hunter-trapper

Updated: August 17, 2026

Ducks in great flocks look like sea serpents when flying close to the water; like islands on it wary birds. That was above the part of the river which she knew; she turned to Kaskaskia, and read facts familiar to her: I met Crele, an old hunter-trapper, in a slough below St. Genevieve. He was talkative, and said he had the prettiest girl on a hundred miles of river.

Raymond S. (Raymond Smiley) Spears - The River Prophet