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page number 40 Aug - building. Had wood hauled in for to be burnt for charcoal. 21st. The Sutler went out about seven miles and shot a buffalo. I think they will come around again now that the trains have all crossed the river. They had the effect of scaring away most of the buffalo. I think perhaps the mowing machine may have some effect upon their absence. " 22nd Four years since I enlisted in the service of the U.S. - It seems an age - crossed the river to get a shot at a buffalo that I saw coming down from the bluffs, but before I got over he had forded the river and was on this side, about a mile below. Some men started after him, but he did