Steel Traps

the Iroquois Indians of the Oneida Tribe; that tribe which alone of all the R

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urkey Shoots" were very popular, and Mr. Newhouse was always sure of his bird at sixty to eighty rods. It was a puzzle to many of the old hands how he managed to shoot so accurately, even when the wind wa

l" - as they all called him - for he could always out shoot them with the rifle, and very few of the tribe were as skillful as he with the bo

2 they were well known to all the tribes of the state, so that about this year, when a large part of the Oneidas moved to Green

would break. "As breaks the pipe of peace in war time." They looked over his stock of Traps, pressed down the springs with their moccasined feet, grunted and shook their heads in disapproval. Then Sewell went out to the frozen creek nearby, the savages watching in silence

aps. The affair greatly pleased the neighboring Oneidas for well they knew when their "Sewell" made and tempered

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in a little smithey and began to make his famous traps on a larger scale. He was soon after assisted by some of the mechanics of the Oneida Association - as the old Oneida Community was then

icit orders in the West. The great Hudson Bay Company sent in some large orders a custom

the supply, till finally the Community was obliged to build on a much larger scale at the present site o

on of the work. With the eye of a lynx he was ever alert to see that no trap bearing his name went out of the factory except in perfect condition. Here before he left

de by S. Newhouse after the business was establishe

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a century. This trap belonged to one of the pioneers of Wisconsin who had used it for many years. It is still in good w