CHAPTER XVII.

PREPARATIONS FOR THE CHASE--THE VALLEY OF THE SALINE--QUEER

'COONS--A BISON'S GAME OF BLUFF--IN PURSUIT--ALONGSIDE THE

GAME--FIRING FROM THE SADDLE--A CHARGE AND A PANIC--FALSE

HISTORY AGAIN--GOING FOR AMMUNITION--THE PROFESSOR'S LETTER--

DISROBING THE VICTIM, 250-263