Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-02-01

new A NAN RCNs DowN A DEgs
The ApaeAe Penalty fse lllssana sAs
Game as sAe Hlfss 1lr&
New York SUM-
:. they prohibit hunting deer With
hounds. l see. in the hunting regions of
the East" said Wagner Kstchnm Of As
toria, Who has returned home after a
twenty years absence in tie far West.
II suppose that IS because the persist
ence Of dogs in following the game to
the death tends 81 the more rapid de-
pleting of our woods. But suppose q
pack Of Apache Indians should Be
turned loose in any Of your hunting
| heid.. \ L..zea of them Sould hvaud
more deer to destruction IN one month
than Ill ths dogs III the State could IN
FIVE years.
When an APP scns Iuut goes oct for
hunt hs dispenses with even tie scsut
attir- b. ASSUMES In his ordin ary tily
walk 10 Efe. He needs NO dag, for his
quick eve dstecss the trail IT q deer -
70 .di.y rs tue hounds does, no matter
how keen its scent. On the trail, lac
follows .t as silently az a shadow. for he
knoSs that ne Wili soon cDme in s,uht
of toe. & AUG. cit dsr feeding or lying 1t
rest among the bushes When be sights
the deer he steals to within safe gun
shot. IL the deer's head - turned away
from the hunter, tina lat al. first. taking
aim, shuff1es his foot on ne ground. II
the deer is lying down 4 sprin:s 10 it's
feet at the sound, and wheels around
fsoi,lg the direction from which the
sound came. 1t 1t Is Standing, it turns
quickly. The Apeot is always dssifotls
vi killing 3 deer by shooting it 40 nearly
IN the ee1ier Of the forehead a. he
can. 80 when the deer turns toward
him. he fires at that spot. His aim is
rarely 1t fault, bot sometimes the deer
10 quicker to discover the cause of its
alarm than the hunter il to fire, and
turns for safety in fight. An Apache's
gun, also, not infrequently misses fire.
and the deer fees on the wings of the
wind. To permit deer to ascape after
1t Is once discovered, 10 something that
no Apache hunter is expected to land
1t IL against their code to ere the second
time. The hunter, failing to kill his
game at the FIRST attempt, must run it
down. and 1t Ia verv rare that he fails
in this chase. As the deer starts away
in its flight, leaping from twenty to
thirty feet at time. the Indian drops
his gun. and with hideous yslIs starts IN
pursuit. The deer at first leaves the
hunter far behind. putting forth its
greatest efforts ~ shat end. But its
trail Is a. plain to the Indian az q turn
pike road il to white man, and he
follows it. As is its nature, as
soon as the deer is out of sight
and sound of threatening dam
uop atom. nd 40 60 a..rnl>r.>o-A.
The sight of the pursuing hunter starts
kind tells against the deer, for it il not
Of sufficient length to give it any bensfi-
cial rest, and at every new start it is
sitter and less active. The Indian
never halts. There are runners among
the Apaches VINO can run for "A hours
without stop, and can make their five
miles every hour Of the time. After the
deer has run for two or three hours its
thirst prompts it to make for the
nearest water. This the relentless
hunter knows to be inevitable, and
when the deer reaches that stage OF the
chase the Indian considers the victory
won. There is no hope for the deer
after it stops to drink, for it takes into
its parched stomach all it can. Having
laden itself with this weight of water
the deer 10 unable to take long leaps,
and cannot extend it's run between halts
more than half the former distance.
Tho Indian's tongue may hang swollen
and white from his mouth, and his
mouth may be as dry a. dust, and bis
stomach burning Up with heat, but he
never stops to drink. He scoops hand
full Of water from the stream az he
dashes across il, and carries it to bis
mouth, where he holds it moment and
elects it without taking q swallow. II
he il obliged to swim, he lets the water
run in his mouth. bat keeps it from his
stomach.
after running An hour or 90. after
the deer had quenched his thirst, the
Indian knO ~ 1t 10 time to find some
evidence of the animals weakening.
These he is sure to find along the trail,
in the shape of blood spots on some
rock where the deer stumbled on ito
knees. or patch of hair clinRing to
some sharp projection, showing that the
deer's strength has failed 20 far that il
cannot turn quickly out of the way of
obstacles. Now the Indian increases
his speed. He knows that the deef's
race is run. In time he 0vertakes the
deer, which is now looping feebly along.
A yell startles it into q mOmentafy
hurst Of speed. Then. a. IL appreciat-
ing the fact that it were useless to pro-
long the race, it stops and tarns with oil
the defiance that its exhausted nature
can assume, and awaits tho approach Of
the hunter. Sometimes, however. the
deer runs until it drops dead or dying
in its tracks. II it turns upon the
Indian, the latter keeps right on at full
speed. He knows the deer can do him
no harm, its inclination to the contrary
Notwithstanding. He seizes it boldly.
throws it to the ground with ease, and
cuts its throat. Without a moment's
delay, whether the deer 10 dead or dy-
ing, the Indian outs from behind the
fore shoulder large piece Of meat. He
sucks the warm blood from Il and de-
vours the morssl, ksepinR constantly on
the move. II the carcass Of the deer IL
not too heavy. he throws It across HE
shoulders and starts immediately for
home. He docs not rest a moment, for
fear Of becoming too sti6 to make the
return trip. II the deer 10 too heavy for
him to carry he outs out the choicest
parts, hides the remainder in secure
place, and brings In the former. In
this oAae another member OF the tribe
is selected 10 take bis back track on the
arrival OF the hunter in camp, and
bring in the vsuis0n left behind.
II q deer 10 young an Apache hunter
will run il down within distance Of GO
miles, but they have been known 70
prolong . chase for 100 miles. The
course taken y always devious and cir
cuitous. and may end within mile or
30 Of the starting place"
sPoRTuNG noTgs.
John Knifton: the el-tonne', has