. Stories of pioneer life, for young readers;. ein the woods, I have as good a chance as theIndians. In the night he went to that part ofthe forest where he expected to hunt the nextday. In winter he needed a fire to keep from freez- 64 Stories of Pioneer Life. ing, but he must not have any flame, or theIndians might see it. So he dug a hole in theground about as big as the crown of a he filled with strips of white oak bark,which will burn somewhat, even if covered withashes. After the fire was started, he nearly coveredit with earth, leaving only two or three little holes to let in t
. Stories of pioneer life, for young readers;. ein the woods, I have as good a chance as theIndians. In the night he went to that part ofthe forest where he expected to hunt the nextday. In winter he needed a fire to keep from freez- 64 Stories of Pioneer Life. ing, but he must not have any flame, or theIndians might see it. So he dug a hole in theground about as big as the crown of a he filled with strips of white oak bark,which will burn somewhat, even if covered withashes. After the fire was started, he nearly coveredit with earth, leaving only two or three little holes to let in the air. Tokeep off dampness, hespread his blanket overstrips of bark. He satupon this with the firebetween his legs. He always kept onehand upon his rifle, thathe might be ready forthe Indians at all the morning he be-gan to hunt. Very care-fully he went, lookingfor deer and Indians. If he saw a deer, hewould put a bullet inhis mouth, so that hecould load again the minute after he had would reload his gun before he started to. *\W HUNTER RELOADING HIS GUN. Down the Ohio. 65 pick up the deer he had killed. He feared thatthe Indians might have heard him shoot, andwould be ready to kill him. When he skinned a deer, he did so with hisback against a tree, and with his rifle withinreach of his hand. This hunter was so careful that the Indianswere never able to catch him. Some time later,when they made peace with the white men, theyasked to see Hunt. They gathered about himand said, Great man, Captain Hunt; greatwarrior, good hunting man; Indian no can kill. They told him that some of their bravestwarriors had often gone out on purpose to killhim, but could never find him off his Indians admired him very much for hisbravery and his cunning. VII. STORY OF CAPTAIN WELLS. During the war with the Indians, white menwere often sent out as spies. It was their dutyto watch for Indians, so that the fort should notbe taken by surprise. Captain Wells was a spy of this
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