LITTLE SKINNING 
scented us, while the 
sight of him. 
era! miles to graze, we 
await their return, and— 
arrived at camp, 
evening on a whole side of 
The meat was excellent. 
but the wind being iffrf, 
thick brush prevented 
The horses havin 
waded me 
tired ’ 
We ^i^SuCT^gu^y .thi 
a sheep, roasted*before the fire 
I was wonder-struck at the amount of food one of our 
Indians stowed away, but on mentioning this to Little, he 
told me that, in his camp at Cooke’s Inlet, Alaska, he, per¬ 
sonally, had seen two Indiat^. eat, at a sitting, an entire ewe, 
with the exception ofleg, which they consumed the 
next morning. In justice to the same Indians, however, it 
might be\wedl add that they had been hunting two days 
previous without a bite of food. 
Despite the hard day, Little and I were unable to sleep 
last night; so we rolled over in our bags, smoked, and played 
piquet by candle-light until we had rested enough finally to 
slumber. 
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