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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
[November, 
for no other object than their own amusement. 
Mr. Cary brings us sketches of hunting scenes 
taken during his Western sojourn, which show 
some of the methods of hunting followed by 
to be effective. No wonder that the Indian re¬ 
gards the presence of the white man upon his 
hunting grounds with jealousy. The illustra¬ 
tions need but little explanation. One manner 
skill and daring by spearing them from their 
canoes. Some of the more venturesome of the 
young braves often enter the water (fig. 2) armed 
only with a knife, and attack the animals, which 
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-INDIANS, DISGUISED 
Fig. 2.— ATTACKING BUFFALOES IN A STREAM. 
the Indians. The primitive manner in which 
the savage obtains the game that is necessary 
to his subsistence, and the ease with which the 
white man is enabled to carry out his work of de- 
of approaching the buffalo is shown in figure 1. 
The coyotes, or prairie wolves, which prowl 
about upon the edges of the herd in search of a 
carcass, are but little noticed by the buffalo. The 
have the rapidity of their movements much im¬ 
peded by the water. In fig. 3 we have a foot race, 
which a young warrior, who wishes to show his 
fleetness and endurance, has started with a buffa- 
Fig. 3.—TRIAL OF SPEED BETWEEN A BUFFALO AND AN INDIAN. 
-INDIANS HUNTING THE ELK. 
struction, are in marked contrast. The white 
hunter invades the game country by railroad, 
mounts a fleet horse, and with revolver and 
breech-loader follows the sport until fatigue 
Fig. 5.—MOOSE-HUNTING ON THE SNOW. 
lo that had approached near camp. Contests of 
this kind are of frequent occurrence. The ingen¬ 
ious strategy employed in approaching the elk 
i3 shown in fig. 4. The uncouth animal in the 
Fig. 0.—DEER-SHOOTING ON THE LAKE. 
Indians take advantage of this, and, throwing 
wolf skins over their bodies in such a manner 
as to disguise themselves, they approach upon 
their hands and knees and gradually encircle a 
checks the slaughter. The Indian, on the other 
hand, is obliged to resort to various devices and 
strategies to allow him to come within a dis¬ 
tance, which will allow his short-range weapons | 
detached portion of the herd, until they come 
within arrow shot, when an attack is made. 
When buffalo are found in a stream, they fall an 
| easy prey to the Indians, who, in this case, show 
foreground is made up of two Indians covered 
by an elk skin. The skin is dressed with the 
horns on, and the head is held in the position 
the animal assumes when feeding. The forward 
