"Look at their size! Two bulls and a cow, no doubt." His brothers agreed with him.

None of the three had ever seen buffaloes in their native wilderness; and of course had but an indistinct idea of how they might appear from a distance.

Buffaloes they must be--elk or deer would look red--wolves red or white; and they could not be bears, as these last would not likely be out on the prairie in threes, unless, indeed, they might be grizzly bears--who do sometimes go out into the open ground to dig for the "pomme-blanche" and other roots.

This, however, was not probable, as the grizzly bears are seldom or never found so far to the eastward.

No.