Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 July 1892 — How Navajos Hunt Pralrie Dogs. [ARTICLE]

How Navajos Hunt Pralrie Dogs.

A Navajo will stick a bit of mirror in the entrance of a burrow and lie behind thd little mound all day if need be to secure the coveted prize of a fat prairie dog. When Mr. Tusa ventures from his bed-room deep underground he sees a familiar Image mocking him at the front door, and when he hurries out to confront this impudent intruder, whiz! goes a chalcedony tipped arrow through him, pinping him to the ground so that he cannot tumble back into his home, as he has a wonderful faculty for doing even in death, or a dark hand darts from behind like lightning, sefzes his chunky neck safely beyond the reach of his chisel-shaped teeth and breaks his spine with one swift snap.—St Nicholas.