I N T R D UC T I N . 



In presenting the following incidents of my life, 

 to the public, I do not intend to claim for it beaut v 

 of expression, for it is the production of one bom 

 in the wilderness; one who is more conversant with 

 the howl of the wolf and panther, and the whoop 

 of the savage, than the tones of oratory, as heard 

 in civilized life. 



It is said that truth is often more strange than 

 fiction ; and those in pursuit of the marvelous will 

 not be disappointed in perusing these rage's. 

 fhey are full of scenes in Border Life, accidc- 

 and hair-breadth escapes. 



The lover of the hunt will find faithfully por- 

 trayed, the exciting scenes of the chase, the £ . 

 with the elk, the wolf and the panther, and herein 

 be enabled to gather the experience of nearly half 

 a century as to the best mode of securing ever/ 

 description of game to be found in- our fbrest3. 



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