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rous deer, probably taking them for ranks of — 
people, generally run ftraight forward between 
the two ranges of fticks, till they get among the _ 
Indians, who lie concealed in fmall circular fen-. 
ces, made with loofe ftones, mofs, 5c. When 
the deer approach very near, the Indians who are — 
thus concealed ftart up and fhoot; butas the — 
deer generally pafs along at full fpeed, few Indi- 
ans have time to fhoot more than one or two ar- — 
rows, unlefs the herd be very large. | 
This method of hunting is not always attended — 
with equal fuccefs; for fometimes after the Indi- | 
ans have been at the trouble of making places of © 
fhelter, and arranging the flag-fticks, °c. the deer 
will make off another way, before the women and — 
children can furround them. At other times I _ 
one volley of arrows; and if any gun-men attend — 
on thofe occafions, they are always placed behind 
the other Indians, in order to pick up the deer 
that efcape the bow-men. By thefe means I 
have feen upwards of twenty fine deer killed at 
one broadfide, as it may be termed. | 
Though the Northern Indians may be faid to | 
killa great number of deer in this manner during | 
the Summer, yet they have fo far loft the art of | 
fhooting with bows and arrows, that I never | 
knew any of them who could take thofe weapons — 
thod of huating. The Southern Indians, though - 
they | 
