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for in thofe fituations a man with a good pair of 17725 
__ fhow-fhoes will fcarcely make any impreflion on “~~ 
the fnow, while the mooie, and even the deer, or 
will break through it at every ftep up to the bel- 
ly. Notwithftanding this, however, it is very 
feldom that the Indians attempt torun deer down. 
The moofe are fo tender-footed, and {fo fhort- 
winded, that a good runner will generally tire 
them in lefS§ than a day, and very frequently in 
fix or eight hours ; though I have known fome 
of the Indians continue the chace for two days, 
before they could come up with, and kill the 
game. On thofe occafions the Indians, in gene- 
ral, only take with them a knife or bayonet, and 
a little bag containing a fet of fire-tackle, and are 
as lightly clothed as poffible; fome of them will 
carry a bow and two or three arrows, but I ne 
ver knew any of them take a gun unlefs fuch as 
had been blown or burfted, and the barrels cut 
quite fhort, which, when reduced to the leaft 
poffible fize to be capable of doing any fervice, 
“tuft be too great a weight for a man to run with 
in his hand for fo many hours together, 
When the poor moofe are incapable of making 
| farther fpeed, they ftand and keep their purfuers 
| at bay with their head and fore-feet ; in the ufe 
of which they are very dexterous, efpecially the 
| latter; fo that the Indians who have neither a bow 
‘Ror arrows, nor a fhort gun, with them, are ge- 
Neraily obliged to lath their knives or bayonets 
fo the end of a long flick, and ftab the moofe at 
a diftance. 
