. Hunting and fishing in Florida, including a key to the water birds known to occur in the state . rence between the Creek language and thatspoken by some of the Miami Indians, I give a few wordsselected from a list obtained through the kindness of Miss Freeman,the daughter of Mr. William Freeman, of Little River. 1 Hump-kee. 2 Po-coo-lee. 3 To-chee-nee. 4 Osteen, 5 Cha-kee-pin. 6 Ee-pa-kin. 7 Co-la-pa-kin. 8 To-chee-nee-pa-kin. 9 Po-lee. Horse Co-i-yee. Raccoon Su-a-wee. Turkey Fi-tee. Cow Wau-kee. Shirt Fo-kee-shee-ca. Dress O-ho-nee. Rabbit Cha-co-fee. Otter O-shy-nee. Wolf
. Hunting and fishing in Florida, including a key to the water birds known to occur in the state . rence between the Creek language and thatspoken by some of the Miami Indians, I give a few wordsselected from a list obtained through the kindness of Miss Freeman,the daughter of Mr. William Freeman, of Little River. 1 Hump-kee. 2 Po-coo-lee. 3 To-chee-nee. 4 Osteen, 5 Cha-kee-pin. 6 Ee-pa-kin. 7 Co-la-pa-kin. 8 To-chee-nee-pa-kin. 9 Po-lee. Horse Co-i-yee. Raccoon Su-a-wee. Turkey Fi-tee. Cow Wau-kee. Shirt Fo-kee-shee-ca. Dress O-ho-nee. Rabbit Cha-co-fee. Otter O-shy-nee. Wolf O-ba-ho-shee. Wildcat Coo-on-o-shee. Man Na-co-nee. Panther Coo-ot-cho-bee. THE FLORIDA PANTHER. The Florida Panther is still not uncommon in the more unsettledportions of the State. It is somewhat smaller and more rufous incolor than its Northern hrethren, and its feet are smaller in jMopor-tion to the size of the animal. It is comparadvely shy and is diffi-cult to tind on account of its habit of condnually wandering about,rarely staying long in one place unless attracted there bv an unusual. PANTIIKK. abundance of food, sucli as in the vicinity of a hog camp or wheredeer are very plentv : but as a rule they move about a great deal,often traveling twenty miles or more in a night. The FloridaPanther preys upon small animals and is very fond of deer and dogs 42 HUNTING AND FISHING IN FLORIDA. when it can catch them. They hunt as a rule at night; but on cooland cloudy days or after a rain they often move about in the day-time. If a panther kills a deer he returns to it the second night, butrarely the third night, and much of the animal is often left the old days it was b}^ no means uncommon to tind a dead deerin the woods with the evidence about it of having been killed andpartly eaten by a panther. The track made by a panther somewhat resembles that of a hound,but it is larger, and the ball of the foot is relatively much larger; thetoe marks are in front and
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