The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-06-14
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Advice TO hoy Terf6fs.
Come. my son, it is time yon we're
getting ready for a spring campaign
against the Indians and grizzlies, says
n. Quad. in the Detroit Free Press.
You have been reading Darling Dan, Z
like. the Indian Slayer" 'Gus, the
Grizzly Killer" and other exciting
and truthful stories, intendedto make
a boy dissatisfied with humdrum life,
and your mind is made up to 90
west.
You must have an outfit. That
can be got while waiting for spring to
open. One reason why SO many boy
hunters make a failure IS because they
economic too much in the outfit.
Don't be stingy in buying guns. It
will be all the better if you
have a Spencer cafb1ne ahu
a double-barreled shotgun to
60 with your Winchester. Sup
pose you came suddenly upon a band
OF eighteen Apache warriors. You
could only kill sixteen OF them with
your Winchester and two would be
left TO ride off and alarm the tribe.
BY having some extra guns along you
are sure OF the whole crowd, and the
tribe won't get onto you. '.,<
And don't scrimp on bowie knives.
If WHl1ln hn an o1rpncf fatal ~oso%o11o
to start out with only two. Buy four
at the very least. They are for use at
close quarters with grizzlies. Ofcourse
one bowie is enough to kill one bear
with, but you may be attacked by
four bears al once. and four knives
would then be in demand. II you
don'tget but three bowies make up the
deficiency with q Spanish stilletto or
a Moorish dagger. 1t will come in
handy, not only in a close fight, but
to pick your teeth with at the camp
fire.
AS for the dress, get fringed buck
skin. a coonskin can and regular moe
casins. Such things as shirts, collars,
cuffs and handkerchiefs would be only
waste luggage. If you should appear
in Miles City with a collar on it would
give you away at once Nobody would
suspect tina tyou were the young ter
ror from tn eeast who was aching for
a chance to tie q knot in a grizzly
bears tail.
You should take at least 200
pounds OF ammunition. You may be
corralled somewhere in the Rocky
mountains by 400 fierce and deter
mined Indians and you don't want to
lose your scalp for the want OF a lew
extra cartridges. All the provisions
needed is q sack of ierked buffalo meat.
1t doesn't make the least bit of differ.
ence whether the buffalo was jerked
of his feet, ver a precipice ''or head
ove heels. If the meat is a fy.blown
it will add to your dignity as a hunt
er. You can chew plug tobacco or not,
just as you feel about it, but it would
be wisest to do so. All the champion
terrors chew large quantities, and the
juice comes handy to spit in a rattle
snakes eyes. o..
wouldn't take a horse If I were
you. He would be a great deal of
trouble to take care of, and most OF
your hunting will be in a rough
country. The true terror has always
gone a-foot and always will. Any
body on horseback can make up faces
at a grizzly and gallop ofout of reach.
One great mistake which the aver
age boy makes is in planning to &C.
complish too much the first season.
Most OF them figure in wiping out
about 1000 Indians and twice that
number OF bears. Keep your esti-
mates down to a reasonable figure.
You feel ambitious and enthusiastic,
of course. but there is a limit to what
a boy can do. Set your figure at
about 400 Indians and 800 grizzlies.
This will be almost two per day the
year around and will keep you from
spelling.
l should scalp every Indian I shot.
It not only looks more business
like to do so, but that's what
you've got a scalping knife for, and if
you can get about 200 scalp locks
you can make the incest door mat
you ever saw. 1t doesn't hurt q dead
Indian a bit to scalp him, and if you
don't take it it will 20 to waste. It
would be we'll to have a six.mule team
follow you at the distance Of q mile
or so to pick up and care for the rifles.
knives, bows and arrows aud war
clubs Of the slain Indians. These can
b. run east by car lots aud sold at
auction, and the profits will buy all
yolr ammunition. Don't extermin-
ate any particular strike of red, men,
but kill off about one-tourth of seven
or eight different tribes. This will ex-
tend your reputation as g. terror.
AS to the best way of killing an In
dian I shall not pretend to advise.
Some boys prefer to shoot him, and
others believe in sticking him with a
knife. If you a catch him III q deep
gorge you might drop a big bowlder
down on his head. Another way is to
catch him by the foot with a lasso
and drag him over the earth until his
spinal column is worn down to a
toothpick. In any event the fun will
be all on your side.
It's n little different with the griz-
Fly bear. He won't be quite SO terror
stricken over your sudden appear.
auce. being built on g. different plan.
You expect some show of resistance,
however. that You may have oppor.
tunity to show your pluck. Some Of
these pale. faced weakened boys hold
a grizzly off at long range and fill him
up with bullets, but you will never
see their wood-cuts in a dime novel.
The true terror will wind his Mexican
serape around his left arm, hold ii
out for the bear to chew on, and,
while the beast is busy getting a meal,
put the bowie knife into him to the
heart. You will be a trife nervous