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Skookum's Panther.
"Why are there so few deer tracks now ?" "Deer yarded for winter," replied the Indian; "no travel in deep snow." "We'll soon need another," said Rolf, which unfortunately was true.

They could have killed many deer in early winter, when the venison was in fine condition, but they had no place to store it.

Now they must get it as they could, and of course it was thinner and poorer every week.
They were on a high hill some days later.

There was a clear view and they noticed several ravens circling and swooping.
"Maybe dead deer; maybe deer yard," said the Indian.
It was over a thick, sheltered, and extensive cedar swamp near the woods where last year they had seen so many deer, and they were not surprised to find deer tracks in numbers, as soon as they got into its dense thicket.
A deer yard is commonly supposed to be a place in which the deer have a daily "bee" at road work all winter long and deliberately keep the snow hammered down so they can run on a hard surface everywhere within its limits.