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slowly curling into the clear cold air -- shewing that the attentive squaws were at work by ... preparing the morning meal of venison and corn for their still snoring and lazy lords -- soon a gaunt looking dog went past aside the deerskins which serves as the only door to the wigwam, and eye enquiringly the party as it wound among the lodges -- giving me a snarl, as they recognize the pale face of the Saganach ? -- presently the sounds of an axe and a squaw might be seen chopping a load of firewood & before we had passed the village many a susky face peered from the tents -- looking for signs of a "good hunting day" which the thick carpet of snow and the rising wind ... and ... over the tree tops already promissed -- with