. A hunter's adventures in the great west [microform]. Hunting; Hunting; Chasse; Chasse. FOLLOWED BY INDIANS. 151 'wing that the injury ^nd fiery in h a blood- lowly bed, loved 80 day heat. )roiis—for but the place has memory nd deter- isfied till arted for ther—to barbarity t day, he d silent, itify his lis hate ner, his capable lot des- ime was ent. branch, 'lentiful there. It lay some distance from any regiilarly frequented war-trail. The old man and I used to consider it our holiday retreat. We had been there about a week, and I was footing down the bed of the watercourse, setting traps, w
. A hunter's adventures in the great west [microform]. Hunting; Hunting; Chasse; Chasse. FOLLOWED BY INDIANS. 151 'wing that the injury ^nd fiery in h a blood- lowly bed, loved 80 day heat. )roiis—for but the place has memory nd deter- isfied till arted for ther—to barbarity t day, he d silent, itify his lis hate ner, his capable lot des- ime was ent. branch, 'lentiful there. It lay some distance from any regiilarly frequented war-trail. The old man and I used to consider it our holiday retreat. We had been there about a week, and I was footing down the bed of the watercourse, setting traps, while the old man tramped along the margin, carrying our surplus effects on his back. At length, when all were set, and I had left the water, my father-in-law, without moving a feature or raising his voice, told me that Indians were following us. "I know it," he said; "for the wild ducks above, almost at that bend, are swimming down stream. It's not a brute beast would m_ake them do ; ' With a demeanour as if conscious of security we returned to our camp. AU was as we had left it; but a broken eagle's feather, part of the head- dress of an Indian, lay near the dead fire; proof that during our absence Red-skins had been about. On further examination, a young man's foot-prints were discernible,—for the distance between each impression was wide, wliile the deepest part of the track was formed by the toes, denoting the elasticity of youth. An old brave, or chief, would have known too much to leave such a sign ; the younger ones, from ignorance or recklessness, might be guilty of oversight. * As it would be difiicult to surprise us by day, we performed our usual camp avocations, laying our plans for future action. Darkness at length set in. The fire was purposely left unreplenislied. But, as. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these ill
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