The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-11-14
ROOSEVELT is
IN THE FOREST
Slaughter of Black Bear Next on
the Programme.
TRIP WILL BE FATIGUElNe
PRESIDENT AND HIS GUIDES
WILL FOLLOW THE DOGS.

{ MEDES, Miss, Nov. 13-President
y Roosevelt ana his party arrived
here shortly before 1 o'clock this
afternoon and, in their hunting toys,
started soon afterward for the camp
on the Little SunIower river. As the
distance is a good fifteen miles and
the trail is rough and bad. the chances
are that it was after dark before they
reached the camp.
Snedes Is simply d siding on the
TazoO & Mississippi Valley railway
where cotton IS loaded from the big
Smede plantations 4 plantation store
and the residence OF one OF the man
ayers are the Only structures, except
negro cabins, within sight. Work on
the neiShooring plantations was sus-
pended this afternoon and several hun
dred negroes We're at the siding when
the train stopped. Most OF the men
sat on cotton bales. but the black
niammleS and the Iickaninnies stood
along the track They showed their
white teeth in nard grjns. but made
no other demonstration as the presi-
dent stepped from the train. lie was
cad IL hunting costume, khaki riding
trousers, heavy leather leggings, blue
flannel shirt and corduroy coat. and
wore on his head q brown SLOUGH hat
Around his waist was buckled his
cartridge belt and at his side hung his
ivory-handlCd hunting knife. The
other members of the party also wore
hunting suits. While the guns blank
cts and other small baggage were be-
ing loaded into four-mule wagon, the
president chatted with the manager Of
the Smede estate and two ladies, who
were great admirers of him and who
had come especially to greet him.
Entered the Forest.
When all was in readiness the mem
bers Of the party, except Mr.. Fish and
Mr. Dickinson, mounted small, wiry,
tough-loOking horses and dashed away
Tor the woods at a bTeakneck canter.
The presidents mount was a black
horse. He did not look spirited, but il
was explained that he was just the
sort Of animal needed to force a way
through the. dense underbush. The
others followed in a blackboard drawn
by two mules.
Two disappointments met the presi-
dent here The first was that Mr..
Mangum, who had had much to do
with arranging the hunt. was too III
to proceed to camp tonight, and the
other was the story Which came back
from camp that in trying the pack
gone off after a deer, which they had
jumped while HOke Collier was on the
track Of a bear As there are only
twenty-five dogs in the pack, the split
is very disquieting- Mr. Mangum, as
soon as he heard Of this accident. put
himself in communication with BObO,
a famous bear hunter, who has a fine
pack Of forty-five dogs on his place
about 100 miles north OF here, at BobO
or 10.
there will be great sufhciency of
dogs
In place of Mr.. Mangum it has been
arranged that Hugh ROOte and HOke
Collier viii hunt with the president
They viii start out at daylight to
morrow morning. Paths have been cut
through the underground, to be used
as cut-Offs to the river crossing, and
on these stations the members Of the
party, except tie president, viii be
stationed The president and his guides
viii follow the hounds through the
underground in order TO be at hand
if bear is brought to bay.
"Wiu Be Powerful Hard.''
''It viii be powerful hard said Mr..
Mangum, and I predict the president
viii lose at least five pounds in the
next five days. ] rode through there
a few days ago and when I got out
my clothes We're almost torn off of
me. I looked as if I had been in =
railroad wreck"
Mr. Mangum says the black bears
herea bouts weigh from 500 to 600
pounds We have a set of scales
at the camp" said he, ''and the beasts
will be weighed when they are brought
in
The signs of bear in the. vicinity Of
camp are plentiful, and Mr.. Parker
promises the president a shot before
tomorrow evening. In one water hole
Hoke Collier on Monday found the
prints of nine.
The train is on the sidetrack here
and a telegraph station has been rigged
up in a box car. The arrangements
made here to prevent crowd of cur
ious people spelling the presidents fun
will be strictly carried out.
The people Of Vicksburg wanted to
run an excursion up here this evening
to enable them TO see the president
start on his hunt, but President Fish
of the Illinois Central would not per-
NIT it.