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He had lived among the Indians long enough to learn something of their cunning; and as he went along he stripped off from his dress all the ornaments and other signs which might show that they had been manufactured by the Sioux, and hid them away in a hole beneath the snow. He had a tinder-box and powder-horn in his pouch, so that he was able to light a fire.
It was a steady tink, tink, tink, that the bell in question sent forth. The missionary stood but a moment; then dashing into the house, he took down his ever-loaded rifle and ran in the direction of the sound. In his hurry, he forgot powder-horn and bullet, and had, as a consequence, but a single charge in his rifle.
It was a ray of light filtering through the pine boughs and glinting on the trigger of an old-fashioned muzzle-loading shot-gun, which leaned against a corner of the hut. An ancient, glistening powder-horn and a coon-skin ammunition pouch hung above it. Dol lifted the antiquated weapon, withdrew to a short distance, and examined it closely.
See that you have a roarin' fire ready to roast him three hours hence." Nelly smiled through her tears and said she would, while Roy slipped his feet through the lines of his snow-shoes, threw his powder-horn and bullet-pouch over his shoulder, seized his gun, and sallied forth with a light step. When he was gone, Nelly began actively to prepare for the fulfilment of her promise.
The straight narrow stock was a piece of manufacture that had proceeded from the hands of the trapper himself. Redwood's rifle was also a long one, but of more modern build and fashion, and his equipments pouch, powder-horn and belt were of a more tasty design and finish. Such were our guides, Redwood and Bradley. They were no imaginary characters these.
He began to feel that it was rather beneath the dignity of a fellow who wore moccasins, carried coon-skin pouch and powder-horn, and who was bound for remote solitudes in search of the lordly moose, to be interested in such an insignificant phase of forest life as the doings of a red squirrel. Then he started back to find the trail. He walked a considerable distance.
The Miami dogs have broken his canoe, so Deerfoot will take their boat." The warrior showed that he was astounded by the daring of the youth. Within the canoe lay the blanket of Deerfoot, beside the rifle; powder-horn, and bullet pouch, doubtless owned by the moist fisherman.
On the tall mantel, beside a loud-ticking clock, shone several brass candlesticks, flanked by a china vase, a turkey wing, and a pile of papers. Suspended from a row of pegs near the bed were various garments, and over the back doorway a pair of buck horns supported a rifle, near which hung a powder-horn. Presently a heavy step was heard on the loose boards of a back porch.
On the left was the hunting-knife, powder-horn, bullet-pouch, and other appendages indispensable for a hunter. Each person bore his trusty rifle, and as the party made its toilsome way amid the shrubs, and over the logs and loose shrubs, that accident had thrown upon the obscure trail they were following, each man gave a sharp lookout, as though danger, or a lurking enemy were near.
He was in daily expectation of finding another; but needing ammunition to store up against a coming fray with the cannibals on the shore, he helped himself frequently to the contents of his father's powder-horn and bullet-pouch. "What under the canopy makes my powder go so fast?" his father often exclaimed, as he replenished the mysteriously-wasting stock.
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