Thrilling adventures among the Indians: comprising the most remarkable personal narratives of events in the early Indian wars, as well as of incidents in the recent Indian hostilities in Mexico and Texas . t intimate know-ledge of its habits will command success. We once knew an Indian, says the above-quotedwriter, who gained a living by bringing game into atown in the West, who always boasted exceedinglyif he could add a wild turkey to his common load ofdeer; and, as the demand for birds was greater thanhe could supply, he was taunted by the disappointedepicures of the village for want of ski
Thrilling adventures among the Indians: comprising the most remarkable personal narratives of events in the early Indian wars, as well as of incidents in the recent Indian hostilities in Mexico and Texas . t intimate know-ledge of its habits will command success. We once knew an Indian, says the above-quotedwriter, who gained a living by bringing game into atown in the West, who always boasted exceedinglyif he could add a wild turkey to his common load ofdeer; and, as the demand for birds was greater thanhe could supply, he was taunted by the disappointedepicures of the village for want of skill in this charge he would always reply with great in-dignation, saying that the quality of venison brought to market was sufficient proof of his be-ing a good hunter. Look here, he would angrilysay; ^ I see deer on the prairie; deer look up andsay, May be Indian, may be stump, and deer eats little nearer, deer look up again and say, Maybe Indian, may be stump ; and first thing deer knowshe dead. I see wild turkey great way off; creep upvery slowly; turkey look up and say first time hesee me, Dat rascal Indian any how, and off he catch turkey; he cunning too much. THE INDIAN AND THE BEAR. 259 fyiUm He Wmt. The animal fell, and set up a most plaintive cry—something like that of the panther when he is hun-gry. The hunter, instead of giving him another shot,stood up close to him, and addressed him in thesewords :— Harkee, bear! you are a coward, and nowarrior, as you pretend to be. Were you a warrior,you would show it by your firmness, and not cry andwhimper like an old woman. You know, bear, thatour tribes are at war with each other, and that yourswas the aggressor. You have found the Indians toopowerful for you, and you have gone sneaking aboutin the woods, stealing their hogs ; perhaps at thistime you have hogs flesh in your belly. Had youconquered me, I would have borne it with courageand died like a brave warrior. But you, bear, sithere
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