PIONEER HUNTERS OF THE KANKAKEE 

 skull-dugery in the matter and you have got to 

 keep your eyes skinned and look out for break- 

 ers. Now for the mode of dividing the spoil. 

 Before shot-guns were in use and rifles were all 

 the go, hunters' law was that the men who drew 

 first blood took the hide and half the meat, but 

 when shot-guns came in vogue and all had to 

 drive and shoot to kill the deer we thought that 

 the old law as to rifles was not just. So we 

 held a Council of War on the Kankakee one 

 time and, after mature deliberation, we changed 

 it and decided that in hunting altogether with 

 shot-guns and rifles, the man who drew first 

 blood was entitled to the hide but the meat and 

 game should be divided equally among all. 

 When we got ready to divide, the game is divid- 

 ed in as many shares as there are hunters. One 

 turns his back to the game and another points 

 at each pile in turn and also asks whose it is. 

 And the one with his back turned says who is 

 entitled to the pile or bunch pointed at. But 

 sometimes a heavy accent of signal by the one 



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