My sixty years on the plains, trapping trading, and Indian fighting by Hamilton William Thomas 1822-

Author:Hamilton, William Thomas, 1822-
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Indians of North America, United States -- Description and travel
Publisher: New York, Forest and Stream
Published: 1905-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

My Sixty Years on the Plains 129

to receive him he would have hesitated before attacking us. All our war-horses were saddled with pads. In fact, they were always saddled in readiness, but were never mounted except in case of emergency. Six men at a time stood guard, with three hours' relief.

At about four o'clock in the morning the guards fired several shots at wolves prowling in close vicinity to camp. Two of the wolves were shot in the head and proved to be Bannocks. Other wolves were seen departing.

Indians are very expert at this imitating the actions of wolves. Putting a large wolf hide on their backs and creeping on their hands and knees they imitate the wolf very closely. But mountain men are up to all such strategy, and many an Indian has come to grief while trying the game on trappers.

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