Litchfield enquirer., 1871-07-06
DEER STALKING EXTRAORDINARY,
NEW WORKERS IN THE ADIRONDACKs-AN FIX
 CITING CHASE.

CITING CHASE.
 A story is told of the adventures of a par ty of New York amateur deer hunters who visited the Saranac region last fall. The party numbered ten, headed by Mr. Thos. Clarke. Among the others were Messrs. Christopher Priudle, Lt Edward Taylor of the 22d. Geo. Ramsey of West 22d street, now in Europe, John Tinsdale of 34th st.. Brooks Gould of 4eth street, and Peter Fowler of Brooklyn.
 Arrived at Martin s, on the Lower Sara. nae, they took other conveyauces to the Raquette river, Q short distance from whose banks they established their camp. It had been intended to kill enough deer to pro- vision the party, besides having more than sufficient to send launches as presents to three or four hundred friends in New York. all of whom had been faithfully promised i; but. alas they were, with one or two ex- captions. without the slightest experience, and couldn't tell deer from stump of 8 tree at thirty paces to save their souls The consequence was, that after three or four days vigorous tramping about the country, during which they had fired more shots and made more noise than sufficed to frighten away every deer within a circle of fifty miles, they had accomplished absolute ly nothing, and were completely Tagged out and disgnsted. Strange to say, however none of the boys seemed Tn hurry to leave the scene of their disappointment. Probably they had some lingering hope left of coming across deer. and were 10th to return empty handed. At any rate it was surprising with what alacrity they turned out every now and then when Taylor and Prince-capital m!mics by the way-would secretly drop out of camp and initiate the below of a buck. This, too was stopped after 8 while when the lokers had narrowly escaped be- ing shot at the hands of one of the most excitable of their victims.
 It happened that an old hunter named 'Kiah for short. dwelt with his son in It. tie log cabin at the side of an unruly brook which flowed into the Raquette, and which few rods above the shanty tumbled noisi- ly down between two large bouIders on the side of the mountain. The neighborhood was thickly wooded and SO wild and gloomy as to appear never to have been visited by civilized being.
 s One day, after partaking of hearty meal, procured from Martins, Clark shoul- de-ed his gun and started out on a solitary hunt He had been unable to induce any ot the others to accompany him, and left them lying about smoking or sleeping in various attitudes of lazy despair.
 In the course of his wanderipgs he hap pened to strike 'KiaL's cabin,- and found it's owner seated outside in the sun cleaning a gun, another one @having already been cleaned and reloaded and put standing against the jam of the rude door. 'Kiah's boy was chopping wood in the distance. hlah seemed melancholy and received Clarke rather grufly when the latter ad. vanced and bade him good day.
 "Seen any deer around ?' said Tom, gra. ciously.
 "Deer be d-d," was the rough reply. Don't s'pect to see deer for month after that gang O'loons goes home to their mann. mics down below thar.''
 Rather fresh crowd. I confess" laugh. ed Clarke. ''Have 8 cigar, old fellow ?''
 ''Thank'e 'ee, said 'Kiah. softened by the unwonted kindness, "but durned if 'taint enough to make saint swar. Reckon I've got to vamose or starve to death 'nless the country gets rid of them fellers pretty durn- ed soon"
 The ios being now broken the two enter ed into a somewhat desultory conversation about sporting matters, and 'Kiah was in the middle of an entertaining yarn about a piece of backwoods prowess, of which 8 certain Slim Peter and bull moose were the heroes. when he suddenly stopped and pricked up his ears i; his body became rig i'd and his eyes firmly fixed in the direction of the powders. Clarke turned quickly and saw, just in the cleft through which the brook ran, the head and antlers of a noble buck, which was looking with aston- ishment upon the scene before him.
 R-.- Il to seize the loaded rife and fire
 The buck never moved. He sank quiet. ly down where he stood. He had been hit square betwee the eyes, and his death had been instantaneous. They both sprang dropped his axe and ran up to see what was the matter. .:.
 "Look here, old fellow, I'll give you hundred dollars for the buck if you'll say shot him." cried Tom.
 Cant do it, said 'Kiah "I promised him already"
 Promised him ?'
 Yes, promised him to nine fellers at a hundred dollars, said 'Kiah, with merry twinkle in his eye.
 ''What do you mean ?" asked Tom, in as- tonishment.
 "Well, I'll tell you. All of them fellers what's campin' down b'low-nine. ain t ther' ?''
 "Yes nine. beside myself" "You ain't never been here afore We'll, them nine all come here separate, and med a bargain with me that eff I'd shoot deer an lot them know on the sly an gay they did it themselves, they'd give me a hund- red dollars for him. An if seed deer an put them on him so's they could "a ally shoot him themselves. I'd have hundred dollars too. Only I wasn't to give any of the rest hint. greed with all on lem, only I don't know which to give him to first"
 9TH tell you what I'll do" said Tom, sand I'll get you out of that fix, too, easily. I'll give you hundred if you'll help me. Let us rig up the deer's head and tail on a piece of plank and send him down the riv- CT. and then notify them all to be on the lookout" "Done. roared 'Kiah. The splendid neck and head were whip ped of by the old hunter in twinkling, and the bushy tail removed with equal skill A short board was then procured, 1 and at one end of 1t was nailed the head, l and at the other the tail. tna
 .Got 8 couple of pins ?" asked 'Kiah. The inside of Clarke's coat front disclosed row of those articles sufficient to make the reputation of dry goods clerk. 'Kiah ia.1~ &rv<~ ov,x7 n;unod tho dnorsc <o~cS l,a ol,