Deadfalls & Snares are employd in takeing the Wolf, the racoon and fox of which there are a fiew.
Saw Deer rackoons and turkies on the Shores to day one of the men killed a racoon which the indians very much admired.
The racoonbelongs to the same class of animals as the bear, which it resembles in some points, though; being small, it is not so dangerous either to man or the larger animals.
Nurse, the racoon that the gentleman had would drink sweet whisky punch; but my governess said it was not right to give it to him; and Major Pickford laughed, and declared the racoon must have looked very funny when he was tipsy.
The racoon in its habits is said to resemble the bear; like the bear, it lives chiefly on vegetables, especially Indian corn, but I do not think that it lays by any store for winter.
Pepe swung the boat in to the bank, and reaching out he caught a baby racoon and handed it to Hal.
We'll catch things and tame them," exclaimed Hal, much delighted, and he proceeded to tie the little racoon under the seat.
With regard to the English slang equivalent, the Slang Dictionary says: “This expression is said to have originated in the first American War with a spy who dressed himself in a racoon skin, and ensconced himself in a tree.
There is one difficulty about this story--how big was the man who dressed himself in a racoon skin?
A fox or racoon attracted by the smell of the birds, came one night, and carried them off, for in the morning they were gone.
Farther south, where racoon skins are plenty, they become the standard.
They sat down and counted off as many racoon skins.
They then divided the sum into five equal shares, and subdivided each share into its value in racoon skins.
Taking the store price of a racoon at five skins to the dollar, they then found they had received the equivalent of one hundred and fifty racoons, and at this price they sold the order or certificate.
The sun disappeared behind the hills on the bank; the evening sky was clear and serene, and the bright mirror of the Ohio extended unruffled near Racoon Creek, where we saw large flocks of ducks.
The racoon is common in the forests of Harmony, and is never seen in the daytime; it is hunted in the night with dogs, which drive it into a tree.
Racoon Creek, ninety miles in length, drains Vinton County, Ohio, flows through Gallia County, and joins the Ohio River seven miles below Gallipolis.
At some of the isolated dwellings of the farmers, racoon skins were hung up to dry, and the beautiful large feathers of the wild turkey were scattered on the ground.
The racoon and the opossum are everywhere abundant, while the musk-rat, otter, and mink still frequent the rivers and lakes, and a few beavers and buffaloes have not yet been driven from their ancient haunts.
When a great multitude had gathered around, the racoon suddenly sprung up, and set to killing and devouring them in such a way that not one was left alive.
The Racoon felt reproached by this act of courage and magnanimity.
The name of the racoon in the Chippewa language, appears to be a derivation from Ais a shell, with the inflection for the perfect past tense (bun) united with the copulative vowel i.
The crawfish would no longer venture near the shore, and the racoon was on the point of starvation.
Racoon sang the Song of the Racoon as he was going home.
He sang the Song of the Opossum, thus: Hi na ki-yu wus-se-di He met the Racoon who had eaten all the crawfish.
But Racoonhad been there ahead of him, and had eaten all the crawfish.
When Racoon awoke, he painted himself as he had been told to do.
The racoon eats fruits and is fond of young maize; but he is also carnivorous, and will attack fowls, biting their heads off and sucking their blood.
In Northern Mexico and adjoining parts of the United States there is a small relative of the racoon called cacomistle, or American civet-cat (though it is not a real civet).
The fur of the racoon is so soft and thick that it is very valuable, and the animal is very much hunted.
He does not shoot a racoonif he can get anything else; he does not shoot a racoon sitting.
The belief in the racoon kinship is the basis of that social group--the man has other social groups of other kinds.
Each racoon has duties to other racoons, and to the actual racoons.
He is brother to racoons of his own sex, and to sisters in the racoon of the other sex.
So they went a little farther up the hill to the Racoon House, with its door looking toward the sun, which is always closed at night.
But, to the intense surprise of Pwit-Pwit, all was silent within the Racoon House.
It's about a month or twa mair nor a twelvemonth noo, sin Tam M'Intyre and I set out frae Racoon Settlement, on ane o' the weariest and maist desperate journeys I have yet taen in America.
There is one difficulty about this story--How big was the man who dressed himself in a racoon skin?
This expression is said to have originated in the first American war with a spy, who dressed himself in a racoon skin, and ensconced himself in a tree.
Can the leopard change his spots or the racoon his habits?
No one may know how blissful, how wide, how thrilling the singing of birds can be unless he has listened when the summer mists are rising over Racoon Creek.
He went out one morning with his rifle, and spying a racoon upon the upper branches of a high tree, brought his gun up to his shoulder; when the racoon perceiving it, raised his paw for a parley.
In the Western states, where the racoon is plentiful, they use the abbreviation 'coon when speaking of people.
As I lay without moving, I observed a racoon playing about a branch close to me.
I knew that the dead racoon would betray me; so I resolved to fight it out to the last, and to sell my life dearly.
The Racoonis less than the fox in size, and has a sharp-pointed nose.
In the wild state the Racoon is savage and sanguinary, committing great destruction among both wild and domesticated birds, without consuming any part of them except the head, or the blood which flows from their wounds.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "racoon" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
