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the friendly service of an Indian. While surveying a road from Cathlamet Northward to the Boisfort Prairie, with the idea of extending it to Puget Sound, he was, when a httle away from the party, suddenly charged upon by an enraged elk.

Being without weapons, he dived for the first place of shelter at hand, which happened to be a small fallen tree lying about two feet above the ground. The elk would furiously strike at him with hoofs and horns on one side, and would then jump over and strike at him from the other, and the only way to avoid the savage animal was to keep up a very alert dodging under the tree from side to side.

This game of hide and seek went on for several hours until the man was nearly worn out, the elk growing more and more adive and his