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Dogs were Lt times used to kelp in tkese drives, or k^ single kuntsrs. X ^ood kunting-dog is said to kave keen kigkl^ priced. Ike dogs used are descriked kv some as keing rnnck like tke coyote in skape, sire, and color, k v otkers tke^ are declared to kave keen srnLller, resemkkng rnore L poodle. In tke Lierra region kears were usually knnted in tke spring, Lt tke tirne wken tkev are just Lkont awakening trorn tkeir period ok kikernation. d'Ke kear keing located in L cave or Kollo w tree, tke knnters, ok wkick tkers Lre always Mite L part^, keld kekore tke cave L ceremony, in general simi- lar to tkat already descriked as preceding tke deer-drive. Leveral rnen tken took torckes and kows and went into tke cave. /Vs a result ok tke ceremony, tke kear was supposed not to look Lt tke men. d'Ke kuntsrs made Ln address to tke kear, in wkick Ke was told tkat Kis like kad keen paid kor, and tkat Ke rnust stand up and give tkern roorn to skoot. d'Kis tke kear was tken supposed to do, and was accordingly skot in tke keart at once. d'Ke kear keing dead, tke arrow was extracted, decorated witk keads. and Kung to a kusk near kv. Orislv kears were kunted onlv kv tkose wko were verv fleet ok koot, and renowned kuntsrs. d'Ke grisly was never attacked except kv a nurnksr ok rnen togetker, and in tke koot-kill region in tke kollowing manner' I'our or five men would go in a partv, and all kut one would kids kekind trees or rocks in tke vicinity ok tke kear. One man tken went as near tke kear as possikle, and skot once, or twice ik Ke could. He tken ran, kollowsd kv tke kear, toward tke place ok con cealment ok one ok tke otker kuntsrs. klipping kekind tke tree or rock, tke first kunter would stop; and tke kresk runner would instantly ^jump out, and run toward tke place wkers anotker man was concealed. d'Ke kear would kollow tkis second runner, and as Ke passed tke tree or rock, tke first would again skoot at Kim. d'Ke second runner would similarly ckange places witk tke tkird man, wko, running toward tke kourtk, would lead tke kear a wav again. d'Kus eack kunter kad time to rest, and to skoot several arrows, wkile tke otker men were taking tke attention ok tke kear. kv tkus ckanging okk, tksv tried to tire out tke kear, and kll Kis kodv kull ok