The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-21

were satisfied TO carry our rifles and
scramble along as best we could.
The guides were dubious and were
afraid that we would be unable to reach
our objective point, a lake on which no
white man had ever hunted. go far as
was known. They feared that would
be unable to make the trip.
I was clad in mems clothing through
out. The clothes were regular mems
make, as the material is much stronger
and more durable than any other.
wore the regulation blue wooden shirt,
hunting cap, and heavy walking boots.
We went over two miles TO the lake
on which the Meads had hunted. and
crossed this lake N the canoe Then
miles We forced our way through the
bush to Gull lake The lake which
we had just left, that on which Mr..
Mead killed his Moose, was called Duck
lake, by rea son of the multitudes of
ducks that were found there.
Signs Are Encouraging.
The third guide then returned, and
two remained with US. We padded
through a small bay and narrow inlet
and saw signs of beaver having been
trapped there many years before. We
entered a large and beautiful lake, with
islands dotting the surface, and the
shores cur by many beautiful little
bays. All around us were lily pads
and rusheS, and we could see the foot
prints where moose had been. These
signs encouraged US greatly.
We made. camp on the largest island
in the lake. on the rocky shore, close TO
the edge Of the water. The ground was
decayed vegetable matter, rotten logs
and leaves. 1t was impossible to build
a fire on this, because if he HAD, we
would have burne1 our island to the
waters edge
The general conditions there looked
good enough to US so we decided to
stay there and hunt We sent the
younger guide back for provisions, as
we had only a days rations, and tin
pail and fry pan.
Provisions Are Lost.
When he returned to Duck lake with
the supplies in his canoe, he must have
been "fooling," there was no other ex-
cuse for it, and ne tipped the canoe
over. The entire pack was soek ed. Su-
gar and salt were spoiled. and we only
had two lOaves of bread and a side Of
bacon for subsistence.
We remained for five days hunting
in the early morning and evening. We
would hunt from o'clock to o'clock
in the morning, and from 5 o'clock tc s
O'Clock at night. During that time we
had a heavy storm. Out of the five
nights we could hunt only two, as the
wind was heavy and the rain came in
dOwnpOur. There was also a heavy
thunderstorm.
Hunters in Peril.
We had one narrow escape from dis
aster. We were several miles out on
the lake at night, when a terrific thun-
derstorm, accompanied by high wind,
came up almost without warning. The
men padded with all their might, and
barely reached safety on the shore at
camp, when the thunderstorm broke
with all its fury. One Of the guides got
great sheet of birch bark and I
crouched under it, protected fully from
the rain which came down in torrents.
We had no shots at all. There had
been no chance for game on account
of the storm. We returned to camp
and remained one night and were al
most starved. We were weak and pale
from lack of food, having practically
nothing to eat.
Then we went to another new lake.
There was no trail cut to this lake and
We had to make our own portages. We
stayed there two nights and found only
cows We called this Moccasin lake.
Then early in the morning we re-