Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-05-28
A MIGHTY NlMsoo.
The Remarkable Record Tor DarEing
aamn Mahn By . MnIne Mnninr.

Tho Remarkable Record Tor Daggins
Game Made by Maine Hunter
There appeared before the committee on
nsherles aud game at Augusta one Of the
most remarkable hunters living IN Maine
Alexander MclAin. u Mattawam keag.
slvty-sogon fears u age. lie gave hlstosti.
mony f0r the protection Of game and for
the enforcement of honest law. Mr. Ne.
Lain Is remarkable from thg TACT that Ia
his rApercnoc a. hunter aud guide for
forty seven years, killing more game than
any other man within her border, be- has
Away. been q still hunter It il the boast
Of biz lie shat he never doggod q deer, even
when the law allowed pcr.Ons TO slaughter
ume In an unspottsmanlike manner. Nc
Lain always gave a deer falr chance for
bis lilo
IN outwitt.ng them be experienced the
rtii enjoyment u true hunter u does
not require much skill 70 put hound on
The track u q deer, aud then 70 station
yourself on the banks II lake. and when
the dog h0s driven the exhausted animal
iato the water 10 shoot, perhaps, by resting
your gun over n stump. That IL the mode
OF the pot hunter and polchcr. but not VI
the true hunter and guido that Mcl.lin Is
acknowledge TO be.
For ten years he was n.h and game
warden, and has done as much 10 protect
Rumc ~ any man living In Maine lie
mover made a dollar rs warden, but brought
many a poaohcr to Justice Mr.. Mclaln
gives The following statistics Of game killed
by hlmsclf Deer i,0nO, moose. igi, rlritou,
Is, bear. 2li; wolves, ha; rel fox, $50. otter.
los, black cnt, rs, sable, Ia. beaver, IS,
mink. gij, rncooon. ~. lynx. q, and Ia nd.
dition thousands VI muskrats aud other
small game.
Mci.niu has had many adventures In the
woods. Once he caught an Indian IN a
bear trap. The Jaws of tho trap fastened
about the ankle Of the Indian and held him
q prisoner Tor thirtytix hours The In.
dams cries were heatd ~ a loay distance
before tho trap was reached. Two years
ago be- had 1ght with bcar which was
caught ia trap. - he Intended 20 tako
up tho trap he went Into tho woods without
his gun. When the trap was reached no
found nn enormous bear fastened by ono
foo,. The bear had Just got In and WA
ugly MclAin attempted 10 Iii the animal
with a club. The clog which held tho trnp
gave way. and the bear, with the trap hang.
INK 10 his foot, made for McIaln and a
savage fight cnsuod. The bear caught Nc.
Lain by the arm aud bic II through. His
clothes were torn OF. and occasionally
portion Of the skin with them.
AZ this juncturc the clog caught around
n small tree, anchoring the trap. and Ne.
Lain waa able 10 make his escape. with
The blood pouring out OF his arm he walked
two miles 70 the river, where an Indian was
cncampcd. His arm wan partially dressed,
and with the indian and qua no started
back into the woods for tho bear Tie an
imnlwaa found, but before the Indian could
shoot the bear pulled bis foot out Of the
trap, leaving his toes In the Jaws, aud made
his escape.
Mr.. Mclaln has caught most all kinds Of
game alive. lie caught live moose aud
sold him 70 Charles Yields. " Olamon, for
$50, % whom ho also sold three carbon
for sl5i aud thirteen deer Tor seven dollars
each. Seventeen young beam have bcen
captured alive. Two wolves wern caught
In trap and nm attempt made to tame
them, hut without avail. In capturing
them Mcl.aiu piled brush on top Of them
aud then slipped q muzzlcovc their heads.
lie nays notwithstanding hi. year, he i
ready to pnt his friends on the track of
game In tho season, and will warrant that
the hunt will not be frultloss lie has
guided Belfast sportsmcn aud they Aru loud
Ia his praise -ilelftst Journal