, 1890-10-23

nice. The boys soy they went back up
on the mountain about four miles and
found q sort OF wild meadow. which, ac'
oording to sign, seems to be
general feeding place ior 1o.n SSar osaT s ana
where they roll in damp place like
hogs, and saw monstrous tracks recently
made, but they only got sight at the
two deer.
sir. Brotzmans little 3s.caliber Mar.
I'm repeater got there at the first shot,
the bullet passing through the fore
We found 1t had passed through the base
OF the heart and produced almost in
slant death. It stood broad side TO the
hunter at six rods distance and shows
well executed job.
MI. Wallace found his lying down and
passed bail through Its head. IL did
not get up and evidently never knew
a couple of grouse. In fact they bring
them In every time they 90 out even
lew rods from camp. There are
TWO SPECIES
very plentiful here, those along the
lake and river being identical with our
Eastern rutied grouse, while away up on
the mountains are found in great num-
bers n slightly larger bird called blue
grouse. They are harder to climb for.
but much easier to shoot after you get
up there, for they will alight in the first
tree they come TO, and sit still and let the
hunter 20 up and shoot their heads oil
with rifle ball. 1t is considered un-
workmanlike to bring one in distigured
IN any other way.
VI course all writing ceased and every
other duty and diversion gave way upon
the advent Of the two deer to taking care
OF them.
MIR. Wallace and party loaded theirs
into their rowboat early next morning
and started for new camping ground
ten miles down the lake, leavinA Mr.
Brotzman and myself sole occu pauts of
this camp, which is situated at the mouth
oil Fish creek, elgnt miles below the head
OF the lake. For whole week We have
now been waiting here, daily expecting
me steamer to come and take us down.
what 10 do with our venison TO preserve
u was the principol question before the
house.
HOW 1T WAS CURED.
The air seeming very dry and sun
bright aud warm we decided to under
take to jerk II Ia siwash, so we cut
the steak and all parts which would cut
to any advantage into long strips, and
cutting three poles, each about six feet
long, from small green trees having
plenty of limbs, aud leaving each limb
projecting about six inches from the
body to form pegs on which to hang the
pieces, we tied the tops OF the three to-
gether and set them up like a tepee tent
in the sun
We soon found, or more trutbfully,
had already learned from ourexperience
in this country that q fire must De i'm
mediately built underneath or just to
the windward of this, so the smoke
would keep of the flies. For one may
as well record right here that in oil our
travels we never before met so energetic
species of fly as here abounds in
countless numbers. The ordinary house
flies are bad enough, and they are
thicker here than We ever saw them in
any house, but they are harmless, save
the loss of what yictuals they steal and
eat, but these big blue fellows, about the
size and shape of drone bee, come
down like vultures the moment any
thing in the meat line Is laid down and
in ten minutes they will have it Gov
cred with eggs, which hatch surpris-
| ingly quick, and before night myriads
OF magGets will be holding the fort.
| This country is free from mosquitoes,
gnats and tieas, but for new and i'm.
proved varieties of flies and yellow jack
cts can take the palm over all nations.
The latter insects are harmless so tar
as singing is concerned, when away
from their nests, but they swarm around
anything that contains sugar or fruit as
persistently as house flies.
BY the exercise of constant watshful.
ness, aided by generous sunshine and
fire and smoke, our jerked venison pro.
gressed very finely. and the experiment
widened by the addition of u dozen
lake trout to the rack. For
4.
fish, flesh ana fowl in abundance,
but as sugar, hiur, meal, coffee, baking
powder, potatoes and lard. one after
another entirely disappeared and no
steamer came In sight, we began to feel
like castawuys upon an uninhablted isl p
and. For two weeks we had not seen u
newspaper OF heard single word from
the outside world.
THE SOLITARY ISHABITAST.
At the head of the lake, eight miles
north of US lives an old hermit named
Horton, in little log cabin on the bank
of the river. We paid him visit when
in that vicinity, in fact camped several
nights near his cabin. He has lived
there alone in the woods for several
years and seems to enjoy his indepen.
dence, yet we noticed he see ms very
glad to have callers.
Before we got near him he came down
the lake to our camp one day and learn.
ing that we intended taking trip up
the lake, gave us pressing invitation 0
call upon him. He has q garden in
which we noticed potatoes, sweet corn,
beans and other vegetables growing ana
we know where to 20 If We can not stand
an exclusive meat diet. over the old
mans door is posted the following in.
scrip,ion' ,,. ,,
all SQUARE men, Others taEe warn.
ing"
SOME OLD FRIENDS.
Many OF our old friends among the
birds are here, and help to make it seem
homelike. Robins, sparrows, meadow.
larks, kingtishers, and woodpeckers
of several species are abun-
dant Hawks also are plentiful, and
every night we hear the lonesome sou nd
of the moot owls" on the mountain
sides. One evening for sport | began
mocking one as soon as | heard 1t IN
the distance. Hearing ne he soon
came near, and. repeating his 'too-hoo.
hoo hoo" soon had couple of them
in tree nearly over our heads. Mr..
Brotzman gave one shot from his rifle,
but, as IL was already SO dark he could
not see the sights, he cut some feathers,
but did not bring down the bird, How.
ever we have not heard its voice sin ce,
but its mate, evidently the female,
stayed around for two nights, frequently
utterlng "a call so very unlike tile hout
Of an owl that we should never have
suspected its origin had we not seen her
as she gave the chirp. We suppose that
the male few away wounded, and she
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