PIONEER HUNTERS OF THE KANKAKEK 

 time whilst in camp on one of those swamp 

 islands quite near our camp was a half-breed 

 Indian's hnt and with the hope of securing e few 

 matches I called at his hut and found that he 

 was the owner of a very valuable coon dog, 

 judging from the number of hides that 1 saw 

 sticking around in the hut. Not seeing any dog 

 around I inquired what kind of a dog he hunted 

 with. He said that he had an imported coon 

 dog from Missouri. Now believing that many 

 of my readers who are lovers of a good dog will 

 be interested with the true meaning of a good 

 coon, dog I will briefly relate fhe story told by 

 the owner of the dog "Muck," as that was his 

 name. He was a black-tan English fox hound 

 and was born in the Ozark Mountains in south- 

 ern Missouri and in those days the Missouri 

 mountains were alive with raccoons and hunting 

 coons was sort of hereditary with Muck. When 

 but a few days old and before his eyes had 

 opened he and his two brothers were bought by 

 a Kankakee hunter and brought to the r\anka- 



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