Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-09-01

time; win be consumed. The proper
way for a party of four to travel is
with three canoes and six Indians-in-
GLIDING guide and cook. The camp
ing places along the river are numer-
GUS and some of them of great natural
beauty. Guides are: licensed and It
Is the duty OF the head guide to look
after the sanitary conditions. Every
thing must be kept clean, all refuse
burned and the grounds thoroughly
swept on breaking camp" The In
dams are accommodating and most
Of them willing workers if treated
right and usually only the confirmed
crank has trouble with his guide and
his assistants.
The law limits the, catch at twenty
pounds a day and the last two days
catch may be taken out. 1t is per
haps needless to say that On the
average the angler does not violate
the law.
The Indian guide has a novel way
of mounting the skins of fish con-
sidered of sufficient size to excite
comment and admiration. The skin
of the trout is very tough. One side,
including the back fin, the tail and
half the head is taken, all meat and
fat carefully removed and the skin is
then sewed on a piece of birch bark.
A rustic frame for the picture" is
made of young spruce. When
thoroughly dry the skin may be
vanished and taxidermist can add
an eye, which adds to the natural ap-
pearance of the fish. One of these
rustic pictures makes a novel and
very appropriate piece for the dining
room wall and is good companion
piece for the most artistic work of
| the taxidermist. The Indians are
quite expert in the way of tanning
skins not only of fish but all kinds
of game and they are also very clever
with gun. Under the laws govern
| ing the Nepigon forest reserve heavy
penalties attach to the killing of
game during the closed season. How
ever an Indian may in case of dire
necessity caused by great hunger kill
an animal-a carbon or a moose
for his own use at any time. 1t was
the good aim of friendly Indiana
very hungry Indian-away up on the
Wabenash river, that relieved, for at
least one meal, the monotony of fish
for the North Dakota party in ques-
ton
1t was not the intention of tire
writer to relate fish story. One,
however, true one-is worthy II
record. On the evening of the 23d
Mr. Hanna and Mr. Moorish were
taken out in canoe in the rapids at
Camp Victoria. Mr.. Hanna soon made
a landing of two good specimens from
one cast. One weighed a pound and
a half, the other three and a half
pounds. AS perpetual reminder OF
the twenty minutes fight in the kill
| ing of these two fish Mr. Hanna had the
two mounted on one piece of birch
bark. A little later Mr. Moorish had
a strike. Fifty or more feet. of line
was ree1ed out in an instant. A hall
hour was spent in Keeling in and
playing the unknown captive. When
it was discovered that he, too, had a
double" renewed interest attached
and all hands engaged in advice tc
the angler. A sudden jerk, a jump
clear from the water and the largest
one, four and half FOUNDER, was
4 gone. The other fine three pound
ispecimen was landed.
/ How do we know the weight
i Here's the story. On the way up tn:
river some Fort Wayne, Indiana
/ gentlemen were met and one of them
iihad an assortment of f1ys that would
i make the most enthusiastic and best
prepared fisherman envious. Whils
the Silver Doctor had been win
}ner this Fort Wayne sport exploited
Lon the merits Of the "Coachman.'
lit was a gaudy, a very dressy fly, ani
!, Calculated to fool the wisest fish. M
l"Coachman" appeared in Mr.. Morrish'
book. He was presented with one
q When the three FOUNDER of tn
double, was landed it was discovered
that the larger trout had broken tn
Z smell and vanished with the fly. O,
1.-THE evening of the 23d Hon. E. F
: Porter and Mr.. Jewell were proceed
ling leisurely up the rapids, a quartz
of a mile distant from the fshini
grounds of the previous night. MI
Jewell had the first good strike
, Fully twenty minutes was required t
siland a four FOUNDER. A beauty. It
3 skin has been preserved for the bens
fit of the incredulous. A few nj
I fments later. just as the sun was sinl