tlement, then added gently, "No 

 good to fight ; the best man will get 

 the most deer anyhow*" 



And the end of it was that Yan 

 stayed for several days with Chaska, 

 and got, not an antlered buck indeed, 

 but, better far, an insight into the 

 ways of a man who could hunt* 

 The Indian taught him not to follow 

 the trail over the hills, for deer watch 

 their back track, and cross the hills 

 to make this more easy* He taught 

 him to tell by touch and smell of 

 sign just how far ahead they are, as 

 well as the size and condition of the 

 deer, and not to trail closely when 

 the game is near* He taught him 

 to study the wind by raising his 

 moistened finger in the air, and Yan 



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