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5679 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "said Conall,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "'Twill be long ere the goal thou art reaching, though thy heart in the seeking may be."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Conall Cernach,[FN#35] hear thou my beseeching said Fraech,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
... |
5679 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Whence have come you? she said:"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Out of Ireland are we, Answered Conall:"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Ill luck shall for Irishmen be In this country, she cried,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Of this land we k... |
5679 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Brewin."
}
] |
5679 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Ard Oon Ay-ha,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Leary."
}
] |
5679 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Not active (or lucky"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "she says."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Thy cows have been stolen, and thy three sons, and thy wife, so that they are in the mountain of Elpa. Three cows of them are in Alba of the North with the Crut... |
5679 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What awaits thee, says the latter,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "he says,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It will come to me, says Fraech to Connall,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "(?)"
},
{
... |
5679 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Seven days hence I come said Eocho; and the heralds from him went. Now, as Eocho lay in slumber, in the night a vision came; By a youthful squire attended, rose to view a fairy dame:"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Welcome be my greeting to you! said the king:"
},
... |
5679 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Fifty horses, black in colour; gold and silver reins and bits; Fifty sets of gay equipment, such as fairies well befits; These at early dawn to-morrow shall my care for thee provide: Let thy foster-children with thee on the road thou makest ride! Rightly do we come to help thee,... |
5679 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What gift requirest thou from me?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "For milking-kine, Ailill said,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I ask ; and Eocho,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Few of these indeed are mine! Forty sons of Munster's princes ha... |
5679 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Who are ye? said Ailill;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Conquest, said the fairy,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Though Defeat I shun,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Conquest joyfully I meet."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Conq... |
5679 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Easy is the task, she answered,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What should be my force? he asked her:"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Take of heroes seven score For that fight, she said,"
}
] |
5679 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "][FN#53] said Eocho,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I will go to that conference;"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Something, she said,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "[FN#54]"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "With how many shall I g... |
5679 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Through wizardry was all that thing: it was recited (?) how great a thing had appeared, and he told his dream to his people."
}
] |
5679 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "How is that man named? said Ailill."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Not hard, Eocho Bec, the king of Cliu."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Ailill and Medb made them welcome;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Wherefore have I have been invited to ... |
5679 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Let me have from thee, said Ailill,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Thus let it be as thou sayest, said Eocho;"
}
] |
5679 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Who are ye? said Ailill."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Victory and Defeat are our names, she said."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Victory indeed is welcome to me, but not so Defeat, said Ailill."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Victory shall ... |
5679 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Three of the kine are missing."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We cannot wait for these; let the men take provision on their horses, [for rightly should we be afraid in the midst of Munster. Wilt thou depart with me, O maiden? said he."
},
{
"from": "human",
... |
5679 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "From our band, said Mani Morgor,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "On Mingar the task was set, And with two beside him, he searched the land, till three of the maids they met: By springs of water they found the maids, drew swords, and against them leapt!"
},
{
"... |
5679 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Into twain this herd of kine to divide were good, At the Briuin[FN#65] Ford should the hosts unite; too strait hath the path been made For so vast a herd"
}
] |
5679 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "To unite our band, thus Morgor cried,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The maidens went to the Croghan Fort, to Maev with their news they pressed:"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Thy sons, O Maev, at the Briuin Ford are pent, and are sore distressed, And t... |
5679 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Some one from us, said Ailill,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I know, said Medb,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Some of you, said Mani Morgor,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Mani Mingar, with two... |
5679 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We all, said Mani,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The maidens went to Cruachan, and told all the tale."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Thy sons are at Ath Briuin in distress, and have said that help should be brought to them."
}
] |
5679 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Pursuit of the Cattle of Flidais,"
}
] |
5679 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Nia Segamain, that is seg (deer) are a main (his treasure), for in his time cows and does were milked in the same way every day, so that he had great wealth in these things beyond that of all other kings. The Flidais spoken of above was the mother of Nia Segamain, Adammair's son... |
5679 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Now give me rede, said Fergus,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "cried Ailill, sore perplexed;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Let Maev come nigh with counsel what course to follow next!"
},
{
"from": "hum... |
5679 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What quest, said Ailill Fair-haired,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Of Ailill, son of Magach, we stand, they said,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "For each of these... |
5679 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I come to no such meeting, the angry chief replied;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yon man is far too haughty: too grossly swells his pride!"
}
] |
5679 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Thus Bricroo,[FN#84] the Poisonous Scoffer, in mockery, jeering them, spoke:"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The taunt, answered Ailill Mae Mata,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Bricriu of the Poison Tongue,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Ah! ... |
5679 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Tara,"
}
] |
5679 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What[FN#95] shall I do next in this matter? said Fergus:"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, what shall we do next in the matter? said Ailill;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "human",
... |
5679 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "For my honour's sake, I could not draw back in this matter."
}
] |
5679 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I will not go, he said;"
}
] |
5679 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It was with no good omen that with which you went to this castle, said Bricriu."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "True indeed is the word that is spoken, said Ailill mac Mata."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The expedition is bad for the honour of the Ulste... |
5679 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The Good"
}
] |
5679 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "For him used every seventh day,"
}
] |
5679 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Tain bo Morrigna,"
}
] |
5679 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "TAIN BO REGAMNA"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What bringeth thee here? said Cuchulain: said Laeg,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "By a cry I was stirred, That across the plain came sounding."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "And whence was the ... |
5679 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "said Cuchulain,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Faebor-bayg-byeo-ill, [FN#110] said the man."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Coom-diewr-folt-skayv-garry-skyeo-ooa is her name, if pronounce it you can! Then Cuchu... |
5679 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "and as powerful in spell!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "she chanted,"
}
] |
5679 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Nay, clearer my fame shall be ringing, the hero replied,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "How canst thou that strife be surviving? the woman replied to his song,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "For, when thou with a hero art striving, as fearful as thou, a... |
5679 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The word is imda, sometimes rendered"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "as here by Windisch sometimes also"
}
] |
5679 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "A red woman there, with her two eyebrows red, and her cloak and her raiment: the cloak fell,"
}
] |
5679 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That cow is not joyful at being driven by you! said Cuchulain."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The cow does not belong to you, said the woman,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The cows of Ulster, said Cuchulain,"... |
5679 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "A dangerous[FN#126] (or magical) woman thou art, said Cuchulain:"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Henceforward, said the woman,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "and it has been the Grellach Dolluid ever since."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "If o... |
5679 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I will beat thee from me, said he,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I shall in truth, she said,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I will cast at thee with a cast of my ... |
5679 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "is from the Egerton version. The Yellow Book of Lecan gives"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The Badb thereon went from him, and Cuchulain went to his own house, so that,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "COURTSHIP OF ETAIN"
}
] |
5679 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "refers, not to the foxglove, but to the preceding line,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "and that the writer of this gloss gave the same meaning to the rather hard description of the colour of the eyes as is given in the verse translation (vol. i. p. 26), i.e. that the... |
5679 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "is established for the word; the line possibly means"
}
] |
45690 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "WE'VE GOT A BEAVER, I RECKON."
}
] |
45690 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Jack the Young Ranchman,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Jack Among the Indians,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Jack in the Rockies,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Jack the Young Canoeman,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Pawnee H... |
45690 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "WE'VE GOT A BEAVER, I RECKON"
}
] |
45690 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, Jack, said Mr. Sturgis,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I am glad to see you back again."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Indeed, Uncle George, you can bet I am glad to get back, replied Jack."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I tell you it ... |
45690 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Sit down, Hugh, said Mr. Sturgis,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well, yes, Mr. Sturgis, it was so ; said the old man."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The snow finally got so deep that I would not force the horses. They are strong, and are willing, and t... |
45690 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, Hugh, said Mr. Sturgis,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I asked you to come in here so that we could talk about what you and Jack are going to do this summer."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, said Hugh,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value":... |
45690 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Oh, Mrs. Carter, please give me a couple of lumps of sugar for Pawnee; I want to see if the old horse will know me, and whether he does or not, I want to be friends with him. He ran back into the sitting room and got the old whistle which he had taught his horse to obey, and put... |
45690 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Does he know you, son?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I really think he does, Hugh, said Jack."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "At first he didn't, though he remembered the whistle, and recognized the sugar when I held it out to him, but now I believe he ... |
45690 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "There, said Hugh,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I declare, said Jack,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I never saw that on a horse before. I did see it once on an elk that we killed in the spring; I think it was the first year I came out here, when I hun... |
45690 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It will be a good idea for you not to draw that cinch too tight at first, son, said Hugh,"
}
] |
45690 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "He's all right, Hugh, said Jack,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I'll leave him standing here while I run up and get my rifle and cartridge belt."
}
] |
45690 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We ought to have blackened our faces before we started out, said Hugh."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "This is just the kind of day to get a bad attack of snow blindness."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, said Jack,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"va... |
45690 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Now, son, watch out sharp, and let's get our meat as soon as we can, and get back."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "There's a bunch of antelope just over the hill, and they may be just what we want; I saw the backs of two that were feeding; we better creep up there and... |
45690 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I don't know whether I had better give him another shot, or wait for him to die."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well, said Hugh,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I reckon if I was you, I'd get off and shoot him again; he's hard hit, but sometimes one of t... |
45690 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, said Hugh,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But by the time they had crossed the valley the sun had come out again, and Hugh said,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Now, son, if we keep poking right along and don't stop, we will get back to the ranch i... |
45690 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Eat hearty, Jack; it's a mighty good thing to enjoy your victuals like you do!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well, said Jack,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I've enjoyed lots of good meals in my life, but it seems to me that this is the best I ever did... |
45690 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "On the other hand, beaver trapping is mighty hard work, and you had better know it beforehand. You've got to be in the water more than half the time, and have to get your beaver back to camp and skin 'em, and by the time you have been running to your traps, getting your beaver, ... |
45690 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What are you going to do, Hugh?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well, said Hugh,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "How many packs do you intend to take, Hugh?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Why, said Hugh,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"val... |
45690 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, said Jack,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Catch that bay with the bald face and the white hind feet."
}
] |
45690 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Now catch the big dun,"
}
] |
45690 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Now let the others out, said Hugh, after Jack had brought over the iron gray."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We'll put these horses in the hay corral to-night, and then when morning comes we'll know where they are; but first we've got to fit these saddles to them. Le... |
45690 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Are you going to take a tent with you, Hugh?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, sir, said Hugh."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I can get along all right without a tent, when I know it ain't going to rain or snow, but when I know it's going to rain I am... |
45690 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You will be pretty close to the settlements all the time, I take it, he said to Hugh,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Why, yes, Mr. Sturgis, I reckon we will see some Utes, but they are all quiet now, since they killed their agent and had a fight with Thornburgh's com... |
45690 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Hello, son! said Hugh,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I'm glad to see you stirring. We want to get our loads out, so that as soon as we've eaten breakfast we can pack up and go. You better roll up that bed of yours and bring it down here and put it with mine over the... |
45690 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "While I'm working at this, son, he said,"
}
] |
45690 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You see, son, we've got so little to pack that we may as well put it all on two horses and let the third one go without a load. You see, when we buy our grub at Laramie, we can stick a good part of it on him, and put more on the other horses as well. As it is now, neither of the... |
45690 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Son, there are some antelope over this next hill, and we need fresh meat; why not slip off your horse and go up to the top of the next hill and see if you can find a buck that you can kill."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "All right, said Jack. He jumped from the saddl... |
45690 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What was the matter? said Hugh."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You seemed to be having quite an active time down here."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Active time! said Jack,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I should say so! I had no idea that ... |
45690 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You might as well learn to skin an antelope right, son. You know the hair smells quite strong, and if you let the hair touch the meat, the meat gets this smell and tastes of it. Lots of people don't like that taste, and so I always make it a point to keep the hair from touching ... |
45690 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You have talked to me a good deal about the Northern countries, but I don't know that you have ever said anything about the Parks of Colorado, and I don't know just what they are. Of course, we will see them before long, but I should like to have some idea of the country before ... |
45690 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "There's a wagon road from Laramie into the Park--a good wagon road, but after you pass Pinkham's you won't see any settlers until you get over the divide into Middle Park. The North Platte heads in North Park, and, of course, there are no fish in that. Then you ride over a low d... |
45690 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, son, let's gather up these horses and be moving. We want to get beyond Rock Creek Station to-night. I don't think much of camping in or close to a town, and especially not close to Rock Creek. There's where they unload considerable freight for the ranches up north, and the... |
45690 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What are they, Hugh?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I'm not sure, replied Hugh."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "There are mighty few birds that are white with black tips to their wings. These might be white geese or white cranes or gulls or pelicans. The... |
45690 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "My! exclaimed Jack, as they grew smaller in the distance,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, answered Hugh;"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, said Jack,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I'm mighty glad they came along just when they did."
... |
45690 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Have you men just come from Rock Creek?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, sir, said Hugh."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We have just passed through there an hour ago. A lively place, isn't it?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Too lively for... |
45690 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Do you know, son, that last antelope you killed is pretty nearly gone? We ought to have another one, or at all events some meat before long. You might start out to-night, though it's a little late, or we can lay over here to-morrow until noon and you can go out and try to kill s... |
45690 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, son, said Hugh,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well, Hugh, said Jack,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Those that are one to two years old are easy caught, but if a wolf has been traveling the prairie for three or four years, he gets to be pretty sm... |
45690 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "As I say, there is a lot of work in trapping wolves that way, and I would hate to have to earn my living by doing it. If it should happen that we should get to any place where wolves are plenty we can set two or three traps for them, but I don't want to do that until we have tri... |
45690 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Your uncle tells me that there has been a whole lot of books written about those early trapping days, but I have never seen any of them. Of course, then it was all wild country and lots of things were happening, and a man had to keep his eyes open pretty wide. As I have told you... |
45690 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I happened to be riding down William's Fork, and had to pass through a point of timber, and just before I got out to the pond, on the other side, I stopped my horse for a minute to look around and see what I could see. There was a big beaver dam just below me, on the river, and ... |
45690 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It's a bully good camping place, isn't it?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "First class, was the reply,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No, indeed, said Jack,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Tell me, Hugh, he added after a pause,"
},
{
"... |
45690 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But, look here, son, if you and I are going to get off in any sort of season to-morrow morning we'd better turn in now. Suppose you go down to the creek and get a bucket of water, and I'll go out and look around through the horses, and then we'll make down our beds."
},
{
... |
45690 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, said Hugh,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Of course that is so, Hugh, said Jack,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Of course, said Hugh,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "That's so, assented Jack;"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "... |
45690 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "How is it, Hugh, he said,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I'll allow, answered Hugh,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Why , said Jack,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I thought all geese went north into Canada to breed, except a few that breed i... |
45690 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Son, to-morrow we'll have to kill something, for there's only enough meat left for a couple of meals. I don't like to eat meat that is just fresh killed, but if to-morrow you'll kill a deer or a good fat antelope, we will carry it a day and then it will be just about right to ea... |
45690 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Why, Hugh, it seems to me we ought to stop over here a day and see if we can't collect a lot of the eggs of these birds. I think there are some birds here whose eggs have never been described. Just think what a great thing it would be if I could take them back and show them to t... |
45690 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What gets me, Hugh, said Jack, after they had settled themselves comfortably by the fire, and Hugh's pipe was going well;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, Jack went on,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I suppose they are, but is that what is going to h... |
45690 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I've seen Hudson Bay men that came down from that northern country who say that in some of the lakes and big rivers up there the natives at the right time of the year kill a powerful lot of fowl. There must be dead loads of them there, and then when molting season comes and they... |
45690 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "If we had a big train or heavy loads, I would go 'round the point of the hog-back, which would make us travel five or six miles further but would be a good deal easier on the horses, but our animals are fat and strong, and lightly loaded, and we may as well make the cut-off and ... |
45690 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I thought so; the range is afire,"
}
] |
45690 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No use to think of hunting there, is there, Hugh?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Not any, son, replied Hugh."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We'll have to strike into the hills somewhere else. But look at that beaver meadow this side of the mountain."
... |
45690 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That's the most wonderful thing I've seen since I've been out West, Hugh. Did you ever see anything like it?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well, said Hugh,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, said Jack,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well,... |
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