The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-02-19

manner, Colonel Goss builded for him
self monument which nothing Car
ever efface
1T was Kansan who has passed
through the trackless snow OF the north
il tracing out the habits of the animal
kingdom. he has analysed the ice bergs
% the north. the rocks and caves and
the denizens of these places and of the
forests. for the education of the student
so that ne may know more of nature.
| With re II unflagging he has explored
| all Of the remotest parts of this country.
AT the worlds fair the west was
proud of one man for having the finest
collection of animals at that great expo
| siti0n of any state or country Of the
globe. He had over thousand differ
! ent specimens there, and because we are
| kansans we honor Dyche; and 1 am
glad that l can honor rim here in be-
! half of these gentlemen whose senti-
ments 1 have been designated 10 ex-
press"
NJ. Davidson then arose and an
nounced the next toast of the evening
The Big Game of America" by Pro-
fessor Dyche. Mr. Dyche arose slowly
! and looked at his watch amid a round
of applause which greeted him. He is
a quick. ready talker, ana his response
was very interesting and there was
| scarcely a sound while he was talking.
/ It was impossible 10 obtain any of the
other toasts. but following Dyche in or
der. j. r. Mead. Colonel ". NJ. Murdoch,
! Judge Dale. Colonel Sluss and ]. d.
| Houston responded to toasts, all being
! old timers and frontiersmeH.
| Professor Dyche spoke at some length
| and only brief sketch Gf what he said
| can be given on account of the lateness
OF the hour. After replacing mis- watch
| in his pocket he set his chair forward
under the table and said, in part:
''Mr. President, ladies and gentlemen
Although you gentlemen cannot see the
ladies they are present" They had en-
tered the adjoining room directly before
Mr.. Dyche. Resuming, Mr.. Dyche said:
Way back of the time which I cannot
remember, my father was living in
Usage county, Kansas. When / was
| small boy we had yellow dog named
Pete. My grandfather had a white dog
with a black spot over his eye; one
neighbor had another large dog, and an
other neighbor had still another. These
four dogs were all large and strong and
L had whistle which they all knew,
and when l whistled they all came
1--WE had peach tree in the yard. but
it never had any fruit upon it, for faith
-er kept cutting the limbs off to whip
the dogs when they got into a fight.
for | would back my four dogs against
i-4l o,
and they came. l started down the
creek. and when about three-quarters of
a mile from the house the dogs freed
three wild cats. One cat jumped and
the dogs tackled her. another then came,
and finally each dog had a cat but Pete.
who helped all three. The dogs killed
the cats all right, but father and grand
father and the two neighbors, noticing
the sorry looking pack Of dogs left after
the melee were looking ior me-. Grand
mother begged off for me, however.
"A few days after / was out with the
dogs and discovered one wild cat Ny
four dogs took up their station under
that limb while 1 went to get permission
to catch 1T, remembering my last ex-
perience. Father and several other men
went back with a large number of dogs,
and father shot the wild cat, which
dropped down among my four dogs The
other dogs then jumped in and we had
the most exciting dog fight right there
you ever saw. l skipped out at once for
Srandmother's for l supposed was the
cause of it. being the only boy along
now, as to the big game of this cOuu-
try. 1 believe that will live TO see the
time when they are practiclly extermi-
mated. Laws are passed TO regulate
these things, but you cannot regulate
i. by law. All US men get together and
pass laws and you and you and you Gn-
dicating at random) go and individually
break them. Oaughter) Collectively
we ar all right, but individually We are
not. Within fifteen or twenty years
there will be no big game on this cont
nent. and am trying to get collection
II SPECIMENS wnicn vii. be left for fu-
Gre generations when the big game is
gone.
II hope before am too old and hence
lose my interest in this thing. that the
SAFE OF Kansas will become prosperous
enough - give me a building in which
to pa. nay Correction. l have my own
ideas about mounting them and would
like 10 do it before 1 get too old
'J.p IN the north OF Greenland found
fossil leaves OF sycamore, elm and per-
smmon There are fossils left Of hu-
man beings found up there occa sionaIly.
and | have a theory. II is that all life
originated at the poles. according to the
nebulary hypothesis this is perfectly rea-
sonable. All animals can be traced from
the poles as the source OF life radisting
in all directions. Thee deer and other
animals are found in America an In
Asia they could not have crossed the
channels.
II hope 10 go back up To the north II
Greenland after awhile and obtain a few
specimens OF musk OK and others. which
1 have been unable 10 obtain 80 far. l
believ. me most feasible way TO reach
the pole is TO &c III along the west coast
Ct Greenland as far as you can go and
then take sledges and go over n the
north Of Greenland and then you would
De within about 800 miles OF the pole.
AMI one ight take a run over there
AMI si- down by the pole and eat plum
pudding
Il see Lieutenant Peary IS now talking
about what he calls the American plan
during the last two months. and II is
this plan exactly which l told aim %
OYER a year ago. All the other arctic
explorers are taking up this idea. too.
but it is my idea. l am not looking for
the pole particularly. hut what want
are the specimens and what scent fc !
knowledge can Be gained II Ire one or !
two miles OF Ice were taken of = Green /
land. We might find many fossils Of even /
long extinct towns, bu. OF course 80 can |
not do ;his."
Mr.. Dyche closed By telling beas