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An Indian came in late one afternoon from 

 his hunting grounds at the south to get his 

 spring ammunition. It was about the middle 

 of April and there was at the time a hard crust 

 on the snow. He told us that on the way he had 

 seen cuttings of a very big bull moose and he 

 was sure he was on the top of a mountain near 

 by where he had noticed the cuttings. He had no 

 gun and besides the moose was useless to him so 

 far from his camp being four or five miles from 

 our post. Now he continued if you want to 

 have him you can come along with me in the 

 morning and you will surely kill him. i He can't 

 get away with the crust. The Indian was so 

 sure of our success that he told me to take my 

 two men with sleds to bring home the meat and 

 hide. 



As it was all ice walking except one short 

 portage to the foot of the range of mountains 

 he named, we decided to leave the post an hour 

 or so before daylight so as to be there at the 

 earliest possible moment. Our preparations 

 were soon made and we took a little sleep 

 dressed as we were and then started. We took 

 two little partridge curs to head off the moose 

 and keep him amused until I could catch up 

 and shoot. 



The hunt was going to be such a dead sure 

 result that mine was the gun in the party. It 



