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Show H asked liim the way to the river and the H camp. Ho pretended not to under- B stand, but I knew 'better. If c shook hia B Lead and started to go away and t HS dropped my rille tuid grabbed him. Of B course I could liavo taken n drop on H him, but I didn't want to have any filiootlnp. I didn't want a dead In- H dlnn. 1 wanted n live one, who could H show me the way back to Gen. Foster's H hunting lodge. First, I wrenched the H gun t i.t df iiis hands, and then we Went ' H at it. IIl whs a giant in stature am. B very strong, and i was weak irom la& H of food antl 'all that hard travel, but H got a hold on him that I had learned Ir H wrestling, and I lauded hiin in thc enow. H I fell on top of him, and, drawing- my ' B knife, I pointed it at his throat mid said : H 'Vow, will you obey me? Ho nodded H that he would, unci, so I let him, up. I H knew thntithesc Indians nlVnysarricd, H matches 5r flints, because they Avcre B in the halSflt GfVdokihg fobu"oul'in flic; H forest. I kept this fellow covered with m my ride and made him build tx lire ami H cook me some venison, which LjaUs with M Homo en jomtatyou may be tftre. By H this fhne'tlmoon'wnsaip. tfouiptieu K his gun and gave it back to him, and m then I told Mm to lead me to 1 h camp. H He struckjxte- through the forest untbl - M followed 'Kim' -,Wcll, sir, we M?M '. B all night fond abpu&tnine o'clock next K morning reached, the lodge. They had B g'ven me up for lost. Yes, sir, all the m cnatern papers bad mo dead, Lut thnt B was one time I fooled 'cm. I learned K after I got back that the thermometer B had registered 40 below." f. "" . , |