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every numerous. One man describes the appearance of anIndians room of skins. He says: There they showedme many hides and horns, both beasts of chase of the stink-ing foot—such as roes, foxes, jackals, wolves, wildcats, 102 AMERICAN INVENTIONS AND INVENTORS. raccoons, porcupines, skunks, muskrats,… … eagles,cranes,ducks,drakes. hawks, geese, shel- t e al, gulls, and tur-keys. The varietyof fish caught bythe Indians wasalso very large.** Higher up atthe falls of thegreat rivers theyused to take sal-mon, shad, andale wives, thatused in greatquantities, more than cartloads, in the spring, to pass…
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