Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1884-03-13
The Hunters from Now York.
HOW THEY WERE TAKEN IN BY osH.
KosH BLooDs.

is lameDtable, but II has 10 he put up
with. There are people in New York
who think that west of Buffalo it is a 4
unbroken wilderness as far as Chicago,
except few settlements like Detroit
and Toledo. They think that Chicago
is like Paughkeepsie, and Milwaukee
something like Orange, n. j. Tell
such New York man that Chicago
has more and better hotels than New
York, and he would not recognize you
on the street after that. The most
that people out west can do, is 10
make the best of it, and when they
find such an ignoramus, have all the
fun possible out Of him. There is a
story being told, privately. about a
joke played on some New York hun.
tiers recently, that is important, il true.
just before the great Astor bail in
New York. it was announced in the
eastern papers that Astor had sent n
party OF hunters to Wisconsin 10 pro.
cure game for the grand supper, and
il was said that every variety of game,
deer. antelope, moose, buffalo, etc,
would be on the table, killed by As
tors special artist on the spot. The
men came to Chicago and took an
afternoon train north. and it was not
long before they attracted attention by
the guns and equipments they had,
and as they told the conductor the
object Of the expedition, it was not
long before everybody on the train
knew them. There was n party Of
Oshkosh lawyers and business men on
the train, and they are the worst men
in the world, the very worst. They
are bold and bad, and they glory in
il. These wicked Oshkosh men de-
cided to get acquainted with the
mighty hunters, which was an easy
job, aud by few well directed inqui-
ries they found out that the hunting
party actually expected to find all the
kinds of game mentioned, within a
hundred miles of Chicago. One law
yer was so astonished at the ignorance
Of the eastern men, that for some time
he could not believe but they we're
joking. The Oshkosh citizens held
consultation in the smoking car, and
decided 10 play it on the hunters, so
one of them sat down hy them and
confdentially told them that their
party was too small TO cover all the
different kinds of game, as place
where buffalo abound would be no
place to find moose, and the same
about antelope and deer He said
there was only one place in the state
where it was possible to find all kinds
of game, and that was point about
fye miles above Oshkosh that puts on,
into Lake Butics dee Morris lie .aid
there was something about the water
there that caused all the animals 10
come there to drink, from miles around,
but he said the Indians were very
Jealous and would he apt 20 make
trouble unless the hunters would cook
dog and keep the meat on hand to
trea, the Indians to free lunch when
they visited the camp. The hunters
were greatly taken with tho scheme
and arranged to 60 there. The Osh-
kush men offered to procure n dog FOR
the sacrifice. and also agreed to lend
the hunters dogs for each kind Of
hunting, claiming that they must have
small dog for moose. to worry the
animals after they Ncre wounded, "A
long dog FOR buffalo, and setter dog
for deer and antelope. The men con.
cuded to stop at O.hknsh and e to
/ the place suggested. They put up at
a hotel and the next morning the Osh-
knsh men we're on hand with the dogs.
They had stolen a fat yellow dog and
put card on him labeled, For the
sacrifice" they had small rat dog
with a card on his neck labeled "Tu
be used only for moose and long
hound that nobody claimed, for huiia-
10, and they promised to send up n
setter the next day. Well. the hun
ters hired sleigh Of a man who bad
been told the Joke. and they we're
taken to a lumber.shanty on the point
and left. The driver told them the
game would not be apt TO run much
before afternoon, and mavbe not till
next day, a. a tribe Of WinnecoUne
Indians had been there the day before.
Impressing upon them the importance
Of cooking the dog the first thing, in
order to be prepared to pacify the 10.
dians the driver left. Well. it snow
ed aud blew great guns for three days,
and nothing was heard from the hun.
ters. till one day a man came down
from Winneconne with load Of wood,
and when he go, To O-hko-h he told a
policeman that some lnnalics had es-
capped from the asylum and bad gone
into a shanty up on the lake. On be-
ing asked what made him think they
we're lunaiics, he said a- he was passing
by the point he saw a fellow holding
up a piece Of white shirt. and he stop
ped his team and went to the point,
when three men turned pale and said,
"Please, Mr.. Winncconne Indian,