PIONEER HUNTERS OF THE KANKAKEE 



spring or trigger in those early times was to cut 

 a hole in a hollow tree about fifteen inches from 

 the ground large enough for a lynx, wolf, fox or 

 wild-cat to put his head in. Cut a crevice ten 

 or twelve inches long below sloping almost to a 

 point at the bottom, then hang your bait in the 

 hollow the hole and wait for the results. /Ar. 

 Lynx, wolf, fox or wild-cat comes along, puts 

 his head in the hollow for the bait and as he 

 comes down to get the bait his head and neck 

 comes down the crevice. In the morning you 

 will find your game dead without the benefit ct 

 clergy. Another was the snare trap, or swing- 

 ing trap, as they were sometimes called, were 

 among the first used on the Kankakee in early 

 times. They would take a sapling and bend it 

 so as the top would reach the ground and it 

 was held in that position by means of one stick 

 trigger. A stake was driven in the ground and 

 squared on two sides. One side of the stick 

 had a notch cut in so as to fit en the square 

 side of the stake, the other end was fastened t~i 



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