466 BIG GAME OF NORTH AMERICA. 



arrested by the hand of a woman. The French hunter 

 appears to have been a fine, handsome fellow, twenty -five 

 years of age, six feet tall, and of lithe, manly proportions. 

 His admirable proportions and physical beauty had made a 

 strong impression upon Tamiroo, the only daughter, of the 

 chief, a lovely girl of eighteen, whose stately, upright 

 figure, finely cut features, and flashing black eyes had not 

 escaped the notice of the condemned man. 



When the prisoner was about to be delivered over to 

 the tender mercies of the elder Indian women, the chief s 

 daughter interceded with her father for his life. Her inter- 

 cession proved successful, and Sabourin became a member 

 of the tribe. A mutual affection, or a case of " love at first 

 sight, J ' seems to have influenced the two young people, for, 

 after a short residence with the Indians, the couple were 

 married according to the nuptial ceremonial of the tribe,, 

 and Sabourin remained to the end of his life among his 

 dusky friends. In the course of time he became the most 

 expert and daring hunter amongst them. 



Late in the fall, on one of his hunting excursions, the 

 white hunter encountered two large bucks of the Woodland 

 Caribou species. They had been fighting, and their antlers 

 became interlocked in a most inextricable manner. Strange 

 to say, and entirely contrary to what a pure Indian would 

 have done, he did not kill them, but immediately repaired 

 to the camp for assistance to take them alive. In company 

 with a number of Indians, he returned to the scene of 

 battle, and the two animals were secured, and bound with 

 strong thongs of Deer-skin. Afterward, they were sepa- 

 rated by cutting away a prong or two from the antlers of 

 one of them. 



The animals, securely bound, were then drawn on tobog- 

 gans to the camp. A suitable inclosure was then formed, 

 in which they were placed. They were liberally supplied 

 with mosses, lichens, and other food, by the younger mem- 

 bers of the community, and soon became tame and docile. 

 After a few months' confinement, they became great pets, 

 and in due time were liberated, and the gate of the inclos- 



