. The hunter and the trapper in North America; or, Romantic adventures in field and forest . edskiiis gave the signal of attack, by raising hiswar-whoop, all his tribe rushed forward headlong, makingthe air resound with piercing and guttural cries. Suddenly, as at a single bound, the mob of turkeys 5-4 A HECATOMB OF VICTIMS. flew before us, pursued by the Indians, mIio halted assoon as they thought the birds were in want of rest. Thesame manoeuvre was successfully essayed five times; andin the end the weary birds, unable to fly any longer,trotted in front of us, siipporting themselves on their
. The hunter and the trapper in North America; or, Romantic adventures in field and forest . edskiiis gave the signal of attack, by raising hiswar-whoop, all his tribe rushed forward headlong, makingthe air resound with piercing and guttural cries. Suddenly, as at a single bound, the mob of turkeys 5-4 A HECATOMB OF VICTIMS. flew before us, pursued by the Indians, mIio halted assoon as they thought the birds were in want of rest. Thesame manoeuvre was successfully essayed five times; andin the end the weary birds, unable to fly any longer,trotted in front of us, siipporting themselves on their legsand on the extremities of their wings, V)ut closely ])ursuedby the Indians, who caught them Ijy the neck and killedthem on the ground. When they returned to the camp, and before the chiefstent counted up the lesults of the hunt, one hundred andsixty turkeys lay piled up in a single heap. The re-maindei of the flock had escaped this murderous steeple-chase, either by concealing themselv&s among the herb-age, or by allowing our company to pass onward, andthou escaping in the
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