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GLOSSARY. 



Throw, _v. — To deliver a litter of puppies 

 by their mother. 



Throw-back, v. — ■To produce offspring 

 bearing marks of inferior ancestors. 



Tick. — Credit ; trust. Ticks. — Small 

 scattered color-marks on a dog's coat. 



Ticked. — Slightly mottled, or marked 

 with ticks. 



Timber-toodle. — ^A woodcock. (Pa.) 



ToBOGGiN. — A sled made of a flat, thin 

 board, for traveling over soft and deep 

 snow. 



ToHO. — ^To call to dogs at work to stand. 



ToLE. — To attract by sundry devices or 

 lures, as ducks or other game. 



Tongue. — ^Voice. as of a hound. 



Toothpick. — A bowie-knife. 



Tortillas (Sp.)— Thin baked cakes. 



Tote. — To carry a light load. 



Totem. — The distinguishing mark of an 

 Indian, or coat of arms of a tribe. 



ToiTPiK. — An Esquimaux summer lodge of 

 poles covered with seal-skins. 



Track. — A path ; a foot-print. 



Track, v. — To follow a trail. 



TfiAiL. — A sign or print left by anything 

 passing. 



Trail, v. — To drag along the ground. 



Train. — A number of wagons in line ; a 

 gang of draft dogs attached to a sled. 



Train, v. — To educate by a system of dis- 

 cipline^nd instruction. 



Traineai; (Fr.) — A dog-sled ; a travee. 



Traps. — Baggage ; personal effects. 



Trip. — A flocK or company of widgeons. 



Trip, v. — To break the hold of an anchor 

 before weighing. 



Traveler. — A term applied to wild geese 

 while migrating. 



Travee. — An Indian contrivance for 

 carrying personal effects, by lashing 

 lodge-poles upon either side of a pony, 

 so that the ends will trail on the ground 

 behind the horse's heels; the lodge- 

 skins being lashed to transverse poles 

 make a bag into which the articles to be 

 transported are placed ; a dog-sled. 



Trawl, — A large bag-net; a set-line 

 several hundred feet in length, to which 

 short baited lines are attached at suit- 

 able intervals. 



Tree, v. — To cause to take to a tree for 

 refuge, as a wild animal or fowl. 



TuLE. — ^A marsh filled with tall canes 

 often reaching ten feet in height. 

 TULES.— The canes themselves. 



Tussock. — ^A detached bunch of (dry) 

 grass. 



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Under-run. — To disentangle and arrange, 



as tackle. 

 Under-tow. — A reflex current below the 



surface. 



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Valisneria.— The wild celery on which 

 canvas-back duclcs and other wild fowl 

 feed. 



Vamo.se (Sp.) — To depart; clear out; 

 disappear. 



Vaquero (Sp.) — A herder of horses. ^ 



Velvet. — The soft skin which nourishes 

 the growing horns of the deer family. 



Visit, v. — To associate with a view to 

 progeny. 



Vixen. — A female fox. 



Vovageur (Fr.) — Primarily an employee 

 of the Fur Companies ; a guide and as- 

 sistant, especially on water-courses. 



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Wampum. — Beads and bead-work used by 

 Indians as money. 



Wangun. — A lumberman's or river-drj- 

 ver's tender or provision boat. 



Warm.— Indicating fresh sign or trail ; 

 showing that the creatures which made 

 them are near. 



Watap. — Spruce-roots for sewing birch- 

 bark, (North-west). 



Water-lettuce. — A plant much resem- 

 bling garden lettuce, which covers the 

 surface of bayous and lagoons in Florida. 



Weedy. — A played-out dog, and running 

 to seed. Applied to a dog which has 

 evidently had his day. 



Whang. — A leather thong or string worn 

 on the seams of buckskin leggings for 

 use and ornament. 



Whelp. — The young of a dog, or wolf, ot 

 seal. 



Wherry. — A light boat, sometimes used 

 in racing. 



Whip. — The official who manages the 

 hounds in a fox chase ; an experienced 

 coach driver. 



Whisky-trader.— An unlicensed peddler 

 of bad whisky, who sneaks about the 

 Indian country, eluding the revenue 

 officers and frontier troops, contemned 

 by every one, Indians included, and re- 

 garded as a universal mischief-maker. 



Whiteners.^A large flock of swans in 

 flight. 



Whopper. — Anything imcommonly large ; 

 a story hard to believe. 



Wipe, v. — To cleail, as a gun. To " wipe 

 the eye," is to shoot a bird which an- 

 other sportsman has just missed. 



Wi PING-STICK. —A ramrod for a muzzle- 

 loading gun or rifle. 



Windfall.— A tract of fallen timber up- 

 rooted by a tornado. 



Wing-shot, a. -Hit in the wing. 



Wing-shot, n. — A shot at birds on the 

 wing ; one who shoots at birds while 

 flying. 



Wisp.— A large flock of snipe. 



