 ... approach them without being discovered. If he succeeded in killing a deer, he skinned it and hung it up out of the reach of the wolves, and immediately resumed the chase till the close of the evening, when he bent his course...  A History of the Valley of Virginia - Page 349by Samuel Kercheval - 1833 - 486 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Wesley Monette - America - 1846 - 634 pages
...cook the supper The supper being ended, the adventures of the day furnish a theme for the tales of the evening. The spike buck, the two and three pronged buck, the doe, and the barren doe figure through the tales and anecdotes of the day. After hunting some time in the same... | |
 | Wills De Hass - Indians of North America - 1851 - 444 pages
...the chase till the close of the evening, when he bent his course towards his camp; when arrived there he kindled up his fire, and together with his fellow...figured through their anecdotes with great advantage. THE WEDDING. — For a long time after the first settlement of this country, the inhabitants in general... | |
 | Elizabeth Fries Ellet - Frontier and pioneer life - 1852 - 488 pages
...chase till the close of the evening, when he bent his course towards his camp ; when arrived there he kindled up his fire, and together with his fellow...supper finished, the adventures of the day furnished tales for the evening, in which the spike-buck, the two and three pronged buck, the doe and barren... | |
 | Biographies of American leaders - 1855 - 624 pages
...chase till the close of the evening, when he bent his course towards his camp ; whon arrived there he kindled up his fire, and, together with his fellow...finished, the adventures of the day furnished the tales of the evening. The spike buck, the two and three pronged buck, the doe and barren doe, figured through... | |
 | Henry Howe - Mississippi River Valley - 1855 - 908 pages
...when he bent his way to his camp, kindled up his fire, and, together with his fellow-hunter, cooked supper. The supper finished, the adventures of the...tales for the evening. The spike buck, the two and three-pronged buck, the doe and barren-doe, figured through their anecdotes with great advantage. It... | |
 | James Hall - Mississippi River Valley - 1857 - 462 pages
...chase till the close of the evening, when he bent his course towards his camp; when he arrived there he kindled up his fire, and, together with his fellow-...two and three pronged buck, the doe, and barren doe, figure through their anecdotes. After hunting awhile on the same ground, the hunters became acquainted... | |
 | James Hall - Mississippi River Valley - 1857 - 438 pages
...chase till the close of the evening, when he hent his course towards his camp ; when he arrived there he kindled up his fire, and, together with his fellow-...day furnished the tales for the evening. The spike huck, the two and three pronged buck, the doe, and harren doe, figure through their anecdotes. After... | |
 | Henry Howe - Mississippi River Valley - 1858 - 766 pages
...evening, when he bent his way to his camp, kindled up his fire, and together with his fellow-hunter cooked supper. The supper finished, the adventures of the day furnished the tales for the evening. The spike-buck, the two and threepronged buck, the doc and barren-doe, figured through their aneedotes... | |
 | Cecil B. Hartley - Kentucky - 1865 - 402 pages
...toward the camp ; when he arrived there he kindled up his fire, and together with his .fellow fainter, cooked his supper. The supper finished, the adventures...tales for the evening.' The spike buck, the two and three-pronged buck, the doe and barren doe, figured through their anecdotes with great advantage. It... | |
 | James Hall - Mississippi River Valley - 1869 - 438 pages
...towards his camp; when he arrived there he kindled up his fire, and, together with his fellow-hunter, cooked his supper. The supper finished, the adventures...two and three pronged buck, the doe, and barren doe, figure through their anecdotes. After hunting awhile on the same ground, the hunters became acquainted... | |
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