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4 where sure enough, we percieved the marks left by the animal's nails whilst climbing up the trunk.

A brace of axes were soon thudding into the body of the tree; and presently a warning shake of its lofty head cautioned us to stand clear of its fall, when at first with a graceful bow it inclined towards the surrounding trees, quickly losing its center of gravity down it crashed to the ground, stripping limbs & bark from others in its descent, bringing with it a perfect wreck of branches. As soon as it was down we rushed to the fallen trunk, from which, as soon as it touched the ground, bolted a fine fat raccoon. Before we could ?, he had sprung on a hickory tree up the trunk of which he was scudding with the activity of a cat, when a ball from my rifle drilling his scull brought him dead to the ground -

Ti-ya grunted an Indian standing by the prostrate log as out bolted another, almost upsetting him in its course -- A tomahawk of another whirled in the air, as the animal gained a tree, and swift as an arrow cleaving the head transfixed it to the trunk -- an expressive howgh from all present showed their admiration of this snap shot. In a short time another fine fat fellow was drawn from a hole in the tree, and quickly dispatched, and before five minutes were over, one was already divested of his jacket, and broiling over a fire, which one of the party had promptly kindled. It required neither bread nor salt to flavour this meal, which after a fast of 36 hours was opportune enough; and to which it may be imagined we did ample justice; as the well picked bones testified after our repast. Presenting one raccoon to our friend who had so timely informed us of the game and carrying the other with us, we proceeded on our journey.

The Pottowatomies as they now exist are the remains of what was once one of the most powerful nations on the lakes, but a long & bloody series of wars with the Chippewas & Hurons, and other causes have now reduced them to a par with other nations once their inferiors in numbers and power and having lost their hunting grounds they wander from one place to another wherever game may happen to be abundant, but leaving behind them a bad name for treachery and other crimes, perhaps not unmerited.