Army Letters From An Officer's Wife, 1871-1888, By Frances M.A. Roe

















































































































































 -  Failing to discover anything dangerous,
they will take a few steps forward, perhaps run around a little,
giving quick tossings - Page 40
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Failing To Discover Anything Dangerous, They Will Take A Few Steps Forward, Perhaps Run Around A Little, Giving Quick Tossings

Of the head, and sniffing with almost every breath, but whatever they do the stop is always in the same

Position - facing the flag, the strange object they cannot understand. Often they will approach very slowly, making frequent halts after little runs, and give many tossings of the head as if they were actually coquetting with death itself! Waiting for them to come within range of the rifle requires great patience, for the approach is always more or less slow, and frequently just as they are at the right distance and the finger is on the trigger, off the whole band will streak, looking like horizontal bars of brown and white! I am always so glad when they do this, for it seems so wicked to kill such graceful creatures. It is very seldom that I watch the approach, but when I do happen to see them come up, the temptation to do something to frighten them away from those murderous guns is almost irresistible.

But never once are they killed for mere pleasure! Their meat is tender and most delicious after one has learned to like the "gamey" flavor. And a change in meat we certainly do need here, for unless we can have buffalo or antelope now and then, it is beef every day in the month - not only one month, but every month.

The prairie-dog holes are great obstacles to following hounds on the plains, for while running so fast it is impossible for a horse to see the holes in time to avoid them, and if a foot slips down in one it means a broken leg for the horse and a hard throw for the rider, and perhaps broken bones also.

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