verfolger macht. Sobald die Herde, die ich erwähnt habe, gegenüber dem Dorf angekommen war, stürzte die ganze Kriegergruppe auf sie zu, mit den furchtbarsten und furchtbarsten Rufen, und während einer halben Stunde fand unter ihnen eine traurige Metzelei statt. Nicht weniger als vierzig der armen Tiere wurden zerstört, und nachdem die Indianer ihre Häute und einen sehr kleinen Teil ihres Fleisches zum Trocknen abgestreift hatten, wurden ihre Kadaver von den Wölfen verschlungen. Es ist Schmerz
1944 x 1286 px | 32,9 x 21,8 cm | 13 x 8,6 inches | 150dpi
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. Forrester's pictorial miscellany for the family circle . stops their progress, whichrenders them certain victims to the spear of their pursuers. As soon as the herd which I have mentioned arrived oppositethe village, the whole party of warriors rushed towards them, withthe most frightful and terrific yells, and, for the space of half anhour, a sad butchery took place among them. No less than forty ofthe poor beasts were destroyed, and after the Indians had strippedoff their hides and a very small portion of their flesh to dry, theircarcasses were left to be devoured by the wolves. It is painful towitness the waste that is made of these noble animals. It is true thepresent numbers in which they roam over the whole of the countryis almost incredible, yet it is also true that thousands upon thousandsare slain every year merely for the tongues, which are cut out, andthe rest of the animal left to decay upon the prairie. The cut A RESIDENCE AMONG THE INDIANS. 323 below will give my readers a good idea of the manner of takingbuffaloes in winter.. The buffalo belongs to the ox species, though many of them attaina much larger size. The buffalo bull often grows to the enormousweight of three thousand pounds. The horns are short, and thehead and neck are covered with a profusion of long dark-brown hair, 01; mane, not unlike that of a lion. They roam about over the prai-ries, from west to east, subsisting in the winter, in the more northernlatitudes, where the snows are heavy, upon the grass on the tops ofthe hills, from which the wind drives the snow away. I have inmany instances seen them poke the snow away with their noses, inorder to get at the dry grass underneath. In the chase of the buffalo upon horseback, the rider generallystrips himself and horse by throwing off his shield and quiver, anddiose parts of his dress which might be an encumbrance to him inrunning, grasping his bow and five or six spare arrows in his lefthand, ready for use. These hunting or chasing horse
