DIVIDING THE GAME 



who points out is understood by the man whose 

 back is turned. They sometimes give them- 

 selves the best pile of game. And I am sorry 

 to say that I have sometimes been a victim of 

 misplaced confidence in that way and cheated 

 out of my fair share of the game. But there 

 v/as no use to squeal about it as they would 

 only laugh you out of it and say that you ought 

 to have better luck. I have told you how we 

 killed deer and divided game. Now one great 

 question among us was in reference to still or 

 noisy hunting. The Indians always still hunt, 

 that is they keep perfectly quiet and motionless 

 and wait for the game to come along. Or they 

 sneak quietly upon the game. I learned this 

 mode of hunting with the Indians on the West- 

 ern plains, hunting buffalo and antelope in the 

 open country many years ago. You can hunt 

 with an Indian all day and he will scarcely say 

 a word. With over fifty years experience in 

 hunting both in the forest and in the open coun- 

 try I must say that the white man must take off 



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