New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-05-26


| lander and an American discussing human Affairs
| each in his own tongue The Icclanders are to he
distinguished by their round shoulders They
| always walk as il they were cold. with their
! shoulders drawn into knot around their heads
md their hands stuffed into their tronsers' rock-
| cts Nothing could be more sh epishly tranquil
than the Expression OF their stid and sober faces
| They chiefly contribute to the we'll being OF ST.
| cicty es cooks. An Icelandic cook is described
| to be q great comfort lie doesn't want nights
| out. You don't have 10 regulate the number OF
clothes you by the fear OF his dIspleasure
| at the size of the wash and II he isn't all q
| chef at least he isn't all tyrant
To sportsman Pcmbina is n paradise. From
years end. TO years end game Is plentiful. He
can begin his duck shooting Ia the spring, and
can have his pick Of about twenty varieties OF
| wild duck that flock in immense numbers upon
| the Pembina River The mallard duck Is Is.
pecially abundant, though pitfalls and blue and
gray teal scarcely less So There is No better
| goose shooting anywhere than within ten or
| twenty miles Of lenbina. The gray GOOSE
| Canada brant and the wavy snow goose are
| oil to be found. curious device for attracting
| the wavy geese at night is adopted By the in
| gcnious hunters OF this region They obtained
| it from the Indians. They 20 to some spot to
which the geese are known TO resort, and there
they pulid an immense lire. Presently, and al
! most invariably, flock OF wavies will come
| and CIRCLE around the fire, falling
quick prey to the hunters shotguns. Can
ada geese frequently hatch IN North Dakota,
| and when their eggs are put unde, q hen, the
gosling may be easily domcsticated Ducks and
geese are the only wild fowl available for the
hunter at this time Of year, but II will interest
ornithologiSts to know that the birds OF North
Dakota, all Of which can be obtained in this
neighborhood, are numerous and varied enough
| 10 stock museum. The bald On gle is seen con-
Stantly, especially along the Pcmbna River and
around Devils Lake. An eagles nest reposes in
| an immense oak tree upon n point Of land jutting
into that curious lake, which is said TO be OF
| altogether wonderful dimensions. II is abandoned
| now, in Difference to the Devils LAX. small boy
Some OF the sticks OF which il is nude are as BIZ
as a mans leg, and an ordinary double mattress
could easily h put into it 1t completely occu-
pies the tree, which stands up above Ill ,lr other
timber, throwing the nest into position both
picturesque and prominent. Golden and gray
eagles, the osprey, kite and falcon arr all native
| here and specimens are found in many houses and
in all the taNidermist establishments Th'
| sndhill crane, wary and hard TO got at but en-
ceent TO eat when taken, the white crane, the
night heron and the bitern often appear along the
rcmbna. The largest Dakota bird j. the whoop-
ing crane, a snow-whlte fowl that stands about
| five feet high. Owls ore here in great numbers
! he horned owl, often two feet long with a
spread OF wing OF five feet, prcys on every other
bird except the bald eagle. Snow owls and round
| heads are also plentiful. II would form long
catalogue to cDumcratc all the smaller birds pr
| culiar to this region They include n scor, Of
| rare species much priced by ornithologstS
The fishing season begins almost rs soon rs the
| waters open and continues almost until they close
Pike, pickere goldeye> and sturgeon are TO he
caught easily that string Of sixty or seventy
| Ash is often taken with single line in u single
| afternoon SiAty-pound sturgeon and fifty pound
catfish revel in the Red River 70 the uni oundrd
delight Of fishermen. The prairie chicken season
| comes on about the middle OF August and endures
until the snow flies. What called prairie
| chickens here really pinnatsd grouse. Tho
| male bird is rather handsome and very wild.
He has wing-like feather projecting from his
neck The prairie chicken, they it here, is
food for king Ruffrd grouse, or Rrtridgr> ~
we call them in the East, common, though not
much sought for where chickens SO numerous.
But the game OF game, III, game that dis
tnguishes this country above oil Others, East or
West, North South is TO be found about thirty
miles from Pembina toward the Red Lake region.
Here, still in great abundance, are moose, elk,
caribou and deer. Several OF the present residents
OF Pembina came here simply that they might be
able the better to crafty their taSt for hunting
They spend n month or two on the plains every
winter, starting out with the first good snow.
One Of these devoted sportsmen, whose home Is
stocked with specimens of his proves, has re-
duced the hunt to n science. He goes out with
few selected companions IN h well-hullt c'bin, |
light in weight but tightly put together, which
he sets Oh wheels. -Four bronchos pull 1t 10 the
hunting grounds, and suficlcncy Of ponies, |
trained TO stand under fire follow. The cabin |
Is supplied with sleeping bcrtrs, kitchen utensils,
extra tents and Gttir stove and un Ter tile bottom
such essentials as coal, oil, ammunition ana guns
are stored in separate compartments. ms hunter
has been out ten seasons, and he never fails to
bring back goodly load Of game livery now
game is moose Eighteen Of these noble beasts
were shot last winter. Several have been talT
alive. They weigh from 500 to 100 pound;
reindeer from 300 to 4j0. The ordinary deco |
is especially beautiful They nrc often found
with u solid bunch OF TAT upon Their
sides The largest band OF moose seen recently |
numbered scvrnty.scvcn, but bands OF from fifteen |
TO thirty are met with every winter. II II were
not for the miserable Indians VINO XII thrn "ii
summer long, they would multiply Hpidly bur II |
is impossible TO compel the Indians, under present
conditions, to respect the la", and the result Is
steady decrease OF the larger game. There are
sCme specimens in rnbna that the museum. Of
the country ought 70 possess. moose head Is
owned here with TWENTY-FIVE prongs upon his
lordly anters.
In Fembina County the yield OF wheat is r."
markahly large, circumstance due ~ vel TO liz |
settled condition and TO the industrious character
OF the Canadian farmers rs tO quality OF the soil
Thirty bushels 20 the acre IS the average crop. In |
1880 wheat WIS brought here for bread and in |
1851 over 100000 bushels were shipped out Al
about 81 per hushel The assessed value of
property in 1880 WIS but $3.50, now 1t j.
more than 81 600, OOO and It's real value il |
twice that The climate, Of course. il cold, but
IL is not the temperature Of which complaint is
made so much as the length Of the cold season |
Mrs. Custer hit It perfectly when she described the
climate as nine months winter and three months
late In the fall The lnte-ln-thc-fal part OF IT, !
however. in the minds OF many people, atones for
all the rest l. r. ".