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relentless foe to the Deer or Elk. He is dirty and filthy- in 

 his habits, subsisting principally on smoked salmon and salt 

 meat — living a life several degrees below that of a beast. 



The glowing accounts of the noble red man which we . 

 have read in our youth, and the exalted opinion we have 

 held of his manly attributes, brave deeds, and daring mien, 

 are all dispelled upon being brought face to face with the 

 filthy reality. Gratitude or generosity are unknown ele- 

 ments in his make-up. There are many powerful, hardy 

 specimens of manhood among them, but this is attributable 

 to. their out- door life, and wanderings in the forests and 

 mountains. Shrewdness and cunning they possess in a 

 marked degree, in all that pertains to their own interests. 

 Patience, also, is one of their leading characteristics. 



A night in an Indian hovel under ordinary circumstances 

 would be unendurable, but on the occasion I have described 

 anything was preferable to the midnight howlings of the 

 woods. We passed the night as best we could among our 

 red brethren, but were up and off at the first streak of day- 

 light in the morning. Our homeward way was soon dis- 

 covered in the brightness of the sun, and a long, hard tramp 

 brought us again to our cabin, where we found our comrade 

 in a great state of fear, not knowing what had happened 

 to us. 



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