PiONKER HUNTERS OF THE KANKAKEE 

 spring or trigger in those early times was to cijt 

 a hole in a hollow tree about fifteen inches from 

 the ground large enough for a lynx, wolf, fox ;jr 

 wild-cat to put his head in. Cut a crevice ten 

 or twelve inches long below sloping almost to a 

 point at the bottom, then hang your bait in the 

 hollow the hole and wait for the results. /Ar. 

 Lynx, wolf, fox or wild-cat comes along, puis 

 his head in the hollow for the bait and as he 

 comes down to get the bait his head and necH 

 comes down the crevice. In the morning yo i 

 will find your game dead without the benefit <:-4 

 clergy. Another was the snare trap, or swing- 

 ing trap, as they were sometimes called, were 

 among the first used on the Kankakee in early 

 times. They would take a sapling and bend t 

 so as the top would reach the ground and :-! 

 was held in that position by means of one stick 

 trigger. A stake was driven in the ground and 

 squared on two sides. One side of the slick 

 had a notch cut in so as to fit on the square 

 side of the stake, the other end was fastened to 



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