The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-05-31

sven whom almost wounded TO death that IL 4,
only now and then an Indian has the hardihood
bear hunts in the RcosctiSSsse apS On s ns.z % s sMt I
don't believe that there u nearly so much riskl-
the western mountains as in Alaska. "
Hunters after grizzlies. In Alaska never 20
out In parties OF less than five or six. There Is
too much danger about wounding one OF these
animals and not being able alone TO deliver the
fatal ball at the critical momont The Mount
legends Of the AissEsn sSvSses. ana the Sess
bear stories | have ever heard were concerning
These grizzlies are usually about o feet long,
and weigh about 1900 pounds. They are very
proportion to their bodies. They are expert
fishers, and as soon as the ice Ia gone, they sit on
f s.e, oa Tko 81 a asS d sa,m s,n. streams ,Ss1p n ssS q ai nsc sIIsr
" Last summer over one hundred grizzly bears
from what we saw when We were there. that a
party. OF six good American hunters could get a
sport. The Indians are very hank ful to have
people come there and slay the beasts, for they
Every year Indian boys or girls are carried OF
by the grizzlies, while the children are fishing
IN .! .Ts snrt ebsrs or st out w Eeiesr,n or OS sstsmoun,, in
Alaska by the thousand. We shot them about
camp every few days. They are = favorite dish
Ing for the natives. Widest SOUP is the COM
mon remedy for rheumatism in Alaska. Wolves
may be hunted In bands of several hundred.
There must be thousands and thousands of
them there. The animals are the enemies OF the
young and sickly moose and deer, and hunters
wolf shooting. | saw. one man who had, killed
and skinned over 800 wolves In n month. He
was everywhere thanked for his work. for the
wolves have killed many of the reindeer that
Uncle Sam has introduced into Alaska for the
service OF the natives.
The wolverine is another animal that Is
hunted In Alaska. The fur buyers pay well for
wolverine pelts, and many mon who have found
no luck In the mines have been out hunting
wolverines lately so as TO get money enough to
get home. The wolverine Is as much OF a fighter
as a catamount or puma. 1t Is as cute as a
weazle. and one must be an alert and cool
hunter to get this game. The Alaskan natives
call the wolverines the mountain devil, and
they consider themselves in hard luck II they
happen to trap a wolverine by accident They
ascribe the same powers to the wolverine that
the Chinese do to foxes.
be had In Alaska Is that for the walrus. II
costs more money than we wanted to spend to
travel up to 1.-The northern part OF the Behrlng
Sea to find any walrus. Every year there are
hunters from Canada, san Francisco. and Seat
tie and Tacoma, who go away up there In north
ern Alaska to hunt the walrus. Some go for tho
merely for the exciting sport, A party of wal
rus hunters goes equipped with rifles of largest
calibre. and a large amount OF apparatus for
hauling the beasts on board ship. 4 hunter for
racy OF aim, and quick decision. The slightest
noise will disturb q walrus sleeping on an ice
berg. and quicker than a wink the great pom
drous mass Of fat rolls Oft into the water to be
seen no more for hours. The hunter must be a
wonderfully good shot. for he must shoot In
stantly and must put the ball In O certain small
cause death An error In aim may loose game
for a whole day, for the noise of the gun will
disturb all the walrus for several miles around,
The average walrus weighs 1900 pounds.
They are a blessing to the Alaskans, who could
not do without walrus blubber."