On these little elevations the prairie-dogs sit on their haunches, chattering to each other and observing whatever passes on the Plains.
They will permit a person to approach very closely, but when they have viewed him they dive into their holes with wonderful celerity.

They are difficult to kill.

If hit they usually succeed in getting underground before they can be recovered.
Rattlesnakes and little owls are found in great numbers in the prairie-dog towns, living in the same burrows.

We killed and cooked a few of the prairie-dogs, and found them very palatable.
A short distance beyond the prairie-dog town we found a settlement of five white men.

They Proved to be the two Clifford brothers, Arthur Ruff, Dick Seymour, and John Nelson.