The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-09-07
ADIRONDACK GUIDES.
IHE MY WHO PILoT TIE CAMPER ~
TBE WILDERNESS
Their TrstsisE. E.r-tsEs, = UnIos.- ssS Buii
SEQ Bs.J Se--s..-Eor~.t s.rp~nfry-Th.
Adrosds<k Beat-Tsetr code Of Htncr
R~-p~~st,r H-rt~r-, n-< t,ne Pr-r~rt,

Asfro.as<k Best-Tsetr code Of Htnot
Re.p-stisr B--ter-' ass CssP Fr-pe-t,
"CuidinE's not What II uted TO t.e." said az
old ldIondatE guide. thirty years tired - Ii.
wilderness Thea he e1 .lAir e5 tina, the tuild
ihg Q! permanent amps. a thioE o. the .As
, twelve or f'teer yes-t. had WrOaghithe .hArEt
d which be eou p'ai.AL lie va serving hi.n.
sell ss guide - & Permanent camp OF az
! ISLAND In lake near Pau! smiths. The lux.
I urious camps o. the lower s.. Regis we've en-.
! plyyinR he said. irord two 20 i've cuIjes each
! hOt the caDp guide. we're mostly men Q! very
I diferent duties aa5 Accomplishments from
/ thDss Q. the guide. who asei TO ACCOMPANY
/ hunters sud explorers through the al 70 ST i'm .
| penet'at!e woods q the ia-uatsInS There
was tir . when ea:h huate- took a guide
/ and that guide ga also the philosoph.- and
I Tread o. that particular hunter. The guide
/ attached himself TO the PERSON ot his ratran
was his oarsu1an COOK. aiviser. snd general
fa@totUtn- The hunter did no; row his own
hoat. nor did he help to carry it. he was there
merely TT sport and the guids merely for work
Later hunters ttEan 10 go in parties with a sin
! gle guide. until finally the Guides Union
a1sd the daily Tay o, the profession and laid
down role requiring every hunting or explor.
lhg party 70 take az east one guide for every
thres ie's1Ds IN the expedition
nhen Permanent ca MS began 10 be estab-
!ishe6 there grew up demand for giides who
sh"1!d .tay arou' the camp. -un errands. row
the ladies' decorousy about the lax es and rUr
and then take out party Of men fishing or
hGnang. Wages If the camp guides were
E-siusAy sized al about SIS month. The
most skiic! now receive SO per day for the
season d three or four months and there are
young men farmers sons and others. tired to
the region but not skilled guides. who are
r2l- 4 : as s.9t ryar
old guides o: the wilderness who could not be
hired at 80 Der day to pass a season in per.
nansnt camp. Their reason is partly ma
terlaL partly sentineo;aL Such guides easily
earn the season through as much as the best
wages oil camp guides. and when hunters are
busles; in the wilderness. ,hs guides earn
bSSaS ass .rs me I IN guide is also
cafGo. He Is a keen hunter. a skilled fisher
mar. and in his way genuine lover Of natures
s so!I.', aspects As presented in forest and
The canp guide. IL a skilled woodsman. has
tons of hunting and camping. The deer
shooting seasons prer@de and follow the PER
Who earn SS'6 nj s Io,D The he ggds
JQly I" the let Of september in permanent
camp has about six weeks in spring and as
long lL autumn for the ore profitable pusi-
nes. Of guiding the hunters. The best Of the
guiies in the busy hunting season sometimes
make a. much as slD a day. and ommonly
The dun season Tor the guides is from tho
ing. There is also a duh summer seassn when
some guides are out Il employment 4 guide
OF duty employs himself as best he may Some
one Of inc most i'm portant crops Of the Adj
roaiacs region hop=. is harvested in the midst
penters BY trade. OF have picked NJ enough
GaTif nv. 70 earn living at It In
ss hs sg@Pf for Of II
the adirondack region. and for carpenters ofa
ZEE sort The most attractive. because
tho." in which the uermanent buildings are OF
log. aud pine slabs with the bark on: All the
rustic vork. and the carpenter guides have
great SKI! N fashioning such ornaments.
the Utmost meet, in making balTstrades and AND
arc % neatly !,,.d .ha, II. ;oints Of The ba!k
ub OF dozen or more such houses. forming a /
ll,tle village. The slabs are sawn at local
carpsntets. Not only the cottages occupied by 7
campers. but ice houses. boat houses. wood /
ar" 81 this pretty rustic archtectuIe.'
Guides who do NOT undertake farming often !
lire In the VILLAGES OF the region. The lit |
and here dwell several guides /
swarthy woodmen. seeming curiouEly out OF /
pace 10 an urban community.
Guides who have no other winter employ
nent not uncqmmonly build boats for them
tack boat with it, graceful lines and iiSht
frame. is familiar to thousands who visit the
legion aI ,n, only o1,erva1t persons.
used BY the guides They arc com only paint
ID green. wh"rsas the boats used chiefly for
}! the wood. and shellacRsd 10 keep out N DIST
are. guiding boat commonly weighs from
~ % sn the "1 peasu ns" canSes Te
1lhnElne OF the guiding boats is especially
,e t a. n ofints liaGIe to g.oat strain from
guiding boat ID on. that curves very grndu.
lily from keel half way to gunwale. and that is
Le water even when thsrs is a mo-" c3Hsi ID
,rable sen on condition not uncom-
nH@, eve? Such on b ths '% RSas Adro3ds
uIlnr iazhloning q ne stern. which is con
'ieasure canoes have bow ana stern alike
hey are much less stable and seaworthy than
ibIe. not only for Iourn"ying through the
akfs hat for eTplnring the marrow, crooked.
low with great -wiitncss through a channel
eGet with sna,gs and rocks, thoroughly
'eii.mad: ending boat Wi! Last for many
must BE- preserycd BY frequent painting.
mi every cont Of patnt adds nearly three
Dung man bred to tho Adirondack region viii
10 ~ sf onr IA ssaIEr
'uiding IL hereditary in some families and
ihs .om"'ime. begin nj - years Of age 10
hes" young apprentices accompany their
lthcr" and learn Tia" trad" by brernjt and cx-
mIlo III" guides hs one Vccs them whether
! permanent camps or attending upon hunt
r.. ar" c1mM,"niy tstw"cn - and g. years OF
icn. not unusually dcs"cndants Of early set
srb IN tbs region. II is II mistake to suppose
lnt all ,hr guides holnng TO The association or :
nion; som" capable md rospccted guides
loGgh entirely well disposed toward tho Or
nniIatiOR. arc not members
~. guides Of the permanent camps are .
tllod uuOn to do a grrht variety Of things TINT ,
. TtldernosS guide chres 10 undertake. Per
lament cam psrS arc not uncDm only ignorant (
no wilder parts Of the region and u wood. /
AFT. 30 TINT IN any considoratls o1pedition =
10Y arc abEolutely dependent uInn tho I
hid"s. The ladi"s. who usually mako ,ip a
aIvrity Of ia" CAMPERS IN n p"rinannnt cAnp
ok 20 Tho guides for all things. and have such .
. implicit faith In their Wisdom that il must :
,motim.s hInuHe las guides them clvos s.
Adirondack guid.h have deserved repiIta. q
On for honesty. No guIdo would consent 10
tIze any pnr' Of n hIntcr's outit left tenn n
,I4rily along tho edge Ola "nmp or In nnylpart 4
the w!ldcrnoss; but permhnent CAM ers q
nd II well on loavIng the mounts ms Tor tho 4