The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-10-17
HER FIRST BIG GAME.
How Anna Dickerson Hunted and Camped
Alone For n Chance to shoot n Deer.


Alone For n Chance to shoot n Deer.
Life got tame for a girl named Anna
Dickerson in tho Adirondacks last week.
She had killed partridges and woodcocks,
woodchuoks squirrels and other minor
animals. She had tried still hunting deer
In the vicinity Of Noblesboro, where
she was staying, but at that she was un-
successful, for the deer were scarce and
much hunted. Under these conditions she
persuaded her mother to let her go up to
the little shanty on the lake ut the head OF
Mill creek and camp out there. There
were u couple of blankets at the camp,
pals and a skillet, and she carried food in
little fish basket
That night, when IL was learned that
she was camping out alone, the other
guests got alarmed and before daylight
on the following morning three woodsmcn
were sont out to find her. 3d Hank An
thony, Oliver Jackson and John La Brer
were the woodsmen. Old Hank was the
only one of the three who had seen lost
and thoroughly scared woman, and the
picture he gave the other two of her dan
Cling hair and staring eyes prepared them
for a startling spectacle when they found
Miss Dickerson after her night in tho
stars for was the fact that the girl had
kept to the trail Her shoes left trail
easily followed in the path The gait at
which the woodsmen followed it would
have made walking deer proud-deer arc
the fastest walkers in the Adirondacks
Eventually they arrived at the lake. OF
TO the right, In little open spot on the
shore, was the camp, 80 rods away. The
woodsmen felt relief when they looked Oft
across the open over the lake. There was
smoke trailing up above tho camp in
thick blue line from fire beneath. Be-
fore the fire, holding the long wooden
handle OF the skillet In her hand, squatted
the girl, brushing the smoke out OF her eyes,
Then, as the others noticed those things,
Old Hank gave little Jump and said:
Jerusalem cricketsr She's killed q
deer
Sure enough Hanging from polo
erected by former hunters at tho camp was
a deer, which on closer inspection proved
TO bc g -year-old buck.
There was n smell about the camp which
was good. 1t made the woodsmen sniff the
air and smack their lips as they approach
cd. The girl had not only killed the dcor,
but also had dressed Ii and cut off chunks
of meat from along the backbone and was
frying them. The woodsmon hoped that
the deer hadn't been killed that morning,
for it Is not considered healthful In the
woods 10 eat freshly killed deer meat. The
deer had been killed tho night before, they
soon learned, and ns the four ato breakfast
the woodsmon heard the story of how it
was done.
When the girl had been there before with
parties, she had learned the bost places TO
cit to watch for deer. Though it was late
in tho season, n deer had come In 60 feed
on lily pads, and the girl had fired bullet
into 10 with deadly effect, though tho deer
had reached the bank before dying. She
had rolled up the sleeves Of her sweater till
her arms were bare, and then with her
keen blndcd hunting knife she had dressed
tho deer as nicely as n woodsman might
have done 10.
Women have killed deer In tho Adiron-
dacks ahead of dogs, floating and still
hunting, but never before did girl camp
alone OF set one ny her own efforts In that
region. New York sun.