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like one to him. Quite an old girl to be still unmarried 

 (for an Indian), being eighteen or nineteen years of age, 

 she was nevertheless unquestionably the belle of the band ; 

 a woman who would everywhere have been considered 

 pretty, and to have a magnificent figure. This Indian 

 Diana sat her horse d califourchon, as the French call it, 

 handled a rifle very fairly, and rode as well as any man. 

 She was as vain as a peacock, and as coquettish as the 

 most accomplished civilised flirt. 



Before very long, neither deer, antelope, nor ashlata 

 were to be had ; they had been literally driven away, and 

 so we made a raid upon the turkeys. These birds had 

 been unmolested by the Ute's; the reason given by Old 

 Silver Medal being that the turkey was a " totem-bird " 

 of his tribe, and so they never killed him. We believed 

 it was because the turkeys were too wary for them. 

 Driving these birds is impracticable, stalking them on a 

 disturbed range only vexation and loss of time, while 

 " turkey-roosting " is a method unknown to Indian wood- 

 craft. 



The diversion of turkey-roosting, as it is called, is not 

 without its attractions for the sportsman ; and being a 

 mode of killing turkeys only practicable in few places and 

 at certain times, can be but occasionally indulged in, and 

 so possesses the added charm of rarity. 



The full of the moon is the opportunity for turkey- 

 roosting, and the first necessity is to "roost your turkeys." 

 This is done by watching, from a little before to some time 

 after sunset, on an eminence commanding a view of some 

 range of timber in which turkeys are likely to roost. Even 



