Cameron was an old hand, and they found it difficult to
escape his vigilant eye.
From this point all the trappers were sent forth in
small parties every morning in various directions, some
on foot and some on horseback, according to the distances
they had to go; but they never went farther
than twenty miles, as they had to return to camp every
evening.
Each trapper had ten steel traps allowed him. These
he set every night, and visited every morning, sometimes