Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-01-22

Large H0n1e IN the NOfthVeSts
- E!ks are abundant here, Just as they used to
ley. They like to browse by the river side,
where they find the swamp willows and the
succulent varieties OF poplar and the Eastwood,
alternating to the prairie grass when they wish
a change OF diet. Several were killed within a
few miles OF Hallock last winter. Up to ten
years ago they we're common all over western
confined to timer, but roaming the pralries In
considerable bands These horns which you
see In SO many houses and barrooms, and on
s s6e,x ana Of OF are
In Dakota they are still numerous enough,
but they are far to reach, and not easily killed
when found. Probably there is no place any
where at present where the splendid animal
can be reached with such facility as by the
wagon road from Hallock. You have only to
provide yourself with camp stove, cooking
provisions. take good Indian saddle pony
that wifi stand fire. a guide and wagon, and
light out. J forgot to say that you want a
brown color; be particular about this. The
best method OF hunting elks is by stalking. BY
elks mean the wapti, or CerDUS cdaddeaSis aud
here too, as are also an occasional specimen of
the mule deer &C. n,acrOl's). There is the skin
OF mule deer now hanging In the carpenters
shop at HallOck.
One OF the most interesting facts relating to
the distribution of our large fauna Is the dis
covery OF ar abundance or moose tA,te Anser'i-
cdnd( In northern Minnesota. They are
smaller than the moose OF Maine and the
Provinces OF Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova
Scotia, but are as numerous, perhaps, as In the
eastern ranges The Indians frequently bring
the meat to market, and within two years
heads and antlers have become q valuable
commodity for natural history specimens.
Althoughin the early part OF the century the
moose was almost universally distributed
throughout the swamps and forests of North
America, north OF the forty third parallei of
latitude, 1t has been believed that his present
habit had become restricted to the Canadian
provinces on the east, and to the country west
OF the Rocky Mountains, which lies north OF
wyoming. That there is an extensive inter.
mediate tract over which he Ioams is now evt.
dent, but whether his range Is still unbroken
and continuous from the Atlantic to the Pacific
may well be questioned. The moose Is not
strictly migratory animai. for 1t never leaves
us naive ground for strange lands and woods.
IL IS probably local in northern Minnesota and
Inc adjoining province of Kewatin, Those
hunters who are in quest OF big game will re-
lolce that new and untried field for their
pIoWess has been found. No better region
adapted TO the wants OF the moose than this
can oe imagined. for the forest Is interspersed
win sWamps and open marshes. Water is
quite abundant, and the declduous trees afford
me KlnG OF browse upon which he delights to
ieec. SHOWS 90 not fall to depth to reduce
leaves fail early In october. ard thus afford a
great advantage for calling ia the best of the
season. stalkfngi is also favorite method or
hunting the moose. and often good dog NAV
be employed to advantage Ha!,0cf IKin7,.l l.i-
p EiDJ1