Autobiography Volume 2 circa 1865
On the while we nooned we thought we
saw approaching in the distance a band of mounted warriors but
by the aid of our spy glasses we found them to be
A Band of Elk.
They made a splendid appearence. I went up a swail of tall grass
and the band came within 10 rods of me their horns waving above the
tall weeds like rocking-chairs. I drew my gun for a doe; but
at this instant another man came up behind me and they saw him
and broke and ran. He shot after them but to no effect. They
ran near a Frenchman and he shot a doe and I got a piece of her
for supper. This was the first Elk I ever eate.
