Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-02-06

The Famous Hunter Tells some Interest.
Ing stories Ills Trip 20 Washington.


A goodly company was gathered
about old Seth Kimnan. the famous
California hunter, in the comfortable
reading-room of the International hotel
last evening, says the Altd California.
Seth was in the best Of storytelling
moods. and perhaps many present en-
loved tho entertainment more than the
hero Of the moment, who. rs he re-
called the ancient incidents, appeared
70 bask in the genial rays of the long
ago, when his eve was keener. his step
Iirmer. and his hair a little darker than
to-day. Old Seth was born in Union
county, Pennsylvania, Sept. 20, 1915.
consequently he Is now little past 40.
He Is fully six feet TALL His hair Is long
and white, and his full beard the same.
His eyes are. however, remarkably
bright, and he is unusually active for
one of his advanced years. His feat
ures are those of typical hunter,
bronzcd and wrinkled, but rejecting
the glow of health. lie was dressed in
long buckskin sack, heavily frIngcd
and neatly embroidered with green silk
around the flowing collar and about the
cuffs. He wore pants of the same mate
rial, and his feet were incased in moe
casins. His head was covered with
high white sombrero.
When Buchanan was elected presi-
dent Seth made up his mind to go to
Washington.
You see,' said he, using his index
finger to emphasize his remarks. 81
kinder thought after the long rasscl I'd
had on the borders fightin' bars and
Iniuns, that I'd like to take a furlough
and go to Washington. Wall, l picked
on the cheer business as purity good
racket. and ut it / went. I'd done
favors for Col. Buchanan, who had COM
inand of old Fort Humboldt in other
days, and one day told him my
scheme. He says: Go ahead, Seth,
and I'll go to Washington and present
the cheer. Well, to make long story
short, we got thar i'm due time, and the
day was sot for presentin' the cheer.
We all marched into the east room.
There was big crowd of starchy-look-
in people thar, tell you. 1t kinder
keriiummuxed me at fust, cause / want
used to no sieh crowds as thet. But
Strengthened up and waited for the
colonel to begin his little piece. Wall,
after ii was all over, old Buck he got up
and shaek me by the hand and made
me feel to hum. Binaeby all the women
crowded around me and began cuttin'
off relics in the shape of strings from
my clothes. They got SO thick after
awhile that i had TO skin out. Darned
if / warn't scerter crn | would be If
hull pack of bars were on to me. The
cheer was made of buck horns. ] had
hat Il xlnfr
skull, and Buck asked me to give him
tune, and | did. Oh. bad good time
thar. That was in 81.
..Whcn Abe Lincoln was elected |
made up my mind I'd give him cheer
too. ] knowed him, for he and my
father tit together into the Black Hawk
war. When started to Washington
took an Injun along to exhibit him.
give shows on the way. That darned
Iniun petered out on my hands at
Oswego, N. Y. The people fed him so
much that he fairly busted You could
q cracked feas upon his stomach when
he croaked Well, Old Abe got wind o.
me and sent for me. Christ Lloyd,
who was clerk of the Pennsylvany house
of representatives then, went to Wash
ingtoI with me from Harrisburg. /
said to him, Now, old man, I'm goin'
to present this cheer to Abe myself. |
don't want nobody to waw-waw for me
this time. And / did. Old Abe was
jest ticklcd to death, too. He shuck
hands with me, and on the slv he took
me outen the east room an gave me a
pull ut some nice old bourbon. Then
afterward / showed him old Cotton
Bale; that's the name of my old Kahn
tuck rifle, and he took it up, sighted it
Mt imaginary bar, and said: Seth,
thet's the kind of artillery was raised
on Then brought out my fiddle, aud
he sot me to playin', and / give him
Gray Eagle, old Zip Coon, Gal on
Leg and the .Arkansaw Traveller He
Jest roared all the while. roor fellow!
/ was in FOrd's theatre the night he was
hit.
''Yes, | give cheer 10 Johnson, too.
/ met him in Browns hotel shortly
after Old Abe war shot. lie treated me
handsomely. Thct cheer was made
outen q grizzly bar. / had il rugged SOS
the head o. the old grizzIy'd pop out
from under when YOU sot down into it,
and show its teeth johnson was
pleased with il, and wanted to know
why had fixed the head in thet way,
and / told him it was to keep the Office
seekers from gittin' near him. played
the old fiddle for him, too.
AN ! give Hayes q cheer, also. 1t
was made of elk horns. didn't 20 to
Washington to give it to him. pre-
sented it at Columbus. O., when he was
guv'nor and just after he was NOM
mated Some big-wig wanted to know
if he couldn't make the speech, and
said, NO, sir, We can't. / amt much
posted on grammar nor Webster, but
Id df can't make HAYES understand
me. An l did, too. for after he was
elected he pinted me to an agency in
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