PIONHER HUNTERS OK THE KANKAKEE 

 the sapling by a hook notch. The bait was fast 

 to the trigger so it could not be moved without 

 pulling the stick out of the notch in the stake. 

 To the sapling they would fix their snares made 

 of buck-skin strings, such as was used in those 

 days. Then they would make quite a number 

 of loops and place them all around the bait, so 

 as the game could not get the bait without put- 

 ting its head through one or more of the snares; 

 and woe unto the wolf or any other animal that 

 touches the bait, for that pulls the stick out of 

 the jiotch in the stake that holds the sapling and 

 when you return you will find your game swing- 

 ing in the air several feet above the ground as 

 shown in illustration. One more of these fa- 

 mous old-time game catchers that was used on 

 the Kankakee long before steel traps were in 

 use or even thought of were what they called a 

 game-pen. It was built of logs top, sides and 

 bottom. It was built in a side hill or bluff, up to 

 the level of the ground. Then they had a trap 

 door on top. The top of the pen was covered 



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