TRAPPERS' CLAIMS 

 two dollars and fifty cents a tree for sixty-five 

 trees. There were three trees on the north side 

 of the river they did not want. Sawyer did not 

 want to miss a sale so he said that he would 

 cut two trees near the cabin and if they did not 

 get more than one hundred and fifty pounds 

 from the two trees he would lake the two 

 fifty. And if there v/as more than that they 

 were to give him the three fifty. To this they 

 agreed. They went to cut the trees and from 

 the first one they got a little over one hundred 

 pounds of nice honey. The other tree v/as still 

 better, They soon closed the deal. Sawyer 

 was to help them cut the trees and the time was 

 decided on the first freeze up when the ice 

 would carry them safely, as that would be the 

 best time to get around in the swamp and get 

 iYie honey out. The bargain was closed and 

 Sawyer received his money, two hundred and 

 twenty-seven dollars for five bee trees, whilst 

 the sixty trees contained nothing but the hol- 

 lows. Not a bee in the whole sixty irees or for 



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