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go on his oack, his leg in de air—more harder he pull, more 
harder rope hold.’ 
“ ‘ Well, but would it not be much easier for the men to shoot 
the Moose V 
“ ‘ O no ; white man too busy; may be he bad shot; may be 
he only wound Moose, then Moose run away and die. White 
man no able to follow, only Indian able to find track.’ 
“We had conversed long upon hunting, &c. The night was 
frosty, and our blankets were brought into play—to say nothing 
of the mountain dew, and a stone pipe to keep us warm. Adella 
many times had tried his call, which produced a sound not un¬ 
like the lowing of a domestic cow. The conversation now 
flagged, and I was laying on my back, ruminating on the danc¬ 
ing orbs above me—taking into serious consideration whether 
they were inhabited, and if so, whether the natives really do, as 
has been learnedly stated, carry their heads under their arms; 
and I was just bringing another if to bear upon the inconve¬ 
nience of such a proceeding in hunting, &c., when I was dis¬ 
turbed by a distant low, which Adella instantly answered with 
his call. 
“ ‘ Now, brother, we sure to see bull Moose—he think cow 
call him, and when he come, and no find cow, he very mad— 
just same as you, spose you going to see pretty squaw, and she 
no come. Moose always most quiet of any beast, though um 
very big, most big as horse, and horns ten times big as Deer, 
and he very strong. He very quiet, but he no like to be cheated 
out of um cow; so when he come you be very still, and no shoot 
um till I tell you. May be he kill you if he get mad, and see.’ 
“We could hear from time to time the loud bellow of the 
bull Moose, which was always answered by the call. Our rifles 
were examined, and we remained in a state of anxious suspense 
about half an hour. At last we could distinctly hear the tramp 
of the bull as he tore through the thicket. It may appear but 
tame work to lay in ambush, and lure a poor animal to the 
muzzle of your gun—yet, for my own part, I must confess my 
feelings were excited to a degree I had seldom before expe- 
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