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good sale for him. Tanner said that if we would 

 take the "animal to Warren, he would purchase it at 

 some price. We accordingly built a raft upon which 

 we conveyed it to Warren. When Tanner saw it he 

 offered three hundred dollars, if one of us would 

 assist him in taking it to Pittsburgh, and to the one 

 who went he would pay a dollar a day. We accepted 

 the terms, and I offered sixteen dollars to either of 

 the others who would go and leave me at liberty to 

 return to my family. Morrison and Campbell each 

 offered me sixteen dollars if I would go, as they 

 thought I could manage the elk better than either 

 of them; and Tanner offered me all I could make 

 by exhibiting him until we arrived within forty -five 

 miles of Pittsburgh. I concluded to accept the offer 

 and set to building cabin on a raft, for the elk. 

 We took him on board with the assistance of a horse, 

 and the next day started for Pittsburgh. 



In 1822, Campbell and myself hired another man 

 named Avery, and went out about twenty miles for 

 an elk-hunt. Having established our camp, Camp 

 bell and myself left the next day, leaving Avery to 

 keep camp. For three days we hunted without any 

 success, and returned to the camp. During our 

 absence Avery had been kept in a constant state of 

 alarm by wild animals. Two panthers and eight 

 wolves had prowled around the camp, and so terrified 

 him that he declared he would not again stay alone 

 in the woods for all the elk in them. We wanted 

 him to remain until we had taken an elk, which he 

 agreed to do, if he could be with us while we hunted 



