, 1889-05-16
He killed buffalo for their hides alone,

thu track Of his fatal rife to skin tue car.
ra,ts IL told me he had often killed
fifty buffalo in u dHv. and that he had
mAd4 rs hivh as 500 u dhy from the sale
| of rOhrs. For several years hr was the
associate of Col. w. +. Cody and knr" all
the famous hunters. scalpriS and Indian
lighters OF the plains il the time imnrdi'
atrly following the war. He saw tue hof-
falO practically rxterminatrd and then
| came to tn. Pacific coast. liz had formed
| "A passion for hunting and camp llte that
| could not bp pxtineuishpd. aud tOaily con-
clu,lrd To make bis home on the shores OF
Spirit lake. the most secluded hunting
| district that NJ could at that time hnd'
| tie il not the traditional trapper in up
| prard nee. having neith,r long ana prlzl'ed
! hair and beard nor dressing IN buckskins,
but hp IL u hardy athletic fellow OF 40 and
speaks good English. He has kind
| heart, il generous To- the extent OF sharing
everything h- has with somebody else,and
! is most entertaining companion we
were the guests of Pete at Spirit lake; tnat
Ia. we slept on the floor OF his caoln, ate
what be cooked tor Us, and divided with
him from our vel filled hamper. In hsh-
ing for trout. he WAS our constant adviser
and guide The season for deer killing
does not come on until September, aud The
only use we haL for our rides was in shoot
ing at mark and in awakin9 the echoes
of the mountain fast nesses OF the neigh.
borhood tut IN Pete's cabin we found
abundant evidences of what he had done
in the way of deer hunting In the past,
for there hung on the walls
fringe of bucks antlers that would
do honor to the baronial
hail of a Scottish chief. Other adornmrDts
were portraits of Generals Grant. Sner-
uian aud Sheridan, neither of which had
frame, but the sheets on which they were
printed were pinned to the wall and
around them were borders made of play
ing cards with the reverse side out.
Pete is an ideal hunter He is quick,
iptelli gent, and full of homply, good .hu.
mored wit lie lives the Lie of n hermit
and his greatest pleasure no doubt is found
in the pursuit of the game of the territory
over which ne is king, with no other coul-
pany than his dogs and his unerrin0 Mar.
lin rifle. Bui visitors are by no means
unwpIcome. Few of them are asked to
come IN and share the hospitality of his
humble root rs we were, but there Ia good
camping ground near by and many 20
there 10 pitch their tens in summer and
autumn.
HIS WONDERFUL KNowLRDGE
very naturally fete IaVot Is courteu
oy All, ne ls suppoSeu u hno" wn.re
every nan s~lms' "hen ne WIN take tne
n.y. anu poN uiucu ne WIN weiNu' ah" u'e
suG aI ,ne ~ ;nhsb,,n's 90 ~. fnrast ia
',,r,,o.,.d o. Do bu No, iass aoon,a,a Ue Ia
o,,,a"ra, or ali H. Sri,;t - bnntino
~ a IL .,;as ~, ha La,,rs b;a hon.
~ ~ Hano,,;n,, n,ndastnanS his fnnd
t 90 w." l',,a w. TX, rs" La aa al I;,ad' 10 In.
o.ha's,,ti, Wnan ,,noa no ia wslI
.,n"oL.d ,,,o narr,,;y, III small deen.
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;,",i, yh,ns,hIsss ;n,arast ~ b;s circIe
pp'i.to Tn".. 4. ~ s,po,tar,',, ,eho
-, ;',h, aI 40, sn CIV, V "pv, ~ sob i, his
lVt 80 U So 10 a,r;y'J and
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w wy. .nJ .'e.e,,u vi Is Is , n,,n
kV","' u,I wv IoI l,L, ,h.n, N t,n. h",
''',, ,a'" "'' ,,,,a aa sn.no'ns 49,, ,hs u,ai Ue
d"a,,',na cbo;nas, n'ts frou, th. .vns,ience
-, a." v"t -, c.ninrv and m,,de the
y, q q"f,v ,i, ,.,ts y. IS 'o,,ihfni ,,a,;na,io,.
!, t t,v,n., ond sctnai rs,i;tv
"','inE ~ u"o a''u'' 'e"''s' A. L;
IL wi'i not DE lohs uhtil ,he ueroic
huhttrsot Fe,e type WIN eAIst onS ~
Tue memory anu ,u poohs os s'ory apu az
venture w men, atier IL was Tar in Tue hieu',
we had retired, ,oosea OUT turoueu ,he
window from my ped OF blankets ana saw
the SUI lake WIN i,s mountain sno,rs ,,s
oatneu 10 hoou VI nnoon'isn.; eVu,u
out ieei thdt oy tne R"ins VI CIV, ~"'ion
tnere are some losses 10 DC reere'eeu'
The next morning our chaperone came
down the Ladder that leads to his exclusive
sleeping apartment in the lott, at exactly
clock and called us to go out on the
water and fish for trout. 1t was already
daylight. There are but few hours OF
darkness in this latitude in the spring and
summer seasons. 10 few minutes we
were In the boat. with Pete in the stern
propeliine us Indian fashion with single