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doe elk and fawns, and killed one of them. We all 

 went to secure the one he had killed, arriving there 

 about dark. Campbell and the two Indians skinned 

 the elk, while McKean cut wood, and I went in 

 search of water. When I returned they had dressed 

 the elk, and we cut up and salted it in the skin. The 

 following day Halftown and Qeebuck went down 

 Stump Creek to look for signs of elk. If they found 

 the tracks of large ones they were to return and 

 inform us, but if small they were to follow and kill 

 some. They took a supply of salt, with which to 

 cure the meat of any they might kill at a distance 

 from the camp. Campbell, McKean and myself 

 made a scaffold upon which to dry our meat, and 

 when done we spread out the meat, and Campbell 

 and myself went to hunt a camping-ground near 

 a large lick, leaving McKean to dry the venison. 

 We found a suitable place about half a mile above 

 the lick, where we built a camp. The following 

 morning we returned to where we had left McKean, 

 loaded the horse with our dried venison, and waited 

 until noon for the Indians to come in, when, as they 

 had not arrived, we marked our road so that they 

 could find us, and went to the other camp. The 

 Indians joined us that evening. They had seen 

 some signs of elk, that had passed some days before, 

 but no fresh ones. The next morning they again 

 departed in the direction of the Susquehannah and 

 Stump Creek, to look for elk, and should they find 

 does or small bucks they were to kill as many as 

 as possible. Campbell and myself started with 



