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Title: Narrative of an expedition to the source of St. Peter's river, Lake Winnepeek, Lake of the Woods, &c., performed in the year 1823, ... under the command of Stephen H. Long
Year: 1824 (1820s)
Authors: Keating, William Hypolitus, 1799-1840 Long, Stephen Harriman, 1784-1864 Schweinitz, Lewis David von, 1780-1834
Subjects: Plants
Publisher: Philadelphia, H. C. Carey & I. Lea
Contributing Library: The LuEsther T Mertz Library, the New York Botanical Garden
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was observ-ed to be tottering; they all drew off, the animal fell, andafter two or three convulsive throes he expired; a shoutfrom the Indians announced the death of their victim.This seemed to be a schooling for the youngest of theirparty, a few of whom were mere boys. Mr. Seymourtook a sketch of this singular diversion, which is repre-sented in Plate 7; it is taken at the moment when theanimal is tottering, but it does not express all the fire andrase which he manifested to the last. When we stopped for breakfast the next morning, weheard some guns fired in the woods, which convinced usthat some of the marauders were still in our vicinity ; wecontinued our journey, however, without any impediment,avoiding the firing of guns, the separation of any of theparty, or any other measure which might warn the In-dians of our situation. We encamped at an early hour.Our journey across the prairies was extremely unpleasant;there was nothing to relieve the monotony of the scene; I Bit .>Mip»
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SOURCE OF ST. PETErs RIVER. 23 the buffaloes were fast diminishing in numbers, besideswhich, the regret, which those who were fond of hunting ex-perienced at the fine chances which they were necessarilylosing, abated the interest which we should otherwise havefelt in beholding this imposing monarch of our prairies. The calm repose of these prairies seemed to be moredisturbed during the night, as the lowings of the buffalo onthe west bank of Red river were then frequent and dis-tinct; they contrasted strongly with the barkings of thewolf. During the first few nights that followed our adven-ture with the Indians, it was deemed advisable to increasethe number of our sentinels, and with a view to stimulatethem to vigilance, the ofiicers and gentlemen of the partyundertook the duty of watching in turn. These nightsmade a more lively impression upon several of the party,than any of those that had preceded them. The beautifuland boundless expanse of the prairies, as seen by the brightmoonlig

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