The Hawaiian gazette., 1872-03-27

young man named Oscar ". Perry arrived
in this city, Saturday, from Gladsrn Couuy.
having as baggage abont seyeaiy.fvs WsK skins.
three or four bear skins and large number q
deer skins, coca skins, muskrat and mias skins.
Last fall he. In company with two other ycang
men. went from Detroit to the couaty uansd
with the intention oftukinE uP permanent RS
ideuce for the winter a. hunters and iraYpers
Perry vintered there year ago. AID uads bis
stay among the wild animals very proatlele one-
He was yesterday making arrangcueuts % ~
,arn. and was, for one place. At The bicz-yarls
in springwens. i1quiring aler vorE-9at horses
purchasing several old equines at his ovn prce.
He also made the purchase Of an old sie.Sh. b.
is TO take back quantity Of provisions aad
leaves this morning with the intention Of rcmain-
ing in the woods until Spring. His purchase of
Old horses is where the fun comes ia, he says. as
he is to use them Zoe batting wolves
last fall the party constructed a siout log eaa-
in in tho woods, near a large marsh. proposing %
make it permanent camp. The houss is a two
story one. and the hunters hye and sep IN
the second story. The lover story Is ineiosed
/ only on two sides. but the other s,des are large
doors, so arranged that they can Be dawn up or
I let down. at the will Of those above. The con
structun Of the cabin in this manncr vas % make
Of the first story a wolf tap on a wholesale scale
and it has been tested several times 10 tbs sats-
faction ofthe builders. In addition to deer shoos-
ing and trapping. the men proposed to make vof
catching speciality They found that BY using
stryehnine they lost many of The victims. Who rau
away and bid where their bodies eould Dot b.
found, and in time wolves got shy Of the meas
flung around.
After the camp vas completed. an Old horse
was purchased At the nearest settlement as
bait. That afternoon pieces Of meal we're aang
around and some bloody pieces Of fresh killed
deer were carried of in different directions that
the wolves might get the scent The men r.
mained on the watch all night bat were dIsap-
pointed. The wolves came within pistol shot
bat we're afraid to approach nearer, and anllly
went Of. The old horse gos no food next Gay.
and at night complained about il in a series Of
ueighs which could be heard half a mile. Mere
meat vas scattered aboat, and toward mijnight
the wolves came up. and aiter careful ssFvey
to see if trap existed, one Of them ysniured 10,
then another, and and At length dozen wolves
surrounded the old horse and began swapping at
him. Frightened out Of his horse senses. The
equine kicked and plunged at a terrible rate. max
ing il warm for the wolves when d0-1 cane the
doors and the animals were trapped. PaFt Of the
pack had the horse down tearing bim az the time.
but they leii OF and began rushing around 70 gst
out. One Of them found corner where the door
did not ft we'll and all rushed 70 the hole With
such force as to take the door OF is fixtures es-
Gaping to the woods The men found ihe Old
horse 50 badly bitten that be was killed % end
bis suFerings. The body vas leit three nights.
but the wolves would not touch IT, though one o.
two ventured into the trap without much fsa--
Finding that the palates Of the animals yearn-
ed fer old horse living instead or old horse dead
another jaded animal was purchased. and under
the same circumstances as before. vas made
to decoy several wolves into the tap and
this time the doors held them. BY taking upa
board in the floor the hunters bad an easy j05 10
shoot the animals. The wolves got suspicious
the next night and would not enter the trap and
On the following night the horse vas tied % a
tree IN the woods and two wolves we're killed by
The ambushes hunters. The next Gay q smaller
pen was constructed about two miles away aud
By taking old horses from ore pen 70 another.
Eith an occasional night in The woods. Perry aad
lis companions have done q E0lfsh business
rTa stafalF that m. ho-sa tool thor- -h.s r--Es
wolves generally, but mentioned two eases where
q the equines had been ineonsisten. enough %
-iye up the ghost after one nights Eork- All
mails we're purchased in Bay City ard Saginaw.
nd about ten have been used sP since ast iaii
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