Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-04-04

camp, unpleasant camp, bat we nan
made twenty-five miles, thanks 10 the
stiff breeze. Next forenoon t27th) we
saw mountain goats on the high south
crn cliffs, but the Indians seemed UNI
willing 10 hunt them. These animals
arc numerous throughout Alaskan
mountains and have never yet ira
verscd n range (somc seven altogothcrl
without seeing them In greater or less
abundance.
The river wa: now getting very
swift, and the big canoe quivcrcd like
a high pressure steamer when polling IL
against the current. This Shaking Of
the poles against the boats side Is very
trying 20 the nerves of the policemen. 40
they claim, and more oShausting than
severe labor Of purely muscular char
acter. by 8 o'clock mountain goats were
seen all around us, so that when the
work got NJ hard, polling and padding,
that even climbing the cugs Aftor
them was comparatively easy, the
Indians desired 10 exchange, 80 we
pulled into q small bayou on the north
side 10 hsnt these Alpine nntelopcs.
The nearest group was nanny goat
and her two Kids, and they certainly
ought 10 have seen us, although we did
keep reasonably quiet for sayagcs.
believe the greatest excitement Ia
hunting them lies more In the danger
Gus country they roam, than In any
extra wise precautions necessary In
stalking them. They were from 1000
TO 200 feet above US, and two Indians
started for them, their arms being u
ri1cd muslet and my Winchester 4O-sl
rife, as lat too tried watching the
Indians pole and paddle all day, to at
tempt IL myself Nothing was seen OF
them for n half hour, when shot was
heard, followed almost Instantly by
another The mother fell at once, and
No steep was the mountain side that
her death struggles carried her 400 TO
600 feet "hcad over hccls' downwards
u a crug where the body lodged. TIE
Kids scampcred on like rabbits, followed
by few shots. Their meat was proba-
bly, worth eating, but that Of their
dam was stronger than q badger. The
hunters made their way 10 the goat
gave Il ling. and followed this up
until II arrived 10y installmcnts, lthad
one horn gone, and do not think there
was an unbroken bone In its body.
This, they said, was the orthodox way
OF bringing such carcass into camp,
and they thought II made the meat
tcndcrcr. II this goat was any tougher
when II started, than when IL arrived,
then | am willing TO believe the
stories Of their jumping hundreds Of
feet lighting on their heads, etc, that
] formerly doubted. ! never saw men
ON trip care No little for fresh meat
That day but six miles was made and
the next say only seven. We now APP
prcciated how much we had lost IN our
line upstream wind. Al our third
camp fresh bear tracks were la abund.
ancc, but II was the only part of the
animal we saw. One OF the surprising
things to me was the klttenlsh playful
ness OF the Indians after camping and
after . very hard days work. Many II
them wrcstled and played tag viol-
emily, while one amused himself cut
ting down u large poplar tree, just 10
see some OF his fellows scnmpcring 10
re-, out Of the way. have found this
merry .nnlslng universal among the
T'linkits. The Goth the breeze came mp
about 10 and we needed every pun Of
IL, for the river was now very swift.
On some of the shallow places wc could
hear the rolling pcbbles beat against
the canoe bottom almost like hail on
tin roof. In some places II was seem.
ingly fight for life to avoid being
swept down some side channel. swift,
shallow and bristling with drift tim.
Der. Once we were caught directly
against huge drift-log In mid.strcam.
over which the swift water fairly
boiled. Why we were not swept under
II or broken In two even the Indians
could not explain. We could not bulge
an Inch, but were finally liberated la
way the very least expected; the log
itself broke, and this, TOD, where II waA
a foot or two in diameter. II Il not
often that rotten log ayerts disns.
ter; II In more likely 10 determine onn.
There was not enough room along the
sides for all to polo effectively, as
the Doctors time was drawn TO his
Topographic work considerably, while
II ! stood up I threw the hydrostatic
equilibrium Of the whole expedition
into an epileptlc IL. We two were
excused, hut RUSSELL an excel
lent river man, held his own fully
with the others In the use Of the
paddle, however. We came 10 the front
and broke our share.
Later In the afternoon Ne came TO
our first canyon. Here the whole river
passes through rocky gorge, with not
very high banks, and some 1915 yards In
width. As the current did not Increase
greatly, fiat all, inferred Il was Of un-
usual depth. Anyway, polling was out OF
the questions and II required strategic
tracking togct the great canoe through.