The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1901-11-16
ADIRONDACKS WHITE DEER.
A Number Have Been Killed Within
the Last Few Years. But Not
by Canadians.

by Canadians.
An albino deer is so rare a sight
in the Adirondacks that when one
does appear it is regarded with SUI
perstitious feelings by some of the
ma tives. Many of the so-called ma
tives of the Adirondacks are French
Canadians. A white deer is never
killed by the French Canadian, and
he does not modest it, although he be-
lieves there is an evil influence about
him while the albino deer remains in
his neigh borhood, says the New York
Sun.
Some white deer have been KILLED
in the Adirondacks in the last few
years. In 1898 Il white deer fire.
quently visited homes of natives in
the Keene valley. 1t appeared in the
fall and became rema rka bly, tame.
1t was a beautiful creature, having a
neck and tail of pure white. while
the upper parts of the body
and the back We're nearly white.
The eyes of this deer We're white, al
though usually the eyes of an albino
are pink.
By common consent the albino of
the Keene valley, a doe. was left I'M
molested, and il was decided to await
heavy snow, when it could be run
down and captured alive. But the
dogs got after it and chased it un-
til it passed in an exhausted condi-
ton near a traveller, who caught it
and cut its throat. The traveller was
not aware of the agreement among
the hunters to preserve the doe as
long as possible, and deeply regretted
his act when he was informed Of
their plans.
The guides of the Adirondacks say
that within their memory not more
than a dozen white deer have been
reported. and the appearance of one
is sufficient to excite them greatly.
Men of the steadiest nerves under
most hunting experiences are some
times upset at the sight of white
deer or an albino bird.
Many visitors to the North woods
scout the idea that there is such a
thing as a white deer. At the same
time the superstitious prefer not to
see one, as they believe it indicates
danger. SO deep seated was this SUI
perStition among the natives at Wild
Cat Pond in the Cranberry lake re-
gion of st. Lawrence county that
they left an albno deer alone when
y
1t was frequently observed accom-
panied by fawn of the usual color.
What became of It has never been
known, but the native there tells the
inquirer that he did not shoot it, nor
did any of his relatives. They all
admired it too much to think of kill
ing it, and while they won't admit
that they were superstitious about
shooting it. they will say they pre-
ferred to take no chances so far as
that white deer was concerned.
Last fall two hunters succeeded in
killing two rare white deer. One of
them was shot near North Hudson by
John Greenough. 1t was a two-year-
o.d buck, and those who saw it de-
scribe it as being perfectly white
with pink ears. Another popularity
was that it had very short legs. Clark
Cox. a gamekeeper of the preserve
OF George r. Finch, shot white deer
near the Boreas ponds. This was
also a young buck with pink eyes and
a spotless coat of white.
1t is said that a great white buck
was the leader of a herd of deer
which had a yara in the vicinity of
Bonaparte lake last winter. 1t is
said that the buck was two-year-
old and that it had for a mate a
white doe. II was one of the most
unusual sights that ever greeted a
hunter, that of the hands ONE buck
and it's white companion, both of
them seeming naturally to be the
leaders of all the others.
The white buck and doe of the
Bonaparte country escaped without
being harmed, and it is said that
there are white deer in other parts
of the region. They were reported
near the close of the last hunting
season and were allowed to go I'M
harmed.