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Title: The hunter and the trapper in North America ; or, Romantic adventures in field and forest. From the French of Bénédict Révoil
Year: 1875 (1870s)
Authors: Révoil, Bénédict Henry, 1816-1882 Adams, W. H. Davenport (William Henry Davenport), 1828-1891
Subjects: Hunting Game and game-birds
Publisher: London, New York : T. Nelson and Sons
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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iefof the Kedskins 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 54 A HECATOMB OF VICTIMS. flew before us, pursued by the Indians, who halted assoon as they thought the birds were in want of rest. Thesame manceuvre was successfully essayed five times; andin the end the weary birds, unable to fly any longer,trotted in front of us, supporting themselves on their legsand on the extremities of their wings, but closely pursuedby the Indians, who caught them by the neck and killedthem on the ground. When they returned to the camp, and before the chiefstent counted up the results of the hunt, one hundred andsixty turkeys lay piled up in a single heap. The re-mainder of the flock had escaped this murderous steeple-chase, either by concealing themselves among the herb-age, or by allowing our company to pass onward, andthen escaping in the rear.
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CHAPTER lY. THE CAYEUTE j OR, THE PRAIRIE WOLF.

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