DIVIDING THE GAME 



who points out is understood by the man whose 

 back is turned. They sometimes give them- 

 selves the best pile of game. And 1 am sorry 

 to say that I have sometimes been a victim of 

 misplaced confidence in that way and cheated 

 out of my fair share of the game. But there 

 v/as no use to squeal about it as they would 

 only laugh you out of it and say that you ought 

 to have better luck. 1 have told you hov/ we 

 hilled deer and divided game. Now one great 

 question among us was in reference to still or 

 noisy hunting. The Indians alv/ays still hunt, 

 that is they keep perfectly quiet and motionless 

 and wait for the game to come along. Or they 

 sneak quietly upon the game. 1 learned this 

 mode of hunting with the Indians on the West- 

 ern plains, hunting buffalo and antelope in the 

 open country many years ago. You can hunt 

 with an Indian all day and he will scarcely say 

 a word. With over fifty years experience in 

 hunting both in the forest and in the open coun- 

 try I must say that the white man must take off 



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