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hunger. Every one rambled in pursuit of game, 

 but generally returned unsuccessful. One even 

 ing, a servant brought in from his day s hunt a 

 large horned owl, which was immediately cooked, 

 and eagerly despatched. The next day, 1 was 

 walking along the shore with my gun, when the 

 waves cast at my feet a dead jack-fish; I took it 

 up, and felt, from the keenness of my appetite for 

 animal food, as though I could have immediately 

 devoured it, notwithstanding it bore the marks 

 of having been dead a considerable time. At 

 this moment I heard the croaking of a raven, and 

 placing the fish upon the bank, as a bait, I shot . 

 it from behind a willow, where I had concealed 

 myself, as it lighted upon the ground; and the 

 success afforded me a welcome repast at night. 



&quot;The Sioux are truly barbarous, like the The Sioux 

 Indians in general, towards their captive enemies. 

 The following circumstance as related to me by 

 an Indian woman, whom I married to one of the 

 principal settlers, and who was a near relation of 

 one of the women who was tomahawked by a 

 war party of Sioux Indians, some time ago, is 

 calculated to fill the mind with horror. They 

 fell upon four lodges belonging to the Saulteaux, 

 who had encamped near Fond du Lac, Lake 

 Superior, and which contained the wives and 

 children of about twelve men, who were at that 

 time absent a-hunting; and immediately killed 

 and scalped the whole party, except one woman 

 and two or three of the children. With the most 

 wanton and savage cruelty they proceeded to put 



