THE INDIAN DEVIL. 157 



gun," but this is dangerous work as some 

 stranger might pass that way, and even to the 

 person setting the gun, great care must be used. 

 As they are very seldom famished and there- 

 fore will not take bait, about the only thing for 

 the trapper to do is to give him the "right of 

 way," and the hunter to move to some other 

 part of the country for a month or so. We call 

 them the Indian Devil because he inhabits the 

 Indian country, but the Indians themselves call 

 them "Bad Dog," this being the lowest and 

 meanest name their language supplies. 



