The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-03-05
The GREAT CARIBOU.
- uyG GAME STILL ABOUSDs
RI CANADIAN WOODS.
~-,sastsstie Hunter yfvfdfy De-
the Americas Reindeer In
"a. p.vsrffe Stamping Ground
..,..s Game Laws Are More Rig
exsssIy Enfereea the Clumsy bat
x~s.< Animal IL Doomed.

-s-s. fsg BY Bachelor Syndicate.
.s1p.ssr ia s!ze. nor appearance. nor
- suaIi.y and texture OF fesh. has
s..-sssns. sny apparent connection with
= -.-rrsos red deer OF the United States
r,raaz Il has, however. many
r. common with the moose. the
.s~Fksux sirallaritlsE being the form
-. raza aad mouth. In the moose The
= "a extends out fully four inches be-
- ,Se lower; IN the caribou tnis pecn-
a.,trx a not so decided bat the Up In
s.s--l.eat % sza IN roofing through the
- "a search OF food. There ~ also
-. similarity ia the nattsning ard
.smatlns Of the horns. In view OF these
- a.nsr rssembiances many claim. and
sssleve rightly, that the caribou Is
sse.tly .ssaged 70 the noose.
80, are occasionally found south
- ,sa narsGIel OF Gusbee. but principally
= ia norsh IL the little known regions
s~..aSsug 20 the Arctic circle ana be-
80 They are divided into two species.
.ss-nsssty connected One Of thess occu-
- ths heavily wooded and more south
- nsrts Of their natural territory: ths
sshsr called the barren ground caribou.
!. sa,sn6 IN the woods in the winter only.
sc "a the summer they range along the
star,s es the ocean. Except in size, little
n sny difference can be observed. The
.set.sna caribou Is me larger. frequently
ssv.us double the weight OF It's relative OF
sas barren ground.
re ordinary color OF the caribou is
- red brown. in the largest and Oldest
,k.rs Ia an intermingiingof graylsa white.
rhs sinter color Of al SHOWS something
~ ola nosthng. and in the Dull, more
,nvt.cn,arly. the entirs head and neck
srs~ the shoulders Ii almost white. There
/. also A tanE tuft OF coarse hair along
d. entire nnaerslde Of the neck. reach
tsg ron. the cheat 20 the head. frequently
an inches deep. The body OF the FUR Is
.errosea OF & short flne wool, Amos. IS
,h.ek. nns and sof. as that OF the beaver.
Growing out from this Ia long, coarse,
bride halF sufficiently thick 20 entirely
h.!s from view the fine fur beneath. IL is
as mass Of coarse hair that renders the
carbon one OF the most ouoyant swimmers
kaeea.
tbs animal closely resembles the rim
e.. o. Europe, the main point Of differ
ss.s beiag Ia the horns. The anilers OF
80 caribou point almost directly back for
half their length. and then point upward.
Tie leng horns are a nat oval. fiatteaei
o. palmaled al the top OF tbs several seq
nsnts; branch springs from each just
sboss the head, extending out sidexise:
sAsss are short and very broad. There Is
very peculiar short, fiat horn which
spr.Egs from the bottom OF the right side
Q. tie eft antleF and projects forward d.
fectly over the nose. this Is generally from
sxht 10 tan inches long. and from Two to
three inches wide. fiattenIng out much
x.Esg az the end. The oldest thing. how
ssg, Il tho fact that the female or COW.
rs h0Ens. These antlers sre short and
sghtly curved. generally from 10 20 u
isehes ions. without any branches what
ever.
caribou as seen at distance much
resembles a Holsteln COW, for the coiors
s,pssr black and white. and the move
leafs are clumsy. The bulls occasionally
re eexs something over half that amount.
Tasg appear very awkward IN running.
BIZ CA average Il or IS miles an hour.
TER ssyer travel In herds except In win
tls ard they never beat down tia snow
ard Ea;AsF IN yards as Is habltual with
al 0lhss members OF the deer family. The
hcefs are large ard deeply split. 50 that n
passage IS easily made through swanpy
ground or deep snow.
Caribou are nomadie in the extreme.
o. ains never 70 be at rest. They may be
faaad beautifully FOR a time In a certain
seton. Only 70 disappear entirely for sew
era years. water Is always selected az
issiF highway Of travel. and they easily
sF.a long distances. though they are cas-
~ eEertaken ~ hunters In a canoe. In
water Il i more difficult than In sum
xes 70 FAD them and TO approach within
sses.lDg distance. Their sense OF hearing