n wagons was provided to carry the baggage supplies
and forage for the hunting trip. Besides these there were three or four
horse-ambulances in which the guns were carried, and in which members
of the party might ride when they became weary of the saddle. I
accompanied the expedition at the request of General Sheridan. He
introduced me to everybody and gave me a good send-off. As it was a
high-toned outfit I was to accompany, I determined to put on a little
style myself. I dressed in a new suit of light buckskin, trimmed along
the seams with fringe of the same material. I put on a crimson shirt,
elaborately decorated on the bosom, and selected a big sombrero for my
head. Then, mounting a showy horse which was a gallant stepper, I rode
down to the fort, rifle in hand.

The expedition was soon under way. First in line rode General Sheridan,
followed by his guests; then the orderlies. Then came the ambulances,
in one of which were carried five greyhounds, brought along to course
antelopes and rabbits.

With the ambulance marched a pair of Indian ponies belonging to
Lieutenant Hayes, captured during an Indian fight. These were harnessed
to a light wagon, which General Sheridan occasionally used. These
little animals, thirteen hands high, showed more vigor and endurance
than any we brought with us.

During our first night in camp the members of the party asked me
hundreds of questions about buffaloes and buffalo hunting. The entire
evening was spent in talk about buffaloes, together with stories of the
Plains, the chase, and the war, which was then fresh in the minds of
all of us. We closed the evening by christening the camp, Camp Brown,
in honor of the gallant officer who was in command of the escort.

We breakfasted at four the next morning and at six we were in the
saddle. Everyone was eager to see the buffaloes which I had promised
would be met with during the day. After a march of five miles the
advance guard which I commanded sighted six of these animals grazing
about two miles away.

Acting upon my suggestion, Lawrence Jerome, Livingston, Heckscher,
Fitzhugh, Rogers, and Crosby, with myself as guide, rode through a
convenient canon to a point beyond the herd, and to windward of them;
the rest of the party made a detour of nearly five miles, keeping
behind the crest of a hill.

We charged down on the buffaloes at full gallop, and just then the
other party emerged from their concealment and witnessed the excitin