The Delta independent., 1897-10-29

through the neck which settled him. I
still kept the neck skin on thinking to
use it for shield il he charged me. He
had evidently scented the skin and was
coming right after it. This was some
sport. He il . monster. has claws four
inches long. head y inches from nose to
ears, measures 10 feet inches stretch
and has . good coat Of hair, foot sxl2
| inches. 1t took me till dark to skin him
and after it was o6 could not lift it. /
drug it over the willows and left it and
got in camp after dark thinking Alaska
had bears Of uncomfortable size and
numbers for night travelling while alone.
Mr.. Berg had returned and was very un-
easy. and whom I told him OF my days
hunt he thought was all right, and
truly this vas . red letter day and my
hunt in Alaska i finished and have
killed two specimens hard to duplicate.
and Of animals have had such q desire
to add to my collection. am more than
pleased and vish all my hunting friends
were here now. The first thing . want
to do on reaching home is to spank our
photographer for not getting my 4x5
camera in time for me. 1t has been rain
ing and showing all aay-while sheep
hunting the weather was mostly clear
and cold. We will now pack everything
down to the lake and will care for my
heads and skins and work homeward -
fast as possible. for truly feel that
am we'll paid for my long and tiresome
journey OF 5000 miles. round trip. on land
and sea. 1t ie nov too dark to write and
will finish At lower camp. I will make
supper OF moose steak, boiled rice, red
currant sauce and tea
September l6-We broke camp on the
lake the 18Th and pulled hard at the oars
for q day and one half crossing the lake
with no breeze to aid u, but we few
when 10 struck the rapids in the river.
making the run in hour and Is minutes.
1t took us two days 10 pull this distance
on our vay up. We start in . small
boat tooorsov eoe Homer near Csps
Elisabeth. Il = 6 miIss froo hero and
pray for favoesb,s bessss.
Hooss. 6spl R-Ws bad terrible
hard work naking this point Hsed
wind al the way and ve had to tow the
boat and row the entire distance. A
heavy storm laid us up for two days We
laid out in boat one night and am Just
played out Tho mail boat Dora. for
Sitka, ID due the Gath and will thank
God when ve reach that place for il ID
from six to ten days at 50 and poor &C.
commodations for big crowd. will
get my mail at Sitka and am very anxi-
Gus 10 hear sonething from homo and
the world generally; have not heard .
word for six vsskAL can nov finish dry
Ing ny skins and scslpa 30 far every
thing , sll o. X. Il vill take . crate
feet square TO hold ny moose hoens; will
crate my sheep beads separate. neg
lected to mention the berries Of this
country. They surpas anything I ever
saw in wild fruits. After We reached
Kusilod lake. the Hat woodland, the hills
and mountains everywhere were absolute
ly colored with ripe fruit. I will name
them in variety - they ripened and
every hour Of the day while carrying our
packs or hunting. We were eating. after
August IL. Wild stravberries, red dew
berries, blueberries, huckleberries, red
raspberries, red and black currants.
guoseberries. and both lov and highland
cranberries. and several other varieties
Of berries that are not named. This is
nov Sept. - and ate rcd and black
currants and cranberrics but yesterday.
The frusts are withering The currants
now. I am bringing home several varie-
ties Of these Wild fruits which I will
propagate. Ihave never seen finer red
currants. The gras in this country 10
wonderful. red top grove 10 heighth OF
s to 6 feet and % thick on the ground
that il makes travelling very hard. Many
places the fallen timber = very bad and
Dno from one 10 two fsse thick for
niles bsch Il the -. Nsae timber line
the travelling b much sasise and where I
hunted the white sheep The footing %
very good. but the mountains are very
steep. rocky and bsrrsn in facs they are %
bare Of vegetation that yoa would think
the sheep would starve; osehinG grove
there save the dwarf fern and this seems
10 be the delicscy that tAs sAssp prefer.
Their fiesh 10 the finest Wild NEAT ever
ate and I asure you vs haa many rossts
OF il - we'll - good fat DosBs. although
I prefer elk 10 the lattse. ThO oountains
. this country are indeed grand and
wonderful. They rio ssrupsiy from the
go and many rascss eor Assdrsd milss
there = NO bresk oaly chat rsmsins
] from the ebb q the titas. have travel
Cd nearly 1000 niles aSoag The south