CHAPTER XXVII {XI of Vol. II}

ANIMALS OF THE PRAIRIES

The Mustang or Wild Horse -- Capturing him by 'Creasing,' and with the Lazo -- Horse-flesh -- The Buffalo -- Its Appearance -- Excellence of its Meat -- General Utility to the Indian and Traveller -- Prospect of its Extinction -- Hunting the Buffalo with Bow and Arrows, the Lance, etc. -- 'Still-hunting' -- The Buffalo ferocious only when wounded -- Butchering, etc. -- The Gray Wolf -- Its Modes of killing Buffalo -- Their great numbers -- A 'Wolf scrape' -- The Prairie Wolf, or 'Jackal of the Prairies' -- The Elk, Deer and Bear -- The Antelope -- The Bighorn -- The Prairie Dog -- Owls and Rattlesnakes -- The Horned Frog -- Fowls -- Bees, etc., 259