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a narrow pass prepared for their reception, where several Indians 

 lie concealed for that purpose. This method of hunting is 

 only practicable in Summer, and on the barren ground, where 

 they have an extensive prospect, and can see the herds of deer 

 at a great distance, as well as discover the nature of the 

 country, and make every [321] necessary arrangement for 

 driving them through the narrow defiles. This method of 

 hunting is performed in the following manner : 



When the Indians see a herd of deer, and intend to hunt 

 them with bows and arrows, they observe which way the wind 

 blows, and always get to leeward, for fear of being smelled by 

 the deer. The next thing to which they attend, is to search 

 for a convenient place to conceal those who are appointed to 

 shoot. This being done, a large bundle of sticks, like large 

 ramrods, (which they carry with them the whole Summer for 

 the purpose,) are ranged in two ranks, so as to form the two 

 sides of a very acute angle, and the sticks placed at the 

 distance of fifteen or twenty yards from each other. When 

 those necessary arrangements are completed, the women and 

 boys separate into two parties, and go round on both sides, till 

 they form a crescent at the back of the deer, which are drove 

 right forward ; and as each of the sticks has a small flag, or 

 more properly a pendant, fastened to it, which is easily waved 

 to and fro by the wind, and a lump of moss stuck on each of 

 their tops, the poor timorous deer, probably taking them for 

 ranks of people, generally run straight forward between the 

 two ranges of sticks, till they get among the Indians, who lie 

 concealed in small circular fences, made with loose stones, 

 moss, &c. When the deer approach very near, the Indians 

 who are thus concealed start up and shoot ; but as the deer 

 generally pass along at [322] full speed, few Indians have 

 time to shoot more than one or two arrows, unless the herd 

 be very large. 



This method of hunting is not always attended with equal 

 success ; for sometimes after the Indians have been at the 



