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except one that belonged to Cornplanter, for which 

 he wanted two dollars, but agreed to refund the 

 money if I returned the rope uninjured. I agreed 

 to his terms, and left the money. As we parted he 

 wanted to shake hands, saying that he never expect- 

 ed to see me again if I attempted to catch an elk 

 alive. The next morning the Indian I had engaged 

 joined me, and I entered into a partnership with a 

 Mr. Campbell, each of us to stand half the expense 

 and have half the profits. We hired two other men 

 who were to have all they killed and half that we 

 killed. On the third day of January, Campbell and 

 myself, the two white men, the Indian, and four 

 dogs started up Kenzua Creek. We went about 

 twelve miles up the south branch, and encamped for 

 the night. The next morning we continued about 

 six miles, to the top of a hill, and halted. The 

 Indian said we would find elk within four or five 

 miles of this spot. I proposed to divide, Campbell, 

 myself and the Indian each taking a separate course 

 while the two others should remain to build a camp 

 where we would all meet at nign:. lccordr>gly 'vs 

 soon as we had eaten dinner we all started, an 1 

 remained out until dark, when we met at the camp. 

 No one had discovered any indications of elk. The 

 next morning I told them we would hunt one day 

 more, each upon a different course. 1 took a direct 

 easterly course, and the others chose each his own 

 route. At night all but the Indian came in, without 

 having discovered any signs of an elk. I told 

 Campbell I thought it useless to hunt here longer. 



