Ten Years Among the Mail Bags Or, Notes from the Diary of a Special Agent of the Post-Office Department

CHAPTER XI.

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Indian Depredations--The model Mail Contractor--Rifles and Revolvers--Importance of a Scalp--Indian Chief reconnoitering--Saving dead Bodies--Death of a Warrior--The Charge--A proud Trophy--Sunset on the Prairie--Animal Life--A solitary Hunt--The Buffalo Chase--Desperate Encounter with an Indian--Ingenious Signal--Returning to Camp--Minute Guns--A welcome Return 192