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road, as we should not have so far to carry our game, 

 to which the others assented. Seaman then obtained 

 permission to go home and remain about a week, and 

 the following day we proceeded by way of the Kit- 

 taning road, to our encampment near the Four 

 Corners. On our road we found an old log house, 

 which was built at the time the road was made. The 

 roof had fallen in, but we decided to repair and 

 make it our head quarters. Whitcomb had caught 

 twenty-three sables, and Morrison had killed two 

 deer. That night, for the first time in three weeks, 

 our whole party was together. The following day 

 Morrison and Seaman went home, and the remainder 

 of us proceeded to the Kittaning block-house, which 

 we fitted up for use. Next day Goodwin brought in 

 the three elk which had been killed, and after dinner 

 Campbell, Morrison and myself went to hunting, and 

 "Whitcomb to set sable traps After hunting until 

 the afternoon of the next day, we found the track of 

 a single elk, which we judged to be a young buck. 

 Wq followed it seven miles and then stopped for the 

 night. The next morning we were early on the 

 trail, and about ten o'clock we found the tracks 

 quite fresh, and knowing the animal could not be 

 far away, we let loose the dogs, which soon came up 

 with him. He ran near our second camp, keeping 

 a west course. In his course he passed a fox-trap 

 which I had set several days before, and in passing, 

 I discovered that a large fox was in the trap. I dis- 

 patched him with my tomahawk, and left him in the 

 trap. The elk, still keeping west, crossed two small 



