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necessity, and the next instant the Indian (a civil ized 

 one) whom I had engaged to go deer hunting with me, 

 approached. The amount of affection I at that mo- 

 ment entertained for the red-skinned gentleman, 

 would, I think, satisfy my wife, if I am ever fortunate 

 enough to have one. He had seen the light of my fire 

 above the trees, and supposing I was lost came after 

 me ; and I assure you it was the most profitable short 

 journey he ever made. It turned out that I was not 

 two miles from the settler's house from which I had 

 started. We reached it about 2 o'clock, and I slept 

 on my straw bed that night without thinking of " the 



grjat ones of the earth " 



Yours truly 



