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and were much more agreeable, and even refined com¬ 
pany, than the lumberers. The most interesting ques¬ 
tion entertained at the lumberers’ camp was, which man 
could “ handle ” any other on the carry; and, for the 
most part, they possessed no qualities which you could 
not lay hands on. So we went to the Indians’ camp or 
wigwam. 
It was rather windy, and therefore Joe concluded to 
hunt after midnight, if the wind went down, which the 
other Indians thought it would not do, because it was 
from the south. The two mixed-bloods, however, went 
off up the river for moose at dark, before we arrived 
at their camp. This Indian camp was a slight, patched- 
up affair, which had stood there several weeks, built 
shed-fashion, open to the fire on the west. If the wind 
changed, they could turn it round/ It was formed by 
two forked stakes and a cross-bar, with rafters slanted 
from this to the ground. The covering was partly an 
old sail, partly birch-bark, quite imperfect, but securely 
tied on, and coming down to the ground on the sides. 
A large log was rolled up at the back side for a head- 
board, and two or three moose-hides were spread on 
the ground with the hair up. Various articles of their 
wardrobe were tucked around the sides and corners, or 
under the roof. They were smoking moose-meat on just 
such a crate as is represented by With, in De Bry’s 
u Collectio Peregrinationum,” published in 1588, and 
which the natives of Brazil called boucan , (whence buc¬ 
caneer,) on which were frequently shown pieces of 
human flesh drying along with the re^t. It was erected 
in front of the camp over the usual large fire, in the 
form of an oblong square. Two stout forked stakes, 
four or five feet apart and five feet high, were driven 
