The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1880-12-11

A Northern paper, speaking OF
remnant of the Indian tribes who sixty
years ago roamed the wildernesses o.
New York and Pennsylvania, says:
Jim Jacobs, full-booded Seneca OF
the purest Indian type, is one Of those
relics of past era. He is eighty years
Of age, but as erect as pine and as
strong and active "a q buck. Ills eyes
are as keen as a hawks. There is nc
tremor in his hand as he holds his rifle
at arms length, lie dresses in semi
barbaric costume, made by himself. A
tight-fitting pair of buckskin trousers,
tied with thongs at the feet, cncasc his
sinewy legs. His feet are covered
with strong nJoccasins Of the same ma.
terial. A green worsted blouse il
drawn over two gaycolored vests,
which are SO short that the yellow
buckskin shirt beneath them is visible
in the space between them and tho top
of the trousers. The latter are sup
ported by a bnekskin thong tied about
the waist. Long, coarse hair, as black
as night, falls about the face Of the
hunter from under greasy, sloucbed
hat. He is six feet tall, and is a bun
die of bone and sinew. sss
1t is the custom Of this old hunter,
as well as with the other survivors of
the class to which he belongs, to visit
the forests of Pennsylvania in Septem-
Der. He roams over all his favoritc
hunting grounds, noting where the
signs Of deer and bear, and Of otter,
mink and foxes are most prevalent.
This occupies him five or six weeks.
Then he returns to the reservation, fits
himself out with such supplies as he
needs, and, by the time that the first
snow of the season may naturally be
expected, goes back to the forest and
remains until spring. The supplies he
takes with him are ammunition and
traps, He does not weight himself
himself down in the least with pro-
visions Of any kind, unless It may be
with small bag Of corn to parch, but
his pipe and tobacco are important
items in his outfit. He relies entirely
upon his gun and traps to keep his
lardersupplied, lie rarely takes . dog
with him into the. woods. Although
there are railroads and highways that
would carry him within q few miles Of
many of his resorts, be never takes ad-
vantge of them. He strikes at once
into the forest and follows the trails
well known to him He makes no ac-
auaiDtance with white people, and If
addressed by white man answers
either not at all or in curt monosylla-
bles. lie is Of to-day, but his life Is
that Of his dusky ancestors Of cen
tury ago.
Although The law Of Pennsylvania Is
stringent in its provisions against II,
old Jim calls to his mid the Indian
mode Of deer hunting, II opportunity
offers. This is the killing Of deer whom
caught in the snow. When the snow
il deep ID the woods, and the winters
are rare when il il not ID the northern
Pennsylvania region, The deer gather IN
favorable places and tramp itldown as
cattle do in barn yards. If the snow
that lies deep all about them becomes
tLickly crusted with Ice, as ediately
happens after winter rain, the doors
are as securely eerralied as # an insuF-
E,ouptsble FENCE had been built up
around them. The habits of the deer
arc as well known 10 the Seneca hunter
IS bis own. When The snov beeomss
crustsd BIO hunts up ths pieces where
the dssF bays been III shs habit of con
arcgating Formerly they wera u