The wound was exactly as I had been told.

The sagacity of the Saulteurs [Ojibwes] in tracing big wood animals is astonishing.

I have frequently witnessed occurrences of this nature; the bend of a leaf or blade of grass is enough to show the hunter the direction the game has taken.

Their ability is of equally great service to war parties, when they discover the footsteps of their enemies." The Assiniboin Indians (a branch of the Sious) down to about fifty years ago captured the bison of the plains in hundreds at a time by driving them into large excavated areas below the level of the ground.
Alexander Henry, jun., gives the following description of this procedure in 1810:-- "The pounds are of different dimensions, according to the number of tents in one camp.

The common size is from sixty to one hundred paces or yards in circumference, and about five feet in height.