The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1884-07-23
Indian Seal Hunters.

various small ttlur> oi Indiau> Whu lave
little or NO contact with the whites.
aud who are brave and hardy race ut
hunters Their arms aud equipments
are rude. and with the exception Ut the
ul-col lire arms aud hlaukrt- introduced
bN few scattering traders, they retain
the primitjl" WAYS ut their turrfalhrrs.
Their crnor,. which are hrWed from a
>u.,c trunk of a Gigantic cedar. mr
MANY oi them oi great size and strength
amt beautifully moddlrd, and they are
handled with remarkable east and skill.
luthr seal fishing the canoe USED is Il
liehl one With very sharp stem. The
crew Will consist OF three men, the boat
slccrrr. GENERALLY the owner of the
canoc and outfit, the boat pullcr, AMI
the sportsman OF harpooucr. The
equipment j., simple three day, pro-
vision, OF bread. whae oil, smoked
blunhcr. and dried elk meat. and their
weapons, consisting ut >cai spears.
shinning knives, and a heavy hardwood
+ club l,r spear Used j. acuriuu> affair.
/ /, consists ot long. heavy handle Of
about an inch amt quarter III diameter
and some rgh or min" feet in length.
made OF some three or morr pieces of
. wrll-,casuucd Nrw, doyctailcd together.
and which acquires llnc polish by loug
/ wears ut use Some two feet or more
/ from the end il j. split and forks tulNo
/ points. an nch or 50 apart. Each at
/ tht'>c point, j. surmuuntcd by a sharp
sp,arhrai ut bone or deer horn, with
barb, OF The same material la>hcd ON at
such an auglr H. to afford Il secure hoii
/ 1hr~e -poarhrad, are fastened to stout
line mad, of >,new or plated Nral>kin.
which passes through IA bee krt on
the shaft and is made fast ON the canoe.
1h.- line j. some twenty feet long
50 equipped they start out on THEN
pcrilou~ expedition, launching their
canoe through the surf. and pushing
holdiv out thirty mic, to -ca The
seals are captured ~ they iuat asleep
ON the top of the Mater, and the most
successful haul> are made in the calm
Succeeding "A storm. when they are eN-
/ hau,trd hv their long bout with the
wave, and sleep 81 >oundly that they
can hr readily approached, Arriving Al
the place where there l. prospect Of
finding seal, the >prarman ahaudunS
the paddle which he ha- been vigorously
plNiug and take, hi~ station in the bow
where, as til, canoe rises on each size
crrdng swell he watches for the black
head ot the sleeping seal, The instant
one i >picd, a motion warns the boat
pullrr. vino ceases his work. and tine
canoe proceeds. propelled only los the
slrrr-utau under whose Eight and ab-u-
lmclN silent strokes of the paddle thel
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