The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1868-04-11

ewArme with th8s-beautikhl, spylghtly ana
delicious speckied trout These streams
contain numerous other varieties Of fIsb, but
all are passed without notice, where the best
mountain trout can Be caught with 80 much
ease. Only imagine yourself on the bank Of
one Of thoee sparkling streams, rushing
clear and cool from the everlasting SHOWS
above, with one Of aDimick's best tackles"
Your Hy swings cautiously towards some
promising eddy; but before il strikes the
water q speckled beauty snaps it up and
darts beneath the shay baLx. Can You i'm
agine better sport than bagging some fifty
or hundred Of such game fellows in Q sim
gle hour.
But while enjoying such ssglorioHs SPORT"
would you think Of s'griEzly," or ssbruin,"
who delights in the willow thickets along
these streams /? If not, be might suddenly
make you forget your tuteler saint, Sir
Izaak, and all his speckled fry, and invoke
the protection Of grim old Nimrod, and vow
eternal fealty and a neverfailing attachment
to trusty "HenrY," With its sixteen leaden
pledges OF safety.
The huntsman, whether Caucasian or In
dian, need never dream Of a more "beauti-
fol hunting ground" Anrwhich to make trial
OF his skill in the chase Of the antelope and
the deer, OF # his more sturdy qualities IN
the hazardous encounter with the grizzly
monarch Of the American forest.
There 10 a great variety Oh game 10 these
mountains ant valleys and plains-three
species Of bear, the grizzly, the cinnamon
am the black. Tue grizzly bear is too well
known to need any description. II 10 suih-
eient to say that he is as large, as feroci0us,
as ready for an encounter and quite as dan
gerous as he 10 further south and west in Cali
fornia. He is the undisputed monarch of
these mou- tain regions. Larger and strong
than tie lion Of Asia or Africa, he is
much Drawer and far more dangerous.
The cinnamon bear is smaller, than the
grizzly, and IL usually deemed less dan
gerous, but is quite Is willing to encounter
foe.
The black bear is the same as we have in
the states. lie is deemed rather small
game as compared with the two preceding
species.
Lewis and Clark's par lies saw and killed
several white bears at anJ near the falls Of
the Missouri, but could find no mountain
man or Indian who bad seen one IN MOnta- I
ma 1t is singular that they should have
been seen by none Of the present popula-
ton.
There are several species of the feline
race The panther, tie lynx, the Wild cat
and perhaps others. But these are not com
mon.
OF the canine races, there are the common
and prairie wolf, the gray and red foxes.
The prairie wolf is BY far the most album
dant and Troublesome of this class. They
are the genuine gnerrillas of all the prairie
eOuntrV-t ha hurna af nv, q dirain- I
utive scale.
The badger, woodchuch, porcupine, and
poiecat are common criminals, end there are
several species related to the prairic dog
and gopher, one small striI I'd squirrel, one
weasel, one rat, and several species Of
mice.
The beaver, otter, musk-rat and mink in
habit the streams. The beaver is most
abundant. He often interferes with the
water rights Of the miners by his dams and
dykes. In one instance the miners were
to set watch to prevent one in
dustriOus family Of these animals from turn
ing the water out Of their bitches and inter
rupting their mining operations.
Buffalo, elk, three species Of deer, and an
telope, range in large numbers oyer the prai-
re portions of the territory. Another vari-
ETY. of buffalo, smaller AID darker, moose
deer, elk, big-horn and mountain sheep,
abound in the mountain regions.
Birds are not 50 abundant as in the west
ern states. There are, however, seve al
species of eagles, hawks, crows, jays and
magpies. The smaller birds are more rare.
Several species Of duck are exceedingly
abundant. The "prairie-chicken," the
"sage-hen," the ''fool-hen" and pheasant, or
grouse, and the common pigeon are often
seen. The "fonl-Aensn are quite needless
of danger and will permit one to approach
near enough to kill them with sticks and
clubs. Snipes, curlews, and sea-brds,
cranes and king-fshers are very numerous.
From this list Of game animals and birds,
the huntsman need not fear lack Of sport
among the smaller animals and birds nor
will be hunt long before he will have need
of steady hand and trusty rife to stop the .
stately moose, the huge buffalo, or elk, ana
disable the ferocious bear or the skulking
panther.