Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-05-14


these animals making the SHOWS Of APP
preaching winter fairly gray. Az this
time an Indian with NinchestoI
killed los caribou, number 10 which
lac limited himself. only by the fortu-
mats fact he ran out Of ammunition. ITO
"s.holcsaled" this meat TO miners NJ
five cents por pound. bowker's best
story was, fortunately, about fish. On
Forty.Mile Creek miner had
10 live on them until he was
sick OF fish. II was nothing 10
catch them and he simply walked down
20 the net, took out what he wanted
and liberated the Others. Killing some
game one day, he gladly pulled the net
out Of the river 20 prevent catching the
fish. but that night the water rose. COW
cred his not and when he visited N next
morning II was as full Of hsh as ever
One thing Is sure. believe, aud that Il
the Yukon. with Ia tributaries. Is the
rrcatest fish stream, Tor H. size, In the
world. II It has rival II IA either tho
Mackenzie or Backs Great Fish river
but neither Of these are so accessible.
There was rather funny hunting In
cldent that had happened ON "forty
Mile" the winter before. There were
five actors IN the scene. two hunters, n
moose COW and calf and big wolf
Tho plot shows tho wolf wanted the
calf, to which the mother objected,
while tho hunters wanted everything
In sight, wolf, COW and calf. The hunt
crs, though separated. were yet close
enough 70 communicate without alarm
ing the animals. NO engrotsod were
they with each other, but the timber
was such that one hunter raw only the
wolf, the other only the COW and calf,
and neither knew Of the others in-
formation but supposed they were stalk.
ing common game. After somc STRAIT
egy they were ready 20 fire, when the
moosc-huntcr whispered to the wolf
hunter 10 take tho little one, " tho lat
ter thinking, Of course, he saw only one
Of several wolves. as they nearly always
run In packs The guns went OIL NJ
command, both killing their game, but
the tnoosc.huntor seeing the calf run
away, the resulting conversation was
about as follows, Ut least the non.scc.
tartan part of Il; you've missed the
calf, the best meat u the two" That's
the irst time ever knew wolf ever
had calf or that wolf meat was worth
eating, but--hcrc the moose calf came
circling back 10 Its dead mothcr-whnt
la the name OF Holy liairpins il thRt7'
tho answer To which was shot from
his compnnion's Winchester, MORALLY
wounding the calf, thut went stag
Rorlng backwards pursued by the
moose hunter, who nearly stepped
on tho wolf before he iaw Il, aud who.
thlnlsing IL was about to sprlng, went
up into the air with a yell that would
q. IL
took some time 10 straighten ont the
plot, even 10 the actors, or a. least
thosc that were left OF them. have
spoken u one petty sub.ohicf from
lower on the river who diadainfully re-
fused TO pack for the party. David and
Peter knew him well aud told good
story on him. lie WINS often insolcnt
Ia hls dealings with the miners aud
this class Of people generally resent
this, 80 when 10, tho poor Indian, init.
mated that miner had fractured the
truth, the knight Of the pick and pan
pummclcd him and ended by tossing
him into the river The average Amer.
lean miner Is one Of the biggest hearted
men living and when he has rot foe
beaten, one Of the most TORI ding; 20
10 was almost instantly pullc.. ont by
his once irate enemy and all uniricndli.
ness patched up, Next day, however,
10 put In an appearance with fine
moose ham, but the white man could
not understand what for, 10 sending
for an interpreter he got tho following
| explanation; 'lle say he want 10 give
you this moose for saving his life yes
tcrday when you pull him out ol
river" IL need never be said that the
Indian is wholly without gratitude.
July 1--WE bought our provisions and
undertook the difficult task OF giving
each Indian about sixty pounds and
trying ~ convince him that his fellow.
had a hundred; nothing less pleased
thom. We got nine dogs FOR tho triI
and set squsws to work fixing theft
pack-saddles. These are two 10 three
gallon pouches, one on each side, with
lnshingH and bands 10 faston them I,
the somewhat mobile skin OF tho dog'i
back. These native dogs are hal
starved In tho summer and IN,
other half Is low diet. Every
thing catablo must be kept away from
them, so near each village or camp on,
will see the lower branches of a ire
utilized as caches for provisions skin
clothing, aud so ON. Our frat solieitud
rs 10 our new pack animals was 10 fee,
them, but any attempt 10 All them NJ
was like the proverhial pouring o
water down rsthole. The Indian
around camp were constantly singing
or better speaking humming some tune
and most of these could be traced al
rectly TO the common fayorites o
miners and traders, such us 9Th