Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-09-27

the end ~ the Journey n was necessary
Tor The owner 90 give them long period
OF rgat IN order that their bruised h0afs
nlEht heal They were hcrded la the
neishh1rhood ~ lilackfn1t city, then "A
llNny mining enmp, and Il was hero that
one or them met an untmcly end
through the mistaken enthusiasm ~
tendcrfnpt sportsman.
Tom NcNctr was late arrival from
Iowa, and ~ frcah meat was somewhat
scarce, he started out In search " game.
Tor he was n good shot spite Of lack of
western NNpcrltncc lie had heard great
stories % moose In the woods. and his
hopr1 were high that he might bring
down one OF these rather rare animals.
" should be explained also that McNear
had uvcr seen a moose. neither had
h. ever formed the acquaintance NJ any
niemher of the camel family. Ito had
not proceeded far when he saw through
tho trtrh and underground the head 81
one ~ the clmeia. The beast was lying
down and only IL head was visible 10
tho hunter It's a mnoro.' thought he.
and allpplng carefully through the
woods unil he could get a good shot,
he Ut the game have % bsiwcon the
syea' Ills aim was good ana the camel
Zen dead
Tue Frcnchman who owned the hcrd
lamentations over the loss OF his camel
were loud and emphatic. McNrar
Thought he had run across crazy
man ana nH the other camcla came IN
View he yelled az the frantic Frcnch-
man' Keep Hilll, you ID fool. and
~ Eci the rest u the herd Not until
she frcnohman had cooled sufficiently
q explain the nature of the case In
broken English 90 the aatonlshcd hun
Haa a
head that he had made u biundcr. Tho
Frcnchmnn claimed 500 Tor the dead
camel. but nnally compromised Tor $500.
which was raised by popular auhHcrlp-
ton. McNear dld not hour the list OF
hiH MOOSE hunt Tor many n day ana q
cost him many another dollar FOR
drinks 90 quiet the ioahera The
Frenrhmnn lost ~, time In taking h.s
humpsd pack animals on, " the c1un-
Try.
'srhe camGa wcrc used successfully In
Nevada as pack animals whore the
country was aandy.hu the grfnt obicc-
uou % thOm was that they frightened
horses and a horse could not bc urged
past n camel " they mri on q uar-
row trail.
'The United States government In
truductd the first CnmuiH ON western
erals. u was IN the late 'G0a thai an
agent was sent 10 the Amor river ana
purchased a number % those animals
for service In Transporting supplies
over she desert hU.ween Fort Yuma
AMI Fort Fillmore and other posts IN
Arizona ana New Mexico, Native
drivers came with thcm. The Von-
sure was not successful ana they were
turned out ON the Colorado desert.
who're they multiplied rapidly In a wild
state.
FINALLY the Frcnchmnn, Of whom I
rn1ke, secured 10 81 them and l1ldlug
thtm with cargoes Of from 700 90 1000
pounds started for virginia city. New. !
going ~ way ~ Deash valley. A. al !
most the entire route lay through sand !
ami nllsal deserts, the trip was made |
In good time and without loss They /
were later used 90 pack Fllt from tho |
salt marshes 10 Virginia city, making |
the trip ~ 90 miles 100 day. The |
brine soon made their backs sore and |
they had 10 lay on flr long time |
to recupfrate Later thHy Wrsn nut |
on the Reese river rauic aad bcenme |
W ntnhle ships Tor tho desert Tho /
mining panic OF 20 caused the nnlmals |
20 quit The trail and they were turned /
out % grow lt on sage brush until !
The Montana trlp vas undertaken two
years later
- NHANf"f AAh' N"ANNf WIZ ANNN on tue
% fo1i ana sage brush was
their flvnrlte dici IN Ncvaii. They
IAN easily make 20 90 % miles per day
aud IN a country where climate and /
CHER coalitions are favorable thny
may be used probably, hoy arc d0.
rIle when kindly treated. but when
ibu1ed they VII strike back ro-
member HUolng driver proldlng
'nmcl with an iron End 40 Austin,
Nevada, The beast seized him by the
um ana gave him Just such a shaking
10 dog would give rat"-sipokane
'pokchman Review