Of course big herds couldn't crowd in thar, but in this part of the country we gen'rally find the buffalo scattered in little bands." They found patches of forest, generally dwarfed in character, and looked diligently for the great game.

Once a deer sprang out of a thicket, but sped away so fast they did not get a chance for a shot.

At length Obed saw large footprints in the thinning snow, and called the Panther's attention to them.

The big man examined the traces critically.
"Not many hours old," he said.

"I'm thinkin' that we'll have buffalo steak fur supper.