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was willing to go where we had left the doe,"about 

 three-quarters of a mile distant, and see if it had 

 been disturbed. I roadily consented, on condition 

 that they would allow me to take a gun and the two 

 dogs. I was but thirteen years old, and they thought 

 I would not venture so far from them. As I was 

 starting away, I overheard Morrison saying to my 

 father, " You will see him coming back soon " My 

 father, however, said if I started he did not think I 

 would return without seeing the doe. I went, and 

 finding every thing undisturbed, returned to my 

 companions. They finished skinning and salting the 

 elk about two o'clock, and Morrison proposed to go 

 himself over to Mud Lick, about two miles distant, 

 on the east branch of the second fork, and see if any 

 elk had been there, while my father and I were to 

 watch for them at Stony Lick. We were to meet in 

 the evening where we had skinned the elk. We 

 went down to the Lick and concealed ourselves be- 

 hind some logs. My father commenced mending 

 his moccasins* and directed me to watch the Lick. 

 I stationed myself in front of some roots, out 

 of my father's sight. A small stream ran below me, 

 in which were some very fine large trout. The 

 stream was very shallow, and it occurred to me that 

 if I could stop the water, I might throw out some of 

 the trout So I slipped down to the stream, unper- 

 ceived by my father, went up past him, threw an old 

 log across, and gathered moss and stopped the water. 

 Then I went below, and threw out some thirty fine 

 large trout. My father looked after me, and seeing 



