150 ^tnantu of tiie Evttu 



He made what is called a blind. This 

 was done by cutting three or four small 

 pines or hemlocks, and sticking them up 

 in the ground side by side. This made a 

 screen behind which he could hide. 



First he took one hired man with him, 

 and both went into the blind. After a 

 few moments the hired man went away 

 to a different field, and left the farmer 

 with the Thunder Stick. 



The crows were watching them from 

 the woods, and saw two men go into the 

 blind and only one come out ; so they 

 knew that the other was waiting there 

 to do them harm, and they did not go 

 to the field. 



The farmer knew by this that they 

 could count two. So he got two hired 

 men and the three went into the blind, 

 two going away after a few minutes, as 

 the one had done before : but the crows 



