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three days provisions and two dogs, leaving McKean 

 in the camp to take care of the horse. We went 

 south toward tbe head of the Tionesta, and about 

 three o'clock came where two bucks had passed the 

 day before. Judging by the tracks they were about 

 three years old. They were heading toward the lick 

 near which we had encamped. We followed till 

 evening, and encamped on the trail. Next morning 

 after going four miles we found them. We let loose 

 the dogs, and they went off after the elk at a rapid 

 rate, heading toward the Kenzua. We followed as 

 fast as possible, thinking to catch one of them in 

 some deep hole in the creek. We kept on the track 

 to the creek, found that the elk had gone down the 

 stream, sometimes in the water and sometimes on the 

 shore. We followed on for two miles, when we met 

 our dogs returning. It being a very warm day, we 

 returned, discouraged, to our camp near the elk lick. 

 I told Campbell that with six dogs, if they were not 

 better than these, we could not catch an elk, as they 

 would not keep on the track. When we arrived at 

 the camp, we found the Indians there, but the horse 

 had strayed away. It was now Saturday night, and 

 Campbell said that he did not wish to hunt horses 

 on the Sabbath. I said that it was not a day for 

 such business, but in this case I considered it a work 

 of necessity, as he might stray so far before Monday 

 as to be lost beyond recovery. I offered to go with 

 the Indians, and leave the other two at the camp. 

 We started early the following day, and when we 

 had gone a short distance I directed Halftown to 



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