The hunter and the trapper in North America; or, Romantic adventures in field and forest. From the French of Bénédict Révoil (1875) (14563522987)

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Title: The hunter and the trapper in North America ; or, Romantic adventures in field and forest. From the French of Bénédict Révoil

Year: 1875 (1870s)

Authors: Révoil, Bénédict Henry, 1816-1882 Adams, W. H. Davenport (William Henry Davenport), 1828-1891

Subjects: Hunting Game and game-birds

Publisher: London, New York : T. Nelson and Sons

Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library

Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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hastened toinform the chief of his tribe that, at about five milesfrom the camp, he had fallen in with a flock of turkeys,consisting of nearly two hundred. Although, as a rule,the Redskins do not value very highly the flesh of thesebirds, whom they catch only by means of snares, thechiefs desire to render himself agreepJjle to his pale-facedguests suggested to him the idea of giving immediateorders, that the opportunity of affording them an addi-tional pleasure should not be let slip. A CURIOUS SPECTACLE. 53 In half an hour everybody was on the march—men,women, and children—and silently we took our waytowards the place where the Indians had encountered theturkeys. About half a mile from this spot the wholetribe, at a signal from the chief, divided into two detach-ments, one proceeding in a northward, and the other ina southward direction. It was a curious spectacle to seeabout two hundred and eighty Redskins marching in file,in single rank, with the body half bent, so that theii-

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IT WAS A CUKIOUS SPECTACLE TO SEE head might not rise above the grass through which theyforced their passage. Soon a clucking, repeated by several cocks, warned usthat we had been perceived or heard by the turkeys.The whole flock appeared before us; and when the chiefof the Redskins gave the signal of attack, by raising hiswar-whoop, all his tribe rushed forward headlong, makingthe air resound with piercing and guttural cries. Suddenly, as at a single bound, the mob of turkeys 54 A HECATOMB OF VICTIMS. flew before us, pursued by the Indians, who halted assoon as they thought the birds were in want of rest. Thesame manceuvre was successfully essayed five times; andin the end the weary birds, unable to fly any longer,trotted in front of us, supporting themselves on their legsand on the extremities of their wings, but closely pursuedby the Indians, who caught them by the neck and killedthem on the ground. When they returned to the camp, and before the chiefstent counted up the results of

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