GLOSSAS Y. 



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KoOTCHERAw. — Parched Indian corn, 

 pounded fine and mixed with sugar, 

 much used as winter food. 



IjACROSSE. — An Indian game of ball played 

 with wicker bats. 



Lady-pack. — ^A pack of bitch hounds ex- 

 clusively. 



Lagoon. — ^A large pond or inland lake : a 



> body of salt water separated from the 

 sea by a strip of land. 



Land-wash (Canada). — The line of high 

 tide along a beach and the drift collected 

 there. 



Landing-net. — A short-handled scoop- 

 net used by anglers to secure fish which 

 have been caught with a hook and line. 



Lariat.— A braided rope of rawhide used 

 for picketing or lassoing animals ; a 

 lasso. 



Lasso. — A running rope noose for catch- 

 ing animals ; a riaca ; a lariat. 



Lean-to.— A shelter made of canvas, 

 blankets, bark, boughs, or boards laid 

 on poles supported by a rid^e-pole and 

 crotches, the other ends resting on the 

 ground. 



Leash. — A leather thong by which a 

 huntsman holds his dog; three grey- 

 hounds held together by a leash ; a 

 brace and a half; a band for tying any- 

 thing. 



Leathers. — Technical name for a dog's 

 ears. 



Leveret. — A young hare. 



Levee.— A wharf or pier ; a dyke. 



Lift, v. t. — To drive or whip up a pack of 

 hounds which have lost the scent to the 

 point where the scent has been taken 

 again by a leading dog, or the trail 

 found by the huntsman. 



Light, v. i. — To dismount as from a sad- 

 dle or wagon. To "light out" is to 

 leave, depart, or get under way. 



Lights. — The lungs of an animal. 



Light-wood. — Pitch pine knots and dry 

 Slicks for kindling. 



LiNB. — A hawser; a long cord used to 

 catch fish ; a family traced through 

 several generations. 



Line, v. — To track a bee to its tree or hive 

 by the direction of its flight ; to_ intro- 

 duce opposite sexes with a view to 

 progeny. 



Loafer (Sp. lobos). — The name applied to 

 the big brindled wolf of Texas, which 

 loais around cow-yards and corrals. 



XfOAM. — Loom ; the magnified appearance 

 of an object caused by atmospheric re- 

 fraction ; rising fog on the ocean hori- 

 zon. 



LoBSCOUSE. — A sea dish made of stewed 

 beef and onions. 



tjODGE. — A tepee ; wigwam ; an Indian 

 portable shelter made of skins, bark, 



canvas, blankets, or brush, covering a 

 framework of poles. Different tribes 

 make their lodges of different shapes 

 and materials. 



LoDG-i-POLE, V. — To beat ; to punish. 



Lollard. — The low native white of Ala^ 

 bama. 



Long-knives. — An Indian sobriquet for 

 white soldiers. 



Lope. — To travel with regular long, jump- 

 ing strides, like a wolf. 



Lurch. — To steal. (Southern). 



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Mackinaw, — A blanket much in use in 

 the North-west ; a boat used in freight- 

 ing in the North-western rivers — flat- 

 bottomed, flat-sided, with sharp prow 

 and square stern. 



Mackintosh. — A heavy blanket or over- 

 coat. 



Madrina (Sp.) — A bell-mare. 



Mark. — To note the flight of birds and 

 the place where they alight. 



Marker. — The score-keeper at a rifle- 

 range. ^ 



Maroon, v, — To hunt or voyage for pleas- 

 ure among islands. 



Marooner. — One who hunts in boats 

 among the keys and islands. (Florida). 



Marsh-tackey. — A small horse peculiar 

 to the coast line of the Southern States ; 

 a swamp pony. 



Meat (Western). — Always meaning pork. 



Meet. — An assembly of mounted hunts- 

 men for the purpose of coursing or run- 

 ning with hounds ; the rendezvous of a 

 party of huntsmen. 



Medicine. —Mystery ; kno'wledge; a pro- 

 pitiation to the Great Spirit. 



Medicine Man. — A conjurer ; a states- 

 man ; a counsellor ; a learned man 

 among the Indians. 



Medicine Tepee. — The council lodge of 

 the red man ; sacred also to religious 

 rites. 



Mesa (Sp.) — A high table-land. 



Mesquite. — A scrubby tree, almost an 

 evergreen, armed with thorns and inter- 

 lacing branches. It is a legume yield- 

 ing nutritious beans much eaten by 

 bears, deer, etc. It is sometimes found 

 standing alone, but oftener in dense 

 clumps known as chaparral. 



Mesquite-grass. — A short, nutritious 

 grass which grows in tufts common in 

 Texas, and adjacent parts of the South- 

 west. 



Mestizo (Sp.) — A cross between an Indian 

 and a negro. 



Midget. — Apunky; sand-fly; an infini- - 

 tesimal gnat whose bite is very irritating, 

 causing a temporary burning sensation. 



Middling.— Sides of pork ; in common 

 use as food South and West. 



1/ocucK. — An Indian vessel of birch-bark. 



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