Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1847-06-03

And howl to the moon as She gldes through the skyn
Captain Franklin describes the mode in which
the Dog-rib Indians kill the reindeer, which he
had from Mr.. Oenzell, who resided long among
that people: The hunters go in pairs, The
foremost man carrying in one hand The horns
and part of the skin of the head of deer, and
in the other small girdle of twlgs, against
which he from lime 10 time rubs the horns, i'm
ltating The gestures peculiar 10 the animal His
comrade follows, ,reading exactly in his foot
steps. and holding the guns of both in hori-
zon'a al poslion SO that The muZzles project un-
der the arms of him who carries the head
Both hunters have fllet Of white skin around
their foreheads, and the foremost has strip Of
the same around his waist They approach
The herd by degrees, raising their legs very
slowly, bui setting them down some " hat sud-
denly after the manner of deer and always
taking care 10 lfi their right or left feet stimuli
taneously. II any OF The herd leave off feeding
TO gaze upon their extraordinary phenomenon,
II instantly stops, and the head begins TO play
It's par, by licking lis shoulders, and performing
other necessary movements. In this way the
hunters attain The very centre the herd with
out exciting suspicion, and have leisure to sim
gle out The fallest. The hindmost man then
pushes forward his comrad's gun, the head is
dropped, and they both fire nearly a, the same
instant. The deer scampers off, the hunters
tro, after them; in short lime The poor ami
mails halt, 10 ascertain the cause of their terror
rhel foes stop al The same moment, and having
loaded as they ran, greet the gazers with
ond fatal discharge. The CONSERVATION of the
deer increases they run to and fro in the ut
most confusion; and sometimes great par, of
the herd is destroyed within The space OF few
hundred yards
No animal has so impenetrable a coat as the
reindeer; and for This reason the Laplanders
prefer their skins before those of any other
beasts of the forests for the fur is so extremely
thick and close that it is impossible for heat 10
escape through il. And yet they suffer much
in the summer from the attacks of The CAD fly
{9slrus faransi,) which burrows under there
deposits eggs so that the skin is filled with
small holes. They suffer also, il is said by
some, but doubted by others, from another insect
(furia infernalis,) which causes fearful devasta-
lion among The herds. The Laplanders are
now compelled 10 migrate with the deer 10 the
mountains or 10 The sea coast. The Lapan-
ders say, that their chief object in going 10 the
sea coas, is shat the deer may drink the water !;
10 which, when in sight, they joyfulIy bound.
By this one draush, they destroy The Larvae Of
the fly, but they never repeat II. The terror
produced on The deer by The approach Of their
/ fly is very great; their legs iremble under Them.
/ they prick up their ears and fee 10 the noun
lains covered with ice and snow
In The hottest weather the thermometer, even
at The North Cape, rises as high as 60 degrees
of Fahrenheit. The Laplanders summer lasts
! from June 10 September. The winter storms
OF Lapland are snow and sleet; but in May
rain falls, and fresh leaves and flowers burst
forth from day to day. The summer comes
rapidly. The day of nature is suddenly chan
sed The ice and snow quickly vanish early
in June the winter has left no trace of its exis-
ience; large focks of wild fowl arrive, 10 rear
their young unmolesed The latks carol in the
air the dragon.nies dart about in every direc-
tion the wasp hangs It's white and globe shaped
nest 10 The lower branches of The fir-trees the
birches and the aspens are once more gay
with their young leaves; aud The pines are
frightened by their fresh shoots, hanging in lgh
green lassels from The end of every spray. The
ground, in some paris, does not quite lose its
snowy hue, owing to The reindeer moss being
whi,ish; and where i, is in great abundance
the country looks as if still springled with snow
!
with brilliant yellow, from the peculiar colo
of another common species of moss. The sol
is covered with the smooth and shining leaves
OF the wborielbeny. The lilly of The valley il
occasionally found and the cloudberry every
where spreads over The marshy ground. The
borders of The streams gay with wild flowers
Where the irees are ihe smallest and thickesi
The graceful Linn@a Borcais is TO be found
; noddIng It's twin, belI-shaped blossoms of deli
cate pink just above The moss, among which
trail its long and slender stems. The fine per
fume Of lis long flowers berays lis hiding place
long before their beauty meets The eye.
Although the LapIanders find their skae
most convenien, for hunting, their journeys arr
always performed IN sIedges. These are II
form not unlike an Indian canoe they are linec
? with soft deer-skns and covered at the bolton
like The skates, with fur, which is intended Il
! render them less liable 10 slip when going u
, a hlEl.
The reiadeer's collar is made Of piece O
skin with the hair VI on IL and the traces O
| leather are also prepared from The hides Of deer
Both collar and traces are often gaiiy ofna