Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1904-02-19

| lie uFsL. 1 tuSu Idu W AlJ pAikS "As
the intention Of sticking him, but aft
looking at his head I changed my mir
and began to call to those on the rive
as I was alone. In about fifteen mil
utes the party and guides began to q
rive and we went to work to skin an
pole him. 1 was shooting Winche
ter .S2 special, soft nose bullet, and tt
| first bullet had hit a rib as 1t went II
passed through heart and out at th
other side. You could run your fiji
through the hole, not only where
came out but where 1t entered as wei
in fact the guides hung him up, 81
hundred pound carcass, by runnin
a pole through the holes that the ba
bad made. The second ball struc
within two inches of the first, goin
through the lungs. Either Of the shot
were fatal ones, but was by myself
did not know how far was from th
river, forty-two miles from camp an
with my canoe and guide going on, ha
never killed anything larger than dee
and could not have followed a cripple'
animal on account Of the denseness o
the forest, and hence deemed it wis
to be sure of his death.
This put some enthusiasm into oul
party and they all took to the road, 81
l got hack into my canoe for a littl
rest. At Portage brook that evening
I left the party, and with my guide
Fred Edwards, q wiry, rawboned fel
low, muscular, quiet and alert. walked
about eight miles across country te
Upsalquitch Lake, where Crimens has
a small cabin. We reached there about
dusk, and took a row over the lake,
but saw no game. We got into camp
about half past eight and. while I was
drying out, Edwards cooked good
supper. The following morning we
weIe up by Eve O'Clock, and after.a cup
of coffee, were out on the lake again,
with eyes and ears doing double duty.
We quietly circled the edged of the
lake, only to find that the moose were
quenching their thirst elsewhere, and
returned to camp before nine O'Clock
for breakfast. after which we started
to retrace our steps to the river, on
our way to the main camp, where the
others had gone. | had but my gun
to carry, while my guide had a one
pound sack; but he was al
ways right there. That night we camp
ed on the side Of the river in good hunt.
ing grounds, and as we had no tent,
Fred made lean to with his blanket, !,
and with a good fire. the kind that
good guides know how to make. we
slept very. comfortably, although the
wind hoWled and the rain poured all
night along.
On the afternoon of Friday, &he
we reached the main camp
on Lake Nepisiguit, which is one Of a
series of five lakes. nestled among the
varying from one to three
miles long and from one half to one
mile wide. With the dense foliage
just beginning to lay aside its summer
plumage for that OF winter, our eyes
rested upon panorama 80 beautiful
that the memory picture will be carried
for years.
just before reaching camp at the
foot of the lakes, passed fine carl
bou that Caperton had killed from his
canoe. The caribou was swimming
the lake, and with but his head for a
target, and the lake well roughened
by high wind. Caperton had no easy
shot.
The main camp was very comfort
able two.room log cabin, well chinked
with moss and with birch bark roof.
1t was furnished with spruce bough
hunks, where we rested comfortably
and slept soundlY. The lakes abund-
ed in trout, and we enjoyed casting
the fly at odd times. It was nothing
to land three trout at one
time, and half hours fishing would
often net you two dozen trout running
from ten to eighteen inches. This be
ing the close season. we were only
allowed to catch what we needed for
the table. However, the mountain air
gave US good appetites, and we were
careful not to run out of fresh fish.
Saturday we put in harm days work
hunting on the lakes and nearby bo'
gans with no success. Monday l was
up by four O'Clock and after a hasty
breakfast started with Fred, rowing
eight miles to the foot Of the dead
waters, where we took a blazed trail
for six miles across country to a likely
began. I got within thirty five yards
OF COW caribou while on the trail an
stopped ::for a minute Watching bel
feeding towards US, when presently
the wind shifted, she threw up hel
head, scented, wheeled and showed hel
flag. As i had my allotted caribou
game, l bid her good bye with the re
quest that she raise me good bull fol
future day. Arriving at the began,
| was disappointed at finding nothing,
but had sufficient grit left in me not tc
show it. After breaking our fast or
some cold biscuits furnished from our
pockets, we turned towards the river
reaching our canoe by two, and camI
by four O'Clock.
After having something to eat, Fred
rowed me out on the lake about ont
hundred yards, and / caught thirty
nice trout for supper, whereupon as ht
and l had covered over thirty miles
that day, and it was then past fivt
O'Clock, / suggested that we knock of
and call it day. That seemed sat
isfactory to him, but when I got out
of my boat with the fish he asked m,