Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1848-11-11
A PAssAMAQUoDDY HUNTER-sKRIdMAGE
WITH MOOSE

| A PASsAMAQUoDDY MISUNDERSTANDING
| WITH A MOOSE.
The following sketch Of an Indian hunter and contest with
extract from spirited letter in the Boston Cou
rier, dated from the wilds of Maine
ToMAu STREAM, SEPTEMBER, ls4s.
twas Of the clear bright mornings Of the present month";
he next after the frost struck that Aean and started for
this eysum of the wilderness You know that Atean,
the age of twenty he crack hunter Of his tribe.
Atean has eye like hawk, and is swift of foot deer.
Indeed any game Of which he fairly puts himself in
pursuit may well address him the did Captain Scott
If that is you, captain III cone down." Why should any
ANIMAL bped quadruped, undertake TO away from
who starts of on foot without any preparation but simply
business, and goes fifty eight miles between and
This Atean did, on the 25h Of June last without regarding
it feat worth telling Of and the next Jay posted off forty
five miles further, and arrived ibis place OF destination at
o'clock in the upwards of hundred
miles in considerably less than two days. And all this with
out any training This indicates power Of pedestrianism
equal to that OF Partridge Barclay. But Atean is ath
iete every way. He is nimbk cot and springy
deer He stands five feet CLEVER and weighs hundred
and three quarters He has lived much among the whites
and is good farmer, and capital woodman and " river
driver" As hunter, he every thing within the range
of vision 10 the shape OF game shoots whatever he
And his luck is great his SKILL There deal of
chancal ingenuity about him. constant good nature, no
geation and touch of poetry. He sings SECT Of the
way Old Dan Tucker" while h, stands up his and
dashes down waey descent oer rapids and among rocks
and foam, the sight of which wod novice of his
wits Yet he shakes his head et The idea of railroad car
and talks OF the danger people nr who trust themselves in
that daredevil Of conveyance He boasts little Of his
PLOTS, but acknowledges he ono. killed fine bucks
single discharge, and in the way small game knocked
eighteen black ducks at shot, and at another filled
bushe basket with pigeons TIE skins Of moose on
setchers before his cabin told Of his occupation the day
previous to my arrival. knock ed early the door of his
wgwam, and marched in without topping at the sound OF
asserting gunt while he and Mrs Atean, and the three little
kafn~a
stone fireplace. .
Without disturbing the rest of the family Atean quick
ly up and dressed In five minutes running
rapids in bark canoe at the rate of ten miles hour These
soon brought out piece OF dead water. The morn
ing still and foggy. Slew preceded in kff about
half hour and followed in the track of bubbles which
the paddles of companions had left behind In hour
the smoke Of our fires were ascending through the trees just
the rising began send his rays through the dis
appearing mists Of the river Making fry of the game we
had killed way, put breakfast under
jackets and down to the delightful spot where Tonah
Stream forms its placid junction with the waters Of the st.
Croix II the opposite bank where lodly ems and
naples skirt little vuet which there finds its way into the
main river that Atean mad day previous surprised
and shot, break of day. two moose, who there taking
their morning meal These stately monarchs Of the forest sd
dom if ever at the first sight of man, but wait his al,
Proach without manfesng any apprehension If wounded
they not unfeueny turn upon their and compel hin
to fly for his life The Indians as well as the whites Often
have narrow escapes from their rage One of the former
u J.
mad shot, and so badly injured that many months be-
fore he was able to walk.
It is but little while ago That white man in this vicinity
was crossing belt of woods which separated neighbours
clearing from his own, when he heard his dog making
great outcry at little distance He repaired the spo, ani
there found the Jog had got young by the mufe
and was holding Linn to a strict The inmedi
aey up and seized the animal by his hind legs and be
tween him and the dog upon the point of flooring Their
prize, when tremendous crashing was heard among til,
trees Looking up the behed the mother of the youns
moose close upon him at full gaop, and with and
dated nostrls, exhibiting most erocious aspect Having
weapon OF defence, he the udcous conclusion
cut stick and run, which he Immediately did for dear life
The moose who stood six feet in her stockings stopped
men to exricato her Off spring from the dog and having
comphed this, started in full pursuit after the man. who had
now got few rods the start.
quickly became alarmingly exciting race. Two legs
were to be match for four, and hero found
that he could only win by straagem. He
run BEFORE looking at the trees and uptuned and wind
falls as he sped Tor hiding place. But he nothing
which promised sufficient refuge from the enraged ANIMAL
hard upon his heels He had made three abrupt
turns in the hope of avoiding the pursuit and the
by as he sheltered himself in the green branches of
cent wndfa She quickly discovered her error however,
and turned her furious steps towards him. The spot
of those places sometimes in woods where
tornado has passed and rooted up OF the
largest trees, and piled them in the widest confusion
another Its ragged surface nteposed great obstacles
the moose, while il afforded corresponding advantages the
Remaining in tho top take breath, and
watch the of his erocus pursuer hero found
himself shaken from his hold and landed about feet down
10 cump of blackberry bushes. The had made
sudden lunge towards him, and missing her oothod had
herself brought up about six feet from where he fell the
ground. This getting into close quarters The juxta-
position altogether dsageeabe such neck onothing
race. Our friend, while tho top Of the windfa having
behousht him of poLbridge across logging road at the
foot OF /" horseback, which he side Of him,
his feet in instant and bad pulled half way
up Its ACTIVITY before the moose again pu, her eye on him
She was after him in y, and gained the top Of bluff
ridge about quick he. He heard at his back,
and knew that another leap Of the mad beast would bring her
full upon him. The opposite side Of the "horseback
very rugged and pecpous He caught glimpse ofthe old
bridge about five rods below Sezng hold Of the top Of
scrub pine whose roots bedded half way down the hill
he sprang forward, not knowing where he should fetch up
The tree bent down the bank like bow, and landed him
plump into the bed Of the The plunged
the hill at the moment, but stumbled its steep and
rocky Sides and falling nearly end end, finally brought
up all standing the bridge BY this time the object Of her
rage under it, from all harm. The game
now up After few minutes Of silent bewlderment at the
sudden and unexpected termination OF the chase the
walked off, and the walked home. But must hasten
limit ha