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Perhaps he had some tender recollection; but seeing the other preparing to start off, he pointed to an open glade that stretched eastward, and simply answered, "Sixty." "Take care o' my claws, d'yur hear! Them Injuns has made 'em scarce; this child can't spare another." The old trapper said this with a flourish of his right hand. I noticed that the little finger had been chopped off!
There was a laugh from the trappers, and a voice cried out "Yur fool! D'yur think 'ee kud hit a spread blanket wi' that beetle-shaped blunderbox? Pish!" I turned to see who had delivered this odd speech. Two men were poising their rifles, bringing them to bear upon the bird. One was the young hunter whom I have described. The other was an Indian whom I had not seen before.
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