The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-10-18

water lag and IN the streams falling into
Il. The finest and most toothsome trout
are to be had by simply casting a hook.
have seen many fine places for out
door sport" SAID Mr.. Davidson. bat
have never seen anything TO surpass. IT,
indeed. to equal. this exquistely beaugi-
ful and lonely section OF the Cascades
There is a little town down a, the foot Of
the lake that has store and sawmill in
IT, 1t sQrang up at the time of boom
few years ago, but since the boom Is off
everything IS quite SIN there. though a
few people remain.
Il went up in the little steamer Chelan,
which has been plying on The lake for
some time. Both myself and friends We're
we'll equipped with rifles. shotguns and
fishing tackle. as well as complete camp
ing outfits.
"A dozen or fifteen miles up the lake
you make a turn almost at right angles
and follow the lake in a straight north
west direction Into the mountains. when
YOU make the turn the little hamlet and
the mountains east Of the Columbia river
are completely shut out and all around
you are the high mountains OF the Cas-
cade range proper, which rise from the
edge Of the lake in most places like frown-
ing walls.
ITO the right as we proceeded into the
heart OF the mountains was an enormous
y miles long II VAS Very high, and on
this NE presently began 10 see the Wild
animals whose quest We sought.
AT first they seemed liked faint specks
on the ridge. They were 80 faint that they
we're first discovered by a field glass
However. as We advanced they grew
palmer. until Ne could very well make
them out by the naked eye.
AS we pushed along stu further We
n "a a
see sheep a few hundred yards away
They were big. fine fellows, as large as
good chunk OF a COW and with so much
white gOol on them that their backs look
al square like big Cotswol6 sheep.
But they we're nothing like sheep IN
running. They were the ariest, most
graceful creatures 20 be imagined. They
scaled cliffs as though they had wings
Oftentimes they went straight up height
that seemed as Inaccessible az the side Of
a house. They didn't go zlgzag and they
had as much ginger in their movements
and acre as easy and airy as though they
were eagles.
The white villa goats went ia bands Of
from twenty 10 forty aek. As we got
near ne fired into them anE managed &c
XIII a couple Of them. They came tuul-
hing down almost 10 the edge OF the
water. The rest ran away and disappeared
We had killed were very fat. The grass
vas very good In the mountains end the
water from the melting SNOW sweet and
soft There was a faint oior from the
meat when (: was cut W That suggested
mutton.
but as I was going 70 say. we had
only proceeded past "a point Of rocks a few
hundred rods away TIL more Of the goats
doomed up. IT was this way for Amos;
ths entire distance 70 the mouth Of The
Siehekin. on several occasions we tried
20 shoot the goats on the mountains. bu,
they were 50 far away that our shots fsH
short In other eases osr bullets struck
the rocks A50ut THIN.
II found that when band % goats vera
graz nx there vas a, ways a big goat that
acted as sentinel and vas ready 10 give
the alarm % The others. II ws wera 40
near as 20 cause danger they all took 20
f1ixa. Some OF the animals were OF n
Slightly Blush color. bnt most were clear
whfte. esoecia ally the larger ones
1--WE killed numerous other goats az we
advanced. but none directly from the
steamer. r. get them We landed and
made dsi0urs climbing quietly up the
sdes Of the mountains. and with gun In
hand 80 81 70 - able 20 shoe. q, once
when we saw them
In two days we had killed twFe7f,-,vro
O. the goats. and Z we had continued 20
hunt We could save killed arg number Vve
desired. However. though / had done my
part IN killing yhs pretty animals IL IN
nevertheless ruthless sport. The goats
ought 10 be ,est "a a distinguishing feat
are OF the country ara not be- szcrsfcea
as fhe saraloes were.
"only the younger goats are good for
food Their inca: - sweet ard nutritious
but With the Old ones the meat lie strong
and inclined 10 be tough and no ma
wants 20 tackle u more than once So
there - really no need Of killing them
except fo- their skins. Tire woot on HON
s. from ave - eignl inches long. Taev
make a magnificent rug or robe X prop
srly cured and tanned
The skins are 50 easily taken that they
bring oa!y 8 each john Hall, Hho llses