The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1867-05-25

rather sleek than otherwise. Everybody
who knows our friend II. will testify
that he bears the reputation Of being
somewhat lazy. When we started out,
seeing him taking the slow and lazy gait
aforesaid, We soon passed and led him
thus changing entirely the original pro.
gramme. The following extract from our
journal tells how our trip up resulted.
''Took = hunt with Haeklsman. LOd me up n
very steep spur fthe mountain. In places Il was
at an angle of f~orty-Hve degrees; at others so and
60; some others were perpendicular. Started out
quite brisk-H. behind. But before n great while
he came poking along and passed me. DOT hands
stuck full of briers, face scrateed, footing gave way
aud slid down ten or fifteen yards. II. still climb
ing. Got up and pitched in again. Came to u
fir tree Ave feet in diameter. IL. went over easy,
Attempted to do likewise. Took hold Of n small
limb 20 pull mp BY limb broke and away / went
down bill again. Looked up-saw II, sthl climb
iugi Ran round the tree. and by extraordinary
effort caught up with III. More briers-morc trees
several more slides rab-wisc Wind began 10
fail me. n stiH ~ctfabtag, Tongue very dry and
parehed. Water-waier!-oh how | wanted q cool
drink of water. Travelled a half milo aud game
to bench or tablc-land. Here II. took a seat on a
fallen tree and rested. I rested. Felt very sick.
Tongue stuck out ever so far! II. told me 10 I'M
button vest now unite ehoke-rag. Obeyed orders
and felt better. Cool mountain breezes came along
aud in a short time I was all right again. Went
60 climbing again moved along slowly and did
much better. Began TO get hang oft. Wind some
improved. Kpeejoints about to cave. Regretted
that my life was uninsured. sas Came To another
table or bench; rested; went ON again; more briers
more slides down hill-moFe fallen trees-mere
short breath-more tugging and perspiring-more
cool breczes and finally n cool mountain stream;
Drank heartily and bathed face and temples. Oil
how refreshingi Started up the mountain again.
IL. told me this was the best exercise in the world.
II would remove all 'antifogmaties' and make
a new man. me. I didn't doubt II at all but
wanted to know where tho deer were. Replied we
would knock over one directly. More dead frs
more briers-more slides down-hilt--more pufing
and b~lowing-and finally moro table-land."
We might continue this extract from
cur Journal indefinitely. But fearing We
shall weary the reader We desist. Let
this suffice. After restipg a while We
commenced 10 descend the mountain. Ia
king an entirely different route; aud reach.
ing one of the benches aforesaid, We saw
two deer within sixty or seventy yards of
US, walking of. II. fired at one; We the
other; and n fell dead in his tracks, but
it wasn't ours! Cutting off the hind
quarters, and leaving the balance of the
carcass, We each took one and continued
our journey down the mountain-the wri-
ter hereof sometimes losing his foothold
and aiding ten to twenty yards down hill;
but our friend II. maintaining the same
old, regular gait. till We finally arrived at
camp.
Reader. did you ever eat a meal of Wet.
uals ont in the woods? When we got
into camp our comrades, Luper aud
Wheeler, bad a rousing camp FIRE, and W.
had made a good cup of coffee, and roast
ed the pheasant and grouse above referred
to. In addition TO this we had good Ugh.
bread, some sweet butter and some bacon.
Those not satisfied with all these dishes,
cut slices of v~enison and bacon. and pro-
curing a long switch or stick, and impal-
ing the meats aforesaid on its end, held
them over the camp fire till thoroughly
coOked-thus procuring a morsel.ft for a
king. We ate very heartily-'you bet!'
-veDison, grouse, bacon. coffee. bread all
rapidly disappeared under our m~anipula-
tons; then, wrapping up in a couple
of pair of blankets, we laid down on the
ground, with no other shelter than the
sky, and slept soundly all night-a feat
that we had not before performed Tor a
t~Welvemonth.
The e hunt We took We we're accom-
panied by DIR. Wheeler. He, too, is a
regular hunter and almost always brings
down bis game when he fires. He settled
in Oregon about twenty years ago, apd
owns u Of the best farms in Linn county.
He was anxious that we should capsize an
elk; so he gradually led US up to the very
top of one of the highest peaks. We
found it far easier to climb the mountain
than it was the first day. Lungs seemed
to iuhale one-half more pure cxhiliTating
mountain air han formerly. When quite
well up we broke the fore-shouldcr of a
buck. Mr.. w. put bis greyhound on
his track, We subsequently, learned that
the dog o~Eerhaaled the bpck in the midst
of the Santiam-nearly opposite camp
and such a contest as ensued between the
dog and deer, is seldom Witnessed. An
freshman in camp told US he "niver saw
anything to aqual it." They fought for
a half hour-the buck Invariably making
the dog release his grip on his throat by
plunging under water. The dog finally
gave it up as a bad job, and hauled off for
repairs-the buck, mangleds wounded
and bleeding, escaping, and the grey.
hound returning to his master. We are
convinced that a well-trained greyhound
owing to his amazing fcetness and
courage-is invaluable to a hunter in the
mountains,
A short time afterward, while We were
descending the mountain, a large buck
with velyety horns, emerged from behind
a fallen fir, and stood in fair view, looking
at us a moment. In an instant we fred
and the buck fell and rolled down tn,
mountain, some fifty or sixty feet. Or