CHAPTER XIY. 



HUNTING AND TRAPPING. 



In November, 1821, in company with Walter Sea- 

 man, John Campbell and George Morrison, I went on 

 a general hunting expedition to catch elk, hunt bears, 

 deer and panthers, and to trap foxes and sables. We 

 hired a man named Goodwin, with a horse, to act as 

 porter to the expedition, and Marshall Whitcomb as 

 cook and camp-keeper.. We were six in all, in a 

 double sleigh. Having gone about six miles we 

 found the tracks of a panther. I told Seaman and 

 Goodwin that I must go with the sleigh, and that 

 they should follow the tracks, and if they did not 

 come np with the panther in two or three miles to 

 return and they would find me encamped at night 

 about three mileu ahead. Campbell and Morrison 

 were forward, and Whitcomb had charge of the dogs. 

 Seaman and Goodwin took two dogs with them and 

 followed the track, finding it nearly parallel with the 

 road. They had proceeded but two miles when the 

 panther came out from under some rocks. Seaman 

 tired and brought him down. I heard the gun and 

 led out to them. They answered, and soon I saw 

 them drag out a very large panther, weighing about 

 i hundred pounds, and place it on the sleigh. 



