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portion of each in talking with him. I learned in 

 that short time to esteem and value him as one of 

 the best guides and hunters I ever knew, and one of 

 the truest friends I have. Although he has been 

 hunting so many years and has always been a close 

 observer of the habits of game; although thoroughly 

 posted on woodcraft in all its details, he is not 

 egotistical as are so many old woodsmen. He never 

 intrudes his opinions on any subject unless asked 

 for them; never dictates what anyone under his 

 guidance shall do. He modestly suggests, and if 

 you do not agree with him, defers cheerfully to 

 your judgment. 



He is intelligent, well-informed generally, full of 

 interesting reminiscences of his life in the wilder- 

 ness, and relates many thrilling episodes in his expe- 

 rience i-i hunting deer, bear, wolves, etc. He told 

 me that once, when hunting on the Menominee river, 

 he saw a doe lying down, and raised his rifle to shoot 

 her. But before firing he noticed that she had seen 

 him and was struggling to get up. As she did not 

 succeed in this, he concluded that she must have 

 been wounded, and started toward her. She kept 

 struggling, but was unable 'to rise, and on going to 

 her he found that she had lain down near a large 

 hemlock root, that had curved out of the ground, 

 forming an arch or loop three or four inches high. 

 One of her hind legs had slipped under this root to 

 the knee, and when she had attempted to get up she 

 had probably been thrown violently on her side, dis- 

 locating the hip joint and thus rendering it utterly 

 impossible for her to draw the imprisoned leg from 

 under the root. He said the poor creature had appar- 



