The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1881-06-21
ON THE SHORES OF PUGET
SOUND.

One week ago today Q party Of our
citizens. tired Of the dust and smoke OF
the city, and the dull monotony OF
Office lite. left their books. accounts
and desks. and boarded the steamer
Zephyr with rod and gun and bounds
for four days recreation on the pebbly
shore, along the sparkling brook and
in the continuous woods. The party
consisted of two ex.Judges. one retired
Captain. but soldier still, Wa capt.
tai hunter and dead shot, FL L and III
j trout captivators, par excellent and
Major J. tbs knight of camp cookery.
Capt. Ballard generously took our boat
aboard and offered 10 land US ut any
place along the Sound we desired We
indicated the coye above Three Tree
Point, and about 10 o'clock am. we
were oil safely ashore. We selected q
camp, pitched our tent. the knight
prepared feast fit for kings. aud after
partaking thereof the fishermen com
meoced their work; the hunters, w, J
and l., took their assigned posts, the
Captain was detailed for hooters, aud
at o o'clock pm. oil were in camp.
The hunters had captured fine deer,
fat and juicy; the fishermen had taken
lilo trout. and the grouse detail reports
ed rs having captured five superb
hooters This was glory enough for
the first day. We thereupon celebrated.
but we could not get ct the coolest por-
ton of that creek without the use Of
corkscrew. This Is little mysterious
to us.-ED.
The next day the same order was
pursued. save that the grouse detail
was changed TO q watch upon the shore
for the expected antlcrel monarch of
the woods. On tho forenoon Of that
day the gallant captain might have
been seen seated upon log or travelling
backward and forward on the beach.
his eyes meantime intensely scanning
the sloping and tern-covered bluff.
One of the ex-judges. with oars in
hand, sat listening, in Budlong's No.
10. but the music Of no leash of hounds
came ringing oyer the bills aud down
the sylvan slope But bark did you
hear that shot again, Aad then again,
beyond but close to the camp. 1t was
the Indians firing In the airl But such
1t did not prove to BIO. A noble buck
had taken the water near the camp and
ii l. hired the reluctant savage to
launch canoe aud give chase. Not an
inch would that stole aborigine move
until II l. had promised him one. half
OF the deer. The promise WAS made
and soon the canoe was ahoat and
slougside Of the noble animal. HI.
to use fishing phrase. soon landed
him In the canoe. He was very fine
piece Of meat. and would have weighed
at least la5 pounds. The bargain made
by that cunning savage was felt 10 be q
hard one. aud some Of the party argued
that II was not binding; LIST, because IL
was made under durtss, and %. be
cause il was unconscionable. The ouss>
ton Was referred to she ex-Judges. but
they sustained its validity. The next
question arose was. how was il proper
10 divide deer, and the decision vas
that the deer hsd fore parts and hind
parts. and that the Indian was Justly
entitled to the fore parts. Nov under
the circumstances. We think this de-
cision right but We don't understand
the line of logic by which u was reach
Cd Ed.
The fishermen captured one hundred
and fifty speckled beauties on this dav.
Tnat wa glory enough. aud We csle-
brated, Toasted ana rested. We had
game enough. fish enough and birds
enough. We did net hunt for the
profit or the pleasure OF killing. We
merely sought al abundant supply. NO
more. Upon investigation we found
we were in Clam haven. 30 wc must
have clam bake. and such bake. 90
delicious. 80 tooshsome. none but the
king OF clam bakers eyer could have
devised IL There Was enough for Atty
men. Wa did rot know but what We
might have company. so we had
enough for all possible contingencies.
The rest Of the time was occupied in
the inhalation OF pure air aud the
aroma OF the fields and woods. We re-
turned on the fourth DAP rejavenatsd
and reinvigoratod. ].