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Title: Audubon and his journals
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: Audubon, John James, 1785-1851 Audubon, Maria Rebecca, 1843-1925 Coues, Elliott, 1842-1899
Subjects: Birds
Publisher: New York, Scribner's Sons
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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ed Deer. After ahearty meal we went to sleep, one and all, under the pro-tection of God, and not much afraid of Indians, of whomwe have not seen a specimen since we had the pleasure ofbeing fired on by the Santees. We slept very well for awhile, till it began to sprinkle rain; but it was only avery slight shower, and I did not even attempt to sheltermyself from it. Our fires were mended several times byone or another of the party, and the short night passedon, refreshing us all as only men can be refreshed bysleep under the sky, breathing the purest of air, andhappy as only a clear conscience can make one. May 27, Saturday. At half-past three this morning myears were saluted by the delightful song of the Red Thrush,who kept on with his strains until we were all up. Harrisand Bell went off, and as soon as the two hunters hadcleaned their rifles they followed. I remained in campwith Sprague for a while; the best portions of the Deer,i. e., the liver, kidneys, and tongue, were cooked for
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THE MISSOURI RIVER JOURNALS 517 breakfast, which all enjoyed. No Wolves had disturbedour slumbers, and we now started in search of quadru-peds, birds, and adventures. We found several plants,all new to me, and which are now in press. All theravines which we inspected were well covered by cedars ofthe red variety, and whilst ascending several of the hillswe found them in many parts partially gliding down as ifby the sudden effects of very heavy rain. We saw twovery beautiful Avocets \_Reciirvirostra amcricana\ feed-ing opposite our camp ; we saw also a Hawk nearly resem-bling what is called Coopers Hawk, but having a whiterump. Bell joined the hunters and saw some thousandsof Buffalo ; and finding a very large bull within some thirtyyards of them, they put in his body three large balls.The poor beast went off, however, and is now, in all prob-ability, dead. Many fossil remains have been found onthe hills about us, but we saw none. These hills are com-posed of limestone rocks, covered w

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