Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-04-30

mat 1850 must nave been
prize year for the pests feel sure !
do not cxaggerntc when ] state ! found
n half dozen IN 1855 TO every one In
is9i. The uainera have the usual gro.
tesdue frontier cxaRgeration 10 cSl.cts
their ideas Of this numerous insect.
One declared he found them 20 nbun.
dant between the Yukon and ilota.
lingun rivers that he could make several
saher cuts through the dense swarm
with his bowie knife aud holding IL
nloft sec tho blood tricklo from the
blade, while tobacco-chewinR com
psnion asserted that at one locality IN
The Yukon he would have 10 thrust his
Winchester rifle barrel Into the mass
and withdraw II quiclfly 90 get n place
TO spit. Again the forenoon Of the gath
we heard lynx scream In the woods
Of heavily ,imbcrcd valley leading of
10 the West aud showing that these an
finals were fairly numerous In these
parts. Early ia the afternoon Of that
day as we werc slowly drifting
down near tho western bank,
tho boats close together. mooso
was seen on the opposite b uk brows-
ing on the low trailing dec ious bush
and apparently unaware OF our pres
encc The Winchester 4O-s2 rifle was
In Russcl's boat. md 30 him fell tho
risk OF shot at the animal from the
turning bolt, o good honest $50 to 200
yards away. The movements In the
boats attracted the attention Of his
inooscship Just rs a low branching cot
tOnwood tree was brought between Us
10y the boats drifting aud the slow
walking Of the apimnl ITSELF This pre-
vented fair. full shot VI the very
moment when the best shot NJ large
game Il nearly always presented, or
lust when ma animal first notices his
enemy and remains rigidly fixed and
statuosquo for Few seconds seemingly
uncertain what TO do. Tho moose now
stepped partially out from cover b. sat.
isfy is curiosity as to our identity and
the next second the rifle cracked,
the animal plungng forward
~ II struck, but after several
stumbllngs due either to the effect Of
the shot or the tangled drift wood
through which It plunged, 1t wheeled,
und before another effective shot could
be- made, disappeared Ia the woods.
IRON our point OF view we could see
that the moose was ON an island, and
hoping that 1T had been hit hard
enough 10 make u reluctant 10 take to
the water beyond the island we got out
our oars In a MY and rowcd across ~
only excited Nimrods eau when the
prize is n big one losing less In down.
ward drift than the width OF the river,
despite the swift current. IL fell to
Russell 10 Gniah his work, but with no
shot heard by ~, we felt sure he had
failed when VIZ saw him returning In
the distance. Upon reJoining Us he
said no had seen the moose again at
great distance running, but instead Of
one there was herd Of three, aud
that mono OF them appeared u be Ia.
jurcd in the least; all disappearing
In u twinkle Just rs he fairly set his
eyes upon them. But the most surpTis-
Ing part Of all 10 everybody was the
fact that there was dead two'ycar.old
moose bull, Just recently killed. about
ono hundred yards up the river from
where the boats had stopped aud Rus
sell had first landed IL had been
found by Russell, who, after seeing the
Others safely out Of sight. had returned
by way OF the cottonwood tree 10 de.
terinlno II he could find any traces to
verify that lac had wounded the animal
shot AZ, and WA utterly dumbfounded
and corrcspondingly olstod u find that
he had u whole mcasc carcass 10 prove
IL; tho animal having been instantly
killed by shot through the
heart. tho very pArt at which he had
aimed. There seemed to he only one
way TO explain II. When the first shot
was fred AZ the partially hidden moose
It was instantly killed, but just as II
dropped u near comradc, that had not
been seen at all, rushed into sight aud
by dancing dcliriously through the
driftwood had led us TO believe Il was
wounded but after wheeling and join
Ing the two others In the brush had
escaped rs narrated Russell's rifle
had only stopped the moose but his
curiosity had secured us tho meat which
otherwise would have been passed 10y
and we would have chronlcled this
hunting incident rs u failure. This
moose was the frat largo game Russell
had ever killed, although good shot
aud living for quite while on the from.
tier prospecting and mining We took
both hams aud the choice bits, not for.
getting tho greatest delichcy to the
Russians who owned AlnsltA before ug,
the nose, and sailed away again, regret.