th a single casualty, and
subsequently captured three hundred Germans at Mount Sorrell.

"The fine record of the Indians in the great war appears in a
peculiarly favourable light when it is remembered that their services
were absolutely voluntary, as they were specially exempted from the
operation of the Military Service Act, and that they were prepared to
give their lives for their country without compulsion or even the fear
of compulsion."

Many military medals were won by the Canadian Indians; Captain A. G. E.
Smith of the Grand River Band of the Iroquois having been decorated
seven times by the Governments of England, France, and Poland, and many
distinguished themselves by great acts upon the battlefield. "Another
Indian to be decorated was Dave Kisek. During the heavy fighting
around Cambrai he unstrapped a machine gun from his shoulder and
advanced about one hundred yards to the German position, where he ran
along the top of their trench, doing deadly execution with his machine
gun. He, single-handed, took thirty prisoners upon this occasion.
This Indian came from the remote regions of the Patricia district.
Sergeant Clear Sky was awarded the Military Medal for one of the most
gallant and unselfish deeds that is recorded in the annals of the
Canadian Expeditionary Force. During a heavy gas attack he noticed a
wounded man lying in 'No Man's Land' whose gas mask had been rendered
useless. Clear Sky crawled to him through the poisonous fumes, removed
his own mask, and placed it on the wounded man, whose life was in
consequence saved. Sergeant Clear Sky was himself severely gassed as a
result of his heroic action. Joe Thunder was awarded the Military
Medal for a feat of arms of an exceptionally dramatic character. He
was separated from his platoon and surrounded by six Germans, each of
whom he bayoneted. George McLean received the Distinguished Conduct
Medal in recognition of the performance of a feat which was an
extraordinary one even for the great war. Private McLean,
single-handed, destroyed nineteen of the enemy with bombs and captured
fourteen."

And yet not a single Canadian Indian has claimed that he won the World
War--not even Pegahmagabow, who shot three hundred and seventy-eight
Germans.

APPROACHING GAME

But to return to the land of peace. Of course, in attempting to
deceive game, one must always guard against approaching down wind, for
most animals grow more frantic over the scent th