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' ! LIFE AND AHVcf; TUBES OF JOE MEEK BY MRS. FR. KALI v pays IN- FULLER VICTOR r part. the camp : plied w i:h C II ATTIC K ii. A spirit of emulation . him to become as bravo bravest, as hardy as the od s pay as the c while hi feelings still tlioro are other regulations. Tit who usually visile.! ! this time, were all sup goods, Tito remaining S ; !U"VU.u.ii!o w.i ailjusteu nr n" jico:iveuieiuv of tho dim-rent traders j who shou! 1 ho . it oat through nil ! the eoni.t y tr.we-s.' I hv the com puiv. Sah'.et'e then decided upon ' J their route. ilivi.Im,? up ma mree inany things aie. leader and tho second man occupy I jnU 01lll,, Xvhieh took each i is the same relative position? ; hul j flp1Mj,ittl course, detaching as it other minor regulations are oh- ' ,r .small pat ties of trappers served. The dotv of a trspp"r, for ! , ii ,, Ki:ttiii' grounds in the l VtMI instance, in the trapping, season, neighborhood. Tlno smaller a( i is only to imp, and take care of his j,,, ltfri, ordered to meet at 1 er oic ! ... i,, ..,, When he comes in at I . ,i t i., r..imri V. .... ..v.. , V I l.llll I!"" ,.....-, V . , A.) model w ere open.y cv. Nt any time in the l.- ur" fj'frs narrative, Jo-, i - ' 1?"wv taken leave of '-'pte, the reader w.ll . remember th? :--which he was turret: t. until the memory i ;' : teachings of hif .'' ' nearly if not quite, o'j r 'nothing extenuate. ught in malice," frame of mind in 1 writer and reader of .' tures should strive ' himself. Before our hero i- v. the active scene? of a tr. ; it may bo well to pr. reader a sort of guide to in order that ho may be niJnraUllll SOU! 'f the t UllUb. U.- ties, as they may be ca-v. -; tioned hereafter. When the large camp : march it has a lead.-;, go one of the ttooshways, v.'!. ' in advance, or at the Ik 1 column. Near him is a j-' chosen for its qualities -' and trust worthiness. :.. packed two small true. " ' ' ance each other like p '" which contain C -' -books, papers and ait- - oi ment wi.h the m : the pack animals, e.u .: .. ing three puck kCi) ' K' and one on top so r,i l .- u.i ai cot to slip in tr..-- " are in charge of ce:t.i::i i. camy-keepers.'who '.:. of these to .look . at": . r. pers and hunters have v..o or mules, ooe to T.Jo ; pack their traps. If there :: men and children in the tra are mounted. i here t c is safe, the caraveu moves j: gle file, often stretching f or three-quarters of a niti--. end of the column rides the s man or "little Boojhvay, v men call him ; usaany officer, whose bufint.-s it after the order a:;d cj the whole camp. On arriving a: a make the night ca: .;1. stops, dismounts in th epace which is to he- : Limself in its tuidrt. as tbey come t:p, form "second man" lrir,c:r .: to be Eure ail are the" proceeds to appoint ' ' place in the circle, ai. . the horses' backs to s sore. The horsc-a ire :, out, under a guard, ., before darkness tour ed inside the rir, i by a stake driven io t... with two feet 0 ti-i t' :r crivent easv or free ' '' ll. night he Uikes his heaver :iro ! clerk and the number ? 1 ,0iotr and nhiccd to his to the . progress, collect and soru"; he, but the camp keepers r.i'.e! y : (10 s;,,, .U,J t)ry them. ' -vl winter camp there arc six t irs i : tse on i la the' p. rsons ; a Iodse : !e.v trappers ai-.d two-; vjke,pers; therefore the trappers "'"'are well waited upon, their only ' ' Jj dr.ty being to hunt, in turns, for : , : 'he camp. W hen a piece of g-ime '. ' - brought in a deer, an antelope ' : 0 j or butValo meat it is thrown down v. the heap which aeeumilates in :'r.-.-.it of the liooshw.ij 's lodge : and '.!. second man stands by and eut ;t ::p, or has it cut up for him. ! l'i.e first man who chances to couu aiecg U ordered to stand still and turrt his l ack to the pile of game,, while the "little T.ooshway'' lays hold of a piece that has been cut off, and asks in a loud voice -who wii! have this'?" and the nirt;. ai'..- verie.g for him, says, "the lk'Oih.?ay", or perhaps "number ! x ." or ':.:: tr. her twenty" meat, '.i t; ei.rtaiti messes ; and the nuut ; her is called t5 come and take tluir ; meat. In this blind way the meat .o n ' a: : to tt- r. '. i It . a'.'.e -o : - cac'.ie ttteu is countea ' f j .0llt poses." If cer- redit. No! l xln .,;lr.i. failed to arrive, others , J,, . ...... I, I.,,- Ilium 11 l i r III I I .-I .III" .V. ........ ,( This year in the absence ol , .ni'.h and .T.u'kson, a coi;S'.ih'rah'e party .h iispate!ieit. under Milton Siibh'tte, brpther of tho captain,, and tvo other free trapp.-rs and i traders. Frapp and Jervais, to tra ' verso the country alotij: down the! T.ihorn river. Captain Sublette! :ook a largo p.iri.v, among whom: was Joe M -ek, across the mount-, ait. s to trap o;i ti.e Snake river, inj opposstio;; to the Hudson's T-ay Company. l'!'.e Hoeky Mountain; Far C aip.my had hitherto avoided j this ee,:;, try. i xcfpt when .Smith, had once crossed to the head-waters j liieh Peath sought tin victim in iu wildcrmsx. Tli avoidance of i laiuful reminders, such us tlm loss if a party of men, was a nntninl instinct, involving also principle I if self defence since to havo wei.k heart would bo the nrest road to lefe.it in the next, dang-rnm en I i'ouuter. To keep their hearts "big," they must In gay, they must not remember the miserable fate of many of their one time comrades. Think of that, stem m: ilit and martinet in ptop.-iely! Your fur collar hangs in the g is lighted hall. In your luxurious dresMos g nvn and slippers, by the warm'h uf n j'owiiiu crate, vou nui-e ntioi the Sniilli's C'iutv tlvofo 01,1 I'rivrtt" 'oek H mi Pen li'l-'i. ririfii" 1 ' M. liberate in their movemenls. Some nt them are armed in tin primitive style, with bows uiul ar rows ; the greatrr part huvu Ameii ran fues, made after the. fashioi of those of the Hudson's !''' Coin puny. These they procure at tin trading pot of tlie American Km Company on Maria's Kiver, when they trallio their jicltries for tirins, ammunition, clothing, and trinkets They are extremely fond of spiiil nous liquors and tobacco, for which nuisanefs they aro ready to ex change, not merely their guns and ,"." horses, but even their wives ami , r-"!2ZJZ2:2-- daughters. Tkey are a treaclier- j 5 ous race, aud hive cherished ; p,uli Unking hiKitalily to the whiles, eve Miril .VCI.KKK, ruoriuBToua. lowiuj brn-n Id or aauu uuu VJici j t " ,r Viri.it. M, .. ,,. I'm.. tM M.iH. Mailoll Cognnj. Oat lleriiunijSP noun v... Yellow St).ioniiH)UI Hickory nnc Aort.nct.tKfWI'icM. Domestic amllmportod Cigars. .wi . i . - OlMCC.ON I'KINICVII-I.l- - i . c.n..,.. ....... :...:...' ..if it ii, ,1,,. sine, one of their tnl was k.Unl, .ill...iivv',it.v,,, y " . v...... trt of an interiui i t'ol.) wibler- uess. Let Cue sn.vv he three fret deep, game sc ire ', Indians on your track: escape f.-om th"se dan i 'rs, once more hesido a eamo fire, with a roast of hu'd'alo meat on a stick before it, and several of your companions similaity escaped, and destined for the same chances to morrow, around vou. Po you l.iucv you should give much tune , IVagans, the lilooa nunans, m... to lamenting tie.' less lucky fellows I the tiros Ventres of the Prairies . ho were left behind lioien, scalp-; who roam about the Southern ed or starved? Not you. Vou ! branches of the Yellowstone and would be fortifying yourself ag dnst ' Missouri rivers, together with some to-morrow, when the sumo terrors ' other tribes further north. The Jeded- hands infesting the Wind Kiv.r hv Mr. Irt.wis, the associate of lien , crul Clark, in his exploring exp.'dl- s tion aero.s the Rocky Mountains, tho American Fur Company i.- , ohliged to keep constantly at then , i post a garrison of sixty or seventy j i "Cnder the general name ol , Itlackfcet are comprehended seve nl tiihes, such as theSurcus er- the IIKNDKKSON & TOLLAKI), to: m i i if Fine Whirs, Liquors and CiparH. Best Brands of Goods on the Market. CKIAHS IN TilK ,-jvi.x-r IMl'OKTKH AN I' lt)M MS Tit' Till: CITY TO T'H HAl I IK UK. i.l. Nnxl !'" l'..l'i'l'"'' HoUl might lay in wail for you. Hl.d v J-.i ,:ii ,i narlv of , .' . . ' K ! iah Siv.ith was a pious in ' ', , . , , ! the few that Ivtte H i i aeteraiinva w ip.Jte theiuse'.W'S to the lhitith traders who eeau u d to large an exttntof territory presumed to he American; and it had ben; s greed belwten tin ia io et tills v ur or. S;.ake river en Snbh-tt's return from St. . bonis, and Soii'.h's from his Calif is portioned oil'; strongly reiui.-.d-, or)ia tl,.ir- What hei'el Smiih's l- inc one of the game of "button parly .f.,, rtaohing the Columbia ! ;: Sutton, who has the button?" I" i has "already been related; also his : c; this chance game of the rue.il, the ,oceptiou t.v the Hudson's Bay Company, and his departure from Vancouver. . , i ... .... i :...) . lie loosuwa euouu iu.u.v , io. ..... i.i i.u ..nmn9.v im the. . ..... . ! .i... f I ... . ,. v. v k-.. r , ... - Imi'i, r I hi in He I HIUI inruilUU ...c V. iwn i . , it va..-v ot l!e v inu river, across me . , , ,,P..;..nr, 0r Black Hills, or through the iamls Booshway farts no better than bis iiu-n ; unless, in rare instances, the '- the man who calls ort, that a cer tiin t,io i.!.iio t4 itr-itTneii tor aan ; one of ! Mountains, and tho country a.l ii ., ' : it... iii, ...f wliii-h hi' nr ever resl.le.1 111 Hie jaevm, ... .iju Koekv Mountains, and led a band j treating , were Cros entrcs ot of reckless trappers; but he did Trairies, which aro not to le con not turn back to his camp when he ; founded with the Gros Veuties ol -iw it attacked on the I'lmqua, the Missouri, who kftp about n .r stop to Ument the murdered lower part of that river, m. n. The law of s rlf preservation ' friendly to the white men U -rr.B in il... 'ernes. "Keel. " 1 his hoHils band up vour heart tod.v, for to mor- the brad waters raw vou mav die." is the motto of and numbers ahout the trapper." ' ! fighting men. In the conference which took of two or three years they abandon placo between Smith and Sublette, 'their usual abodes and mako a the former insisted that on at cunt ! visit to the Arapahoes of the Ar L-in.l Rt.rif.vi.r the Hudson :kaneh. i heir route ins mi keep aiMit J i; vhvV. 'Ar:"li of the Missouri. Z&$Jf ,t nine huiHireU . . InrSTrr-i 1 Jnlls w I' l l. f.". CO UN KIT KI.KINa Wo i-li t- cjM 'Im ttrnll..M ut Ihe i-.i, U, nl ( fi.ll t'oilnlt lillh tt.l It. t d liv twH-tMlla lite. .Kiiel an I pinpiwlur vt tn.sir.r ltr-re-1. .. .rt tudJ.M'trU b) Cvitlirlt A I U.IIH. Once in the course , t the ithir the Hintrv i ; sin-! .: : ii: At tin I rid the: . T a hired to look , tain choice piece is aesigne ihe mess of the leader or the sec i:.d mao. A gun is never allowed to be ired in camp under any provoca-: jucks..i ; tion. short of an Indian raid ; hut 1 tt,e )j0rjer , tho guns are frequently inspected tjm0 w;litj, i to ge if they are in order ; and woe j appearahee j to the careless camp-keeper who; us,easinfs, tains and on the very head Lewis or Snake river. par! v thev should withdraw their of Nei Terces, FUtbeads, Bannaek Wo will mako a 5,oc!alty of all Kindt of Black emithlna, Horseshoeing and Woodwork. rappers and trader from the west- and Shoshonios. As they enjoy J son' "' em side of the mountains for the ; their favorite state of hostility with neglects this or any other duty. When the second man comes j i00king for the lost Booshway. a .tiers oi Here l.e fell in w ith Jae thj va'.hv ..f Lewis I.aice, cadtd ,,, iv, t,..m 1 all these tribes, their expeditions i i fsti i. cj ta no n -k- , II,!-, and remianed a)tne in t.onflit.t ith those of that are prone to I conducted in the of this lake for some j l.an Jny To lh-ia proposition ' most lawless and predatory style; S tor Mu;tii wiioso non- . r(msrnted rt-luctantl v. and 1 nor do they hesitate to extend their caused a goo.1 deal oi At length CIS ut !li' e' I -' Ol-I f 1 ir oik .loin. Ii: .itmt. lorx manner. ..- ' i.,n.ni.iliiii.ii In .nv ni.lri v.T Ii i I orilers were issueu ior moving oucu n.. r-'v runners , , . . -)to i nie t,ry meet wjU fyiiowi, Jispatched in all directions ; winter caiop! wlich WM ppoit.t d Ur trail, hovering about their a.- .und, and fin Js a piece of work j Tle detacli.T.i-nt to which Meek i i as perfectly done, whether it be j was as.jfc.ne.J had the pleisure and' cleaning the fire arms, making a; lollur 0!- disoovering the hiding for the Wind river vallev. lb partner, which : a mountain ! i -i i ..i. i nair rope, or a stun louije ur i ,:ace u! tue mi i ing a horse's back, he does not j . pi,.rr,.,li 1 threaten the offender with persona. ; ..:iii,.v abut thirtv miles long and ; . . , . , , i ... .. ... ... . i. coast.seu-.-ii'-, but cans up anou.er , ... ;...,. til.lt w:.itii. wtiico suose another tuan ar.-l ask him, "Can you do ' -i ' ''-"jlhis pn ptrly .' - .citJ-.-rj Ye, sir." .1 r L : .i " ' ,.r . -ii : .i .... k.i i i wi,i g:va you leu uj.i iu j "'Jit;'' then the ten dollars is 8 lown to th-.- account of the ii.'.-di , ci-.iit can.p-k-.-per. But he doe? Inot risk fjrkitinjf another ten dj!- d camps waylaying and dogging the In the mean time Joe Meek was t caravans of tho fret traders, and sent out with a party to tuka the ; murdering the aolilury trapper, first hunt for beaver as u hired The consequence are frequent and trapjr. Tho detaehement to: desjwrate fights between them nn.l which he belonged traveled down the mountaineers, in the wild do- lerre's fork, the stream which Tiles of the hocky .Mountains. ,.-,i.r,l H, f,r I'i.'rrd' Hole Such were the Itlackfuet at the ntlv was much frciuented by -.,., ,i,i. ..,..:. , ! ,.rind of which we are writimr : camps of the various fur t1' ir.-nrv's forks whero thev unite to ! nor has their character changed at tuUtld trapping! r .. i .. i: U'l.il! lli ln ran nf ibn M..i.li.na - . , li'inu uic Lrcai .-u.if.K i.ni.1. in iv , - - -.v -. - company STONKWAlt ., 01. 1 t I'.n .V, Mi BBAY KB, MAYWtnili, SIIAWS MA IT, A HYK whiskies O'tleil Bros., in-AI..'!:! 11 NK Lit. COBS AND ( IiJABS. Beer 5 Cents. Trnd. t5..!l.-lt. !.,i H.i.t nnd us Nnpn "Ii II lilnkln from l to M). i all" Full liii" of C. goad M ABTtil.I,, HKNNKSY sad M(Ol't)I.K Bmndirs Sautrrna, Hock, i'.irt.Angalie and III II N K Win... tie in tie iaine n.anner. In the when the camp ' reaks up, the. skins which have o en used al: wiiiter fjr lodger are .ut up to make mossasins: because frooi their having been thoroughly 3. nuked by the lodge lircs they do u k in wetting liue raw This is an important quil .1 a i.-.oscasiii, as a trapi'er is :i!m;.-si consuntlr in the water, ' not sr. pmies. He v. a:i 1 exr:').-i:i'. f-.-ar m--:i .Kiiy, o:p I'.'.ack, who with t j-ii th..- ! " mp-pia I n N.jtiiithtaii ling anj tlatioLi rut'-ndant upon tio--; -,h of his party, Meek I un 1 inv: to a ir! lio'.m b'd !-,ok.:J by t jf in ;!.'. i Tvtons, luv. -rii.2 t-j a trapping iu this locality the party j miners know to their cost, became aware of th-; vicinity of a, is0. Sublette's camp coin roving land of Blackfeet, and in ! meneed moving back to tho e.it in with of whom was m had escap" .1 I 'i-.,nsf niienee. redouled their usual nide of the Itockv Mountains uie txeuenj. .i ,,rcca ut;0ll8 wliilc on the march. -October. Its sourse was up Henry's The Blackfeet were the tribe j fork of the Snake river, through the North pass to Missouri Lake, in which rises the Madison fork of bugs Boys," which rendered into SHAjNIliO IjUAREHOUSE GO. aire tli-; maguili- of the valley, w hich n two sides by broken ('!; raug'-s and over- at ino-t dreaded in the Kocky Mount ains, and went by the name of FiP- j r., f re.olv to mil. ling, hand!.. 'i.i.oii") feet, is now tho Missouri Hiver. The beaver good lliiglish, meat "the devels were very plenty on Henry's fork, own." They are now so well known : and ur young trapper had groat The men are divided into mes.-t:s:a!lii g,(0ul,j ot ,jja moccasins be1 so many trappers and .-o u..uiy j srn0:e, tl,,.y close upon bis ; camp-keepers to a n. T'1C! fee in drying like a vice. Some niagiiiticent group that to mention their characleris-, success in making up his pat V ; taJed tho Three ff,tnm jje repealing a "twice-1 having learned the art of selling height of;t,(i, tale;" but as they will appear his traps very readily. The man- j-irteen thou.-ind feet. This erner- rj 0fu.n j ,),; r,arr;ltive, Irving' ner in which the trapper takes his I cup set in its rim ot amethyst- account of them as ho had it from game is as follow : business of eating is i.wt a elaborate one, where the - ! r. meal, either uri. of diet is roasted. By a certain Lour i ' . quiet in camp, and only 'Jit uaid is awake. At tim?8 during the night, the leader, or the i.il'.cer r.-f the guard, gives the g'i.trd a ch'il- lenge "all's well I" wll ..: i- r f-wt-red by "all's well !' In the uiorning at 'i or 60nietirr.es not till sunt;.- -, ae . rd- ing to the safe or d an ." 'on- I ,i.-.V ity, the second iniiu i,uv f.rti. from his lodge and crie-, .n i'i "Ieve, leve, leve, leve, i. ve I" i. fir Iwpnlv tirnps. v.'hieh .-. l! . (-'.;. mand to rise. In about ii i ..ii ute more he cries out flg.:-i. in French, "leche lego, belie yj.' Or turn out, turn out; ' command all come out from t.'-.e lodge, and tho horcei mi-; I ;rm-i! loose to feed; but l.oL lo-;'ur" n horseman has gallop- d nil round the camp at sum'; dist.M v' r-v; time? after trapping all day, the tired and soaked trapper lies down in his blankets at night still wet. iip; mountain, was so pleasant a .-iu-hito the tu-vjiitaiu men tint camp mi moved to it without de i iv, where it reuriinel till bj-ji; tiiii:iii September, r-jcruiting its atiiuiah and prepa.-ing fur tho fall Booneville when he was ficsh from thu mountain, will after all, not he out of place. The young braves of the tribe who .arc destitute of property, ko to war when spring com-, the trapper is ,vav. 1 h.-e was little sai l of the f,.r bootV! to eain bores. and ac- Bnt by-ar. 1-by he is wakene'l lj" h1: ri t. tb: pinching of his moccasin", and Jhre agiin Hp; tranp-.-rs iriduig is obliged to rise and seel: theje,ji their noi-y f ports and re water again to relieve himself joicing. ostensibly on aeeour.t of th-.- pain. For the sume reason, j retnrn of the long ab?..j:it Boosh- hi, unnr.'r eriinea I lif. tra l.l.'-r I S ! t..-'ced to cut olf the lower h.ut of , .jeil ,vt,., hid p-irislw-J in that un- his buckskin breeches, and piece j fo.-tunate expedition. "Poor fellow ! i them down with blanket leggiris, 0ut of luck ;" was the usual burin! i which he wears all through the j rite which the memory of a dead trapping season. j cornrad-j recieved. So much and ! Such wre a few of the peculiar-, no more. They could indulge in noisy rejoicings over a ra'le restore 1 ; hut the He has an ordinary steel trap weighing five pounds attached to a chain five feet long, with a swivel 'These savages," he says, "are i aMtj B rjn-,t the end. which pbtvs the most dangerous banditti of the j rf)uri,l what is called the lloat, n mountains, and the inveterate foc'jry Btick of wood, about six feet ol the trapper. Th-y are Ishinae-j on(?. Tho trapper wades out into lites of the first order, always with 1 1))0 Blream j, ,allow, and weapon in band, ready for action. cuU with liia knifes bed for the ! ities, and the hardships also, of a i'ifeinthe ltocky mountains. If ' the camp discipline, and the dan gers and hardships to which a raw resruitwas exposed, failed to hard en him to th; service in one year, he was rejected as a "trifling fol low, " and Bent back to the settle ment the next year. It was noi lost corn dead one . . i - . . : . . . a v- .. .. . 1 : .. wn no'. nieilLio :o. ..ui nan nin . . Il n ; horsemen, ana arc generally well apparent v heart ess and heedless. , , , . . . , ' ' ' . , , ,. i mounted on short, stout horses manner so irrational or unfeeling! ' , . 6 ; si unlar lo the prairie ponies, to be a-, il fieeni'.-o. ijvvry uoujr unucr stood oris tiling iu the mountains (hat he must keep his lifo by his own valor and coinage, or at 'piire the means of setting bp a lodge, supporting a family, and en titling themselves to a scat in the public council. 'The veteran war- ... Cli I.. f.. it. I . f nors iiBiinureijr lor iam ii "i otUer erxl ly a tliong to the bank, the thing, and tho consequence J a small stick or twig, dipped in Ahich success gives them among mU((U or cagtor ,ftrve(( fr ,uiti their ptcpio. n.ey are capital iH taccd so as to barn dire.-tl. trap, five or six inches under the water. He then takes the float out the whole length of the chain in the direction of the center of the stream, and drive it into the mud : so fast that tho heaver cannot draw ; it out ; at the same time tj ing the MERCH AND ISE, WOOL, PELTS, GRAIN, ETC. I'KALKBS IN LUMBER, WOOD, COAL, HAY AND GRAIN FLOUR, S e, la! iitleiilioii id ven to w.iiil. First class baling an I grading faeilties. AUo stock yards latest pln. ALL MODERN IMPROVEMENTS For 1 Iiii id NiijLC Stock I'BMl'UIKTOBS: I Fin J Mo. Fin oo ii ,t- Co., Bunkos. The Dalle, loin: I'.iinH, Hunker, Moro, ) W. I,..in., Tim Iiull.-s, ( II. V. L.m out in, The Dalles. Ck'OOIC COUNTY Heal Estate & Abstract Co. S I,. Mrf I IJOt II Ut."rr ,ni mi . ; 1 1 .1 t I . ! 1, . i I a 1 . .!., ll. Iron l.ll. i. .... ' I j;eii.'ri ivein I.HlIll.) nil.l Al.Slmrl nun BM. n lV(. us (I drill! The trapper then throws water ph-n- .pone, of th. ir liriihn i le I lerctrilP 1 lint l IO mnun- leant y in- un.i uiuuvnve. ii" I . .i I . . . . I , tt A ! ' j , , , 'Keep in iij.iseis uno ravines, aim a"U tain-man often wis detected i ' se-en dang 'rs always lay in wait. . . , .: diwovcred everything to be safe in ' at hjg M jf ,(J wa j for him. The arrow or tomahawk , "" . , ""7 , i . ' . LL..i . ,.i ,. coTiipirtining ai ins lot. ji nc wan strataeeiiK, Their mode of war- miserable, he was laughed at; and; o the imiian.iho mow oil, e f"lM-MmlUl:y hy HlM mn. he toon learned to laugh at his. t ho mis-step on the duty , nJ own miseries, as weu as 10 jaugn -wi v.. !iht time. If thev succeed in busiiM'M f-. tll.-rn in. en puhlie, Ian. In. 'iiilim wil,i,ii (n i lis l.i vn.uld iii) well to call upon im. hh wn liue iniinlrirS ti full y over the adiacent hunk in i from iiaiiie- -. i-l,n I,,,ili .i,,, , ,,,,.1 f(, l,.,.,iu met with in St, Louis. When on a j cm,ceal any foot prints or seen! hy ' W" 1",v'1 ;l oumbi r of choice lots iu the new town of Pnlmain for sl i war party, however, they go on wllich lll0 bf.aver Wf)(J ,,c h . . foot, to en utile them to sulk through j ed, and going Io some distunee j ' "r ; the country with great secrecy ; to j wades out of the stream. f the neighborhood. Agam, when Ahe-iiCifftCS have been sufliciei.tly ' ed, under the eyeToTa guard, tbey are driven up, the packs replaced, the train mounted, ami onco more it moves off, in the order before mentioned. Iu a settled catup, as iu tvintci, hack at his comrades. The hufinesF of the rendezvous j occupied about a month. In this period the men, Indian allies, and : i r. (I lu f,,..;.,,. v J ill; aii'i I'ta ii. i . i u. ii...r, ii.iiiu . it, , , , , , . causing a panic, they dash along cold, f.auiirie these vere tho most , ... , ,; , ' . . ., ,. , with headlong fury; if the enemy common forms oT peril, yet uni not , . ., , , . , . , ,, , , . is on tho alert, and shows no signs embrace even then all the forms in i , , . , . 'of fear they become wary and de- Insetting a trap, several things ! -' , aro to he observed with care : lirnt that the trap is firmly fixed, and I , H.; ' the proper distance from thu bunk 'r-l for if the beuver can .-t on shore ' I if will. !. p4. -;il ... ..it i :. i-ivot; I.H.I. tit t.rru haa.uI I m .1...1 . I .. i a - - "i ...... ... .......i, nv.'i.va.j, null, llll'i ,-,v, llont is of dry wood for should it j not hi;, the little anunslwill cut il ; :lL. on ui, nun eirose, arm Stviniining , r; LIfJml with the trap to the middle of ib. it'S (Jam, he drowned by its weight. RHEUMATISMlf') SttlEF IN 4 H'NUIES S C m I. It... 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