The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1894-03-02
IMMENSE HERDS OF DEER
THE BARREN GROUNDS" OF cAg,
ADA SWARM WITH GAME.

Twenty Acres Covered With the AMI
mails Standing Thiclxly Together
"A Veritable Hunters Paradise.
T b. TYRELL, of the Geological
III Survey, and his party, says an
Ic Ottawa correspondent OF the
New York World, tell marvel
Gus stories about the game they saw
on their recent journey through the
great "barren grounds" of Canada's
Northwest. No one dreamed that
Canada possessed such immense herds
of deer as were seen by Mr.. Tyrelrs
party.
"The sight at times was marvellous"
said Mr.. Tyrell. "Whon we reached
the edge of the woods north of Lake
Arthabasca, in about the beginning Of
August, we commenced to meet q few
deer every day. Ono evening, just
after going into camp, deer was
seen standing on little island not
very far away, and my brother went
over and shot it. 1t was very poor in
flesh; nevertheless we found 1T
made pretty good meat. On the fol-
lowing day, as we were padding along
moderately largo lake, one of my
half b. eeds drew my attention to what
he thought to he the nar!li iiio-ing son:o
distance away, and on looking through
my glass l saw that il was an immense
herd of reindeer. We equipped our.
selves with firearms, padded ashore
and walked toward them. There were
thousands in the herd They were i'll
bands Of two or three hundred each,
and crowded rs close as possible
together. It vas presumed they did
30 in order to partially escape the tor
ture Of the black flies. Walking i'll
between n couple of bands we opened
fire, and they stampeded in every
direction. One of tho party was OBJ.
ligcd to take refuge behind some heavy
brush to prevent tho deer from tramp
ling upon him. Wokillcc about seventy
Of them. Many were too poor for us,
but tho fatter ones furnished rich,
Juicy meat. The choice meat of each
deer, when dried, would average only
about twelve pounds.
"After remaining thoro two or
three days, during which we were
engaged drying the meat, we started
taking photographs. We could walk
right into the midst of the deer. AS
we did so they would push little way
to each side to allow us to pass, aud
then close up tho ranks Immediately
behind ns The sight vas nma:;2s.
There we stood, surrounded on every
side by tho deer, swaying their long,
slender horns to and fro. AS far rs
we could sec there were countless
herds, covering about twenty acres
each, and standing as thick as they
could mass together.
GAS wo proceeded further north
herds were constantly met with graz
ing on the sides of the hills. The
weather was something like that of
November here, but tho ground was
always wet. In the summer the dccr
live on grass and in the winter chiefly
on moss. After the month of August
we shot very few, the old ones VIC saw
being wild and almost tunnppfoachable.
In the fall and winter they mako their
way to the edge of tho woods in order
! ~ get shelter froli the fearful gales
that blow over the barren ground.
"Those deer differ considerably
from the ones in this part of the coun-
try. They are about the height of
the Virginia deer, but somewhat
stouter and heavier; their horns are
larger and more branching. They
shed their coats in July, and at that
time are often very rough in appear
ance and poor in flesh; but towards
the end of August, when they get their
new coats, they begin to pick up and
fatten. Their skins arc good and
warm, but the hair, being brittle,
breaks off and renders it valuclcss as
fur"