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Betty Zane

CHAPTER IV
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Crafty, tireless and implacable, Wetzel was incomparable in his vocation.
His long raven-black hair, of which he was vain, when combed out reached to within a foot of the ground.

He had a rare scalp, one for which the Indians would have bartered anything.
A favorite Indian decoy, and the most fatal one, was the imitation of the call of the wild turkey.

It had often happened that men from the settlements who had gone out for a turkey which had been gobbling, had not returned.
For several mornings Wetzel had heard a turkey call, and becoming suspicious of it, had determined to satisfy himself.

On the east side of the creek hill there was a cavern some fifty or sixty yards above the water.

The entrance to this cavern was concealed by vines and foliage.


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