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bunch of willows, through which the trail evidently 

 ran. So carefully did the Indian go that Dyche was 

 sure there were moose in the willows, but this was 

 not the case. The Indian was taking no chances, 

 and he used every precaution just as if he was sure he 

 was crawling up on the game. The bunch of willows 

 and killikinic showed many signs of the recent pres- 

 ence of the moose. 



Maypuck took a small stick, placed it in the 

 trail and broke it, pointing to Dyche's foot and shak- 

 ing his head. The naturalist understood readily 

 enough that he must not break sticks on the trail. 

 The chief now took up Dyche's foot and placed it di- 

 rectly in the track of his own moccasin, indicating 

 that only one trail must be made, in order to lessen the 

 danger of breaking twigs. Having thus cautioned 

 his companion, the Indian renewed his stalking with 

 even greater care than he had exercised before. As 

 he approached another clump of willows Dyche was 

 again deluded by the extreme caution displayed by 

 the Chippewa, who crawled to the thicket as if creep- 

 ing up on an animal in sight. When the Indian be- 

 gan examining the place Dyche went up to him and 

 found three beds where moose had been lying but a 

 short time before. As the moose had walked away 

 they were evidently not frightened by the hunters. 



Maypuck examined everything very carefully. 

 His next move was a puzzle to Dyche. The Indian 

 took the naturalist by the coat and pointed in the 

 direction the moose had gone, and then at the tracks. 

 Dyche could not understand. Maypuck sat on a log 

 and smoked. After finishing this he again went 



