The Life and Adventures of E. S. Carter

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Excerpt from The Life and Adventures of E. S. Carter: Including a Trip Across the Plains and Mountains in 1852, Indian Wars in the Early Days of Oregon in the Years of 1854-5-6, Life and Experience in the Gold Fields of California, and Five Years' Travel in New Mexico After daylight I shot several times at the turkeys in the trees, and each time shot the feathers ¿ew, but they always carried off the 'bird. At last I got tired and gave it up, and We started back to our camp with our turkey. We sat doown to rest awhile under a big oak tree, where the ground was covered with acorns. I laid my gun on the ground and sat down with my back against the tree. The g.-n was lying on the ground to my left. After we had rested awhile I turned over on my left side and reached for my gun. I could just reach the muzzle of it. Taking hold of the muzzle I pulled it towards me. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.