This was at a slightly higher level and
contained a single lodge; after this they found others, a dozen
ponds in a dozen successive rises, the first or largest and the
second only having lodges, but all were evidently part of the
thriving colony, for fresh cut trees were seen on every side.
"Ugh, good; we get maybe fifty beaver," said the Indian, and they
knew they had reached the Promised Land.
Rolf would gladly have spent the rest of the day exploring the
pond and trying for a beaver, when the eventide should call them
to come forth, but Quonab said, "Only twenty deadfall; we should
have one hundred and fifty." So making for a fine sugar bush on
the dry ground west of the ponds they blazed a big tree, left a
deadfall there, and sought the easiest way over the rough hills
that lay to the east, in hopes of reaching the next stream
leading down to their lake.
Chapter 24. The Porcupine
Skookum was a partly trained little dog; he would stay in camp
when told, if it suited him; and would not hesitate to follow or
lead his master, when he felt that human wisdom was inferior to
the ripe product of canine experience covering more than thirteen
moons of recollection.
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