and hang it upon the
smaller pole--that would signify that he might land at any point of the
surrounding shore of the lake.

If he wanted to signal his family to camp at any particular point along
his trail, he would leave some article of his clothing and place near
it a number of sticks standing in the form of the poles of a lodge,
thus suggesting to them that they should erect their tepee upon that
spot. If he had wounded big game and expected soon to overtake and
kill it, and if he wanted help to carry back the meat, he would blaze a
tree and upon that smooth surface would make a sketch, either with
knife or charcoal, of the animal he was pursuing. If a full day had
elapsed since the placing of crossed sticks over the trail, the
follower would abandon all caution and follow at top speed, as he would
realize that some misfortune had befallen the hunter. The second man,
or follower, however, never blazes trees as he trails the first hunter,
but simply breaks off twigs or bends branches in the direction in which
he is going, so that should it be necessary that a third man should
also follow, he could readily distinguish the difference between the
two trails. If a hunter wishes to leave a good trail over a treeless
district, he, as far as possible, chooses soft ground and treads upon
his heels.

When a hunter is trailing an animal, he avoids stepping upon the
animal's trail, so that should it be necessary for him to go back and
re-trail his quarry, the animal's tracks shall not be obliterated. If,
in circling about his quarry, the hunter should happen to cut his own
trail, he takes great care to cut it at right angles, so that, should
he have to circle several times, he may never be at a loss to know
which was his original trail. If the hunter should wish to leave a
danger signal behind him, he will take two saplings, one from either
side of the trail, and twist them together in such a way that they
shall block the passage of the follower, requiring him to pause in
order to disentangle them or to pass around them; and if the hunter
were to repeat such a signal two or three times, it would signify that
the follower should use great caution and circle down wind in order to
still-hunt the hunter's trail in exactly the same way he would
still-hunt a moose. Then, again, if the hunter should wish to let the
follower know the exact time of day he had passed a certain spot, he
would draw on the earth or snow a bow with