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find little Indian boys in the forest, several miles from the wigwam, 

 armed with a bow and arrows, the latter having an old knife-blade 

 inserted in the heads. One little fellow named Socotoma was a very 

 expert shot, and woe betide mit-cJii-css, the grouse, and mat-a-guis, 

 the hare, if they happened in the way of little Socotoma when he 



SOCOTOMA. 



was on the war-path ; and although he could not thus be killed, even 

 moo-in, the bear, would be likely to feel the "stinging arrow." 



The finely modulated voice of the Indian is especially adapted to 

 imitate the different calls and cries of the denizens of the forest, and 

 with a trumpet of birch bark he will imitate to the life the plaintive 

 low of the cow- moose and the responsive bellow of the bull. Early 

 morning, twilight, or moonlight are all favorable to this manner of 

 hunting. The Indian, having selected a favorable position for his 

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