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of the coarser grass, but I have never seen any indi- 

 cations that they do." 



"There's one thing sure," said Brown; "they are 

 the wildest animal that a man ever attempted to 

 hunt." 



"White man don't know how to hunt," said May- 

 puck. "White man scare moose away; Indian 

 crawl up and kill him." 



"The great trouble appears to be to get within 

 shooting range of the animal. I have followed them 

 through the snow many times, and always found that 

 they had doubled back on their track and lain down 

 where they could see anyone coming on the trail. 

 When I got back to where the animal lay hidden 

 it saw or smelled me at once and went out of the 

 country. Indians do not seem to have any trouble 

 getting them, yet they are not good shots and are 

 armed with old shot-guns usually, which a white 

 man would not carry with him. I know that their 

 weapons are not good for over forty yards, yet they 

 get the game just the same." 



"Indian know how to hunt him," said Kakagens. 

 " Indian no follow trail close like white man. In- 

 dian go 'way off and crawl up close. See moose lay 

 down, shoot him in side. Moose smell good, see 

 good. He walk way wind comes, walk back on trail, 

 lay down see white man coming. Indian no follow, 

 he go round, crawl up at side and shoot moose. White 

 man in a big hurry and scare moose. Indian hunt 

 him two, three days." 



"I guess that's so," said Dyche. "I found that 

 their beds were always made where they could look 



