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came near them, and tired or not according to tha 

 movements of the deer. When the deer attempted 

 to run out of the water where the bank was bluff and 

 steep, they would see their own shadows, and think- 

 ing it was a dog or a wolf, would utter a cry and 

 spring back into the water, sometimes coming near 

 enough to the canoe to give the hunters two or three 

 more shots at them. In this manner they would kill 

 from one to four deer in one place. Having dressed 

 and laid out the meat on the shore, they would pro- 

 ceed down the river in search of another group. If 

 the night was favorable, from three to ten deer were 

 killed in this manner. On their return they would 

 fish for eels, salmon and other fish, and take in their 

 venison as they came along. Their canoes were 

 capable of carrying from 2,000 to 4,000 pounds with 

 safety. With a five-tined spear they would take from 

 twenty to sixty eels and a large quantity of salmon; 

 and in the morning return home with iish and venison 

 bufficient to supply an ordinary family two months. 



A woman belonging to a family residing on the 

 bank of the creek, about half a mile above the first 

 fork, was washing at the creek, accompanied by four 

 or five small children, when one of them looking up 

 the stream exclaimed, "What a handsome big red 

 dog is coming ! " The animal made a halt on the 

 top of the bank within fifty feet of the children, 

 and stood looking at them. Another boy cried " It 

 isn't a dog; it is a panther ! " At that moment a 

 cat came out of the house, and the panther made a 

 gpring at her, when she ran up a tree, followed by 



