Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-01-05
4 NOTED HUNTER.
Mr.. Keller. OF Travellers Repose-
Iii. Last Two Trips.

MONTERREY. HIGHLAND COUNTY,
VA, January 4-(Special)-Mr. Granville
Keller, OF Travellers Repose. w. Va,
twenty miles west OF this place, Is
home again, after a two-months' stay
In Northern Canada. As a hunter and
guide alr. Keller enjoys 4 reputation
second 70 that Of 10 one in the two
Virginias. or. perhaps. IN the South. In
fact, few men have killed more large
game or seen more OF sporting life
than he The trip from which he has
lust returned Is the second one he made
last year. He started TO Philadelphia the
81 OF June last, where he Joined Senator
Boies PenrOse and Dr. PenrOse and wife,
OF that city, and q few days later the
party was en- route for the Rockies, go
ing first 10 the world-famed "Iancy's,
in the Yellowstone National Park, where
nineteen horses and a camp outfit had
been left at the close Of the preceding
season. From this point che hunters
went into the Jackson-Hole country, and
were there during the late Indian trouble
In that region. 1t was reported here at
one time that the party had been massa-
cred, but Mr.. Keller says he knew no
thing of the report until he came home,
when he found there was nothing in
IT," He further states that newspaper
reports greatly exaggerated the outbreak
OF the Limbs and Bannocks, Of Idaho
and their cousins, the Shohones, al
Fort Waskie Wyoming. His party saw
no band OF hostiles, nor were they mo-
Tested by the Indians IN any way, although
they remained out from early June until
the 9Th OF October, when they started
home. The only incident. which for
time looked like trouble. occurred one
IaIf.e- "a If and
Mrs. Penrose were riding along several
miles from camp. looking for elk. They
saw a number Of horsemen riding rapidly
toward them, and, thinking they were
Indians, the trio put whip to their horses.
and fled for their lives. Riding up a
small canyon and out on bluif. they
awaited further developments, but, seeing
nothing more Of their supposed pursuers,
they again ventured out upon the main
trail, and shortly afterwsrd met some
members OF another hunting party. who
informed them that the horsemen they
had seen were forty colored troops, in
stead OF painted Indians, as they had
supposed when they first looked at them
through a glass.
ABUNDANT GAME.
They found elk and other game IN
abundance but only killed what the party
mounting.
A treaty with the Indians years ago,
IL seems, gave them the unlimited privi-
lege OF killing all the game they want,
consequently large game is being killed
off by them each year at an alarming
rate, and, unless something Is done TO
prevent It, elk, like the buffalo, Will soon
disappear from the great Northwest.
After spending eleven days at home,
Mr. Keller again went TO Philadelphia TO
become a member of a Canadian expedi-
ton. On this trip he was associated with
DR.. r. LecOunt, ID. NJ. Baringer, OF Phila-
delphia, and II. c. Pierce, of ST. Louis,
Mo. The party went direct to the haunts
OF the moose and caribou, around the
Gulf OF St. Lawrence and on the coast
of Labrador. A number OF caribou were
killed, but an unfavorable season made
IL impossible 10 hunt moose with any
degree Of success. After waiting for moro
than two months for more favorable con-
ditions. only to be disappointed in the
end. IL was decided to abandon the hunt
for the time being, and return later in
the season. Acting upon this they re-
turned TO Philadelphia, and after rest
ing several days the veteran hunter anG
guide came on his way home. as stated,
spending some time with friends in Staun-
ton dl1 MOnltIt9.
Mr.. Keller has hunted moose I'm the
same region and with better success than
attended his last trip, and 1t only re-
auires peep into his home 10 fiEd proof
OF his successes and adventures A num-
Der OF magnificent heads of both moose
and elk causes one TO think he has wan
dered into a sunny corner OF we'll
stocked zoo.
VERY MODEST.
Unlike most men with his experience,
he does not tell Of his exploits, unless
solicited to do so. and then they are told
In a modest and unassuming way. When
asked for a recital OF his most thrilling
experience, he said he was unable to
decide between the mad rush of a bull
moose after 1t had been called, and the
charge OF a maddened grizzly. He has
faced both, and says In either case 1t
requires all of mans nerve to keep his
head sufficiently to put a bullet in a
vital spot before the animal Is upon him.
Mr.. Keller has hunted with men who
carried rifles OF English make, costing all
the way up 10 $1,000, but he prefers the one
he has carried for years-a $3.50 Win
chester rife. which cost the modest sum
OF s145o.