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24th, In setting my traps I came
across a trap made by Indians, It
was set and ready for me, It probably
was made early in the winter, It was
of the deadfall order, The foundation
was a stick lying on the ground,
A pair of stakes was driven at one
end, on either side, A pole was hung
over the foundation stick, and parallel
with it, and weighted with a stone
at either end, This deadfall pole was
about nine inches above the other, One
end rested on the ground and the other
was hung in a loop of cord, This cord
end was looped over the short end
of a trigger lever, which rested over
the wedge shaped end of one of the
stakes, This trigger was a crooked
Twig, The lower end pressed against a
small twig that rested horizontally
against the stakes between the two
poles and one third of the way above
the foundation pole, It was held in
place only by the pressure against
it of the trigger, A mink in