The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-08-30

r1m craft Is dancing over the water
and the wilderness is before YOU and
you have begun TO live There are .
few rough farms IN the low country
through which you pass at first. Per-
haps you Will camp IN cleafing. but
with very early start and with active
men il is possible 70 reach the Fifty
falls OF the mistaSsini at night Eae
lower river Is monotonous, but there Is
no Lack Of natural beauty-and also Of
delay-at :he foor porta1es where the
great river pcc-s down huge lodges ina
foaming torrent Everything is IN
loaded and as you step from the
canoe on the ledge and wave
catches You on the calf you realize
the mass and volume OF water be-
hind this perpetual unrest One
Indian swings the canoe up on his
shoulders. stsadying IL by a strap
around his forehead and re other
loads himself down with the outfit and
you with your rods follow them across
q shelving ledge of gray and reddish
rock veined with brilliant quartz, over
fallen logs, up a moss grown natural
stairway, through an evergreen forest,
where cartridges gaze a. you in fear
less wonder and presently out on
another sloping rock platform above
the cataract. At one place it IS necSs-
sary to cross the current between two
falls which are quite close together,
and al high water have seen as pretty
a bit Of canoeing here as one could
wish. But the best is TO come. The
great Fifth falls is a miniature Nj
egara in its general divisions. and ap-
preaching from below you disembark
and climb up To al island which CORE
spends roughly "a 10 site with Goat is
land. There you may sit at your tent
door looking down with long stretch
of fOaming and tossing water framed
by dark green forests with the river
laundering over the main falls at your
right and sending up clouds of rides
cent spray and the smaller falls dash
ing over the red and white cliffs on
your left. No more beautiful camping
place has gladdened my eyes in the
course Of a wide experience, unloss l
except camps on the TANKS Of the faireSt
of our mountains, Tacoma But q fisher
man who has journeyed hundreds OF
miles for new experience is apt 20
postpone scenery. In the morning the
fish are apt TO approach the foot Of the
falls to feed on the flies caught in the
foam. When the water is very high they
may be caught,off the foot Of cliff op-
posite the camp. You may fish from
the rocks or from the canoe, according
20 the conditions. Let your fly sink
beneath the surface and draw il along
with q succession OF slow pullS-not
with one smooth continuous motion on
the surface. Suddenly there is firm,
hard resistance. and at your answering
strike bar Of gistening silver shoots
upward four feet from the water and
then the scream ~ the reel rouSes you
from your bewilderment. The fish
darts far out into the river and leaps
again and again, and then bolts toward
you, and, perchance, flies gaily over
the canoe. | have stood upon ledge
three or four feet above the water, but
not out of reach Of the restless waves,
and nv ouananiche has leaped up 10
my feet and regained the water in
an instant A grisIe is equally &c
robatic at first. but the Rrisle tires,
while the ouananiche is like a
bulldog. have sat on a sharp
rock pinnacle having a three-pound
ouananichc for twenty minutes, and il
was an open question whether the fish
or the seat Of The fsherman's trousers
would last the longer. When the
ouananiche has thrilled you sufficient
" by his somersaults in midair and his
narrowing bolts, he descends 20 the
bottom and sulks. Apparently he
stands on his head and strikes the
line with his tlil-at least this Is your
feeling. and until the spirit moves him
TO resume his activity, you can do
nothing but keep the line taut and
pray that nothing may give way. II Is
Il genuine battle royal and nothing IS
certain until, after perhaps three
pipes-as the canoemen reckon time
the strength Of this peerless fish yields
TO the steady strain Of the rod and an
Indian slips the net beneath him and
lifts him out Of the water, defiant 70 the
laHt- 4liAo - spur Z P4SSS4 ~ ~ va "a
and thrilling.
AS 20 probabilities, every fisherman
has learned caution. The ouanauiche
is capricious but perseverance viii F
bring a share Of sport which q its kind
Is uneHcelled. As 70 ths practical f.
questions Of expense. the Indians re-
ceive one dollar and twenty-five cents .
a dsv each. and the hotel management
asks one dollar and City cents for sup /
plies for the men and two dollars for
the fshernaus board, ma King total T.
cost Of six dollars day which 10
clude- the entire outfit and the fishing
privileges. Large catches ere becorn- .
ing rare But the ouananlche Is an
experience and q few such experiences .
will repay the true sportsman
THE secret Of delicious lemonads
il to use freshly-boiled water aud
pour il over the lemon and sugar. Let
IL cool and thru Ice IL