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ON SNOW-SHOES TO THE BARREN GROUNDS 



that he knew an old man, who had died two years previous 

 to my visit, who for three years at one time of his life had 

 disappeared from his usual haunts, and on his return de- 

 clared he had been a wolf. This was, and is to this day, 



OLD COPPER KNIVES 



implicitly believed by the Indians about Resolution, be- 

 cause there are still living many men who say that when 

 hunting with this man, after his return from the wolf- 

 state, he explained the meaning of the wolf's howling, and 



