The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1907-07-19

the Webb enclosure were nearly 100
acres of forest for each head TO range
upon; also men to see that they were
not molested. Ladders were built up
trees every 10 rods along the road, and
trails were made for the safety Of
guests .or gaInekeepeTs. King Moose
had high and low ground to feed on,
but he did not thrive; only four or five
were found and there is none left.
Equal mystery surrounds the disap-
pearanee of the original stock from
districts in the Adirondacks in which
their presence. said that Horatio Sey-
mour shot the last moose of the origin
al stock on the shores of Albany lake,
some time in the tifties. Simeon ].
Moody of Topper lake says that his
brother Phineas shot a moose on the
| Bog river, below Mud Lake, some time
! In the early sixties. Mr.. Moody says
that in his brothers hunting party were
Simeon Billiard Of Malone and Rip
Leonard of Morley, N. Y. Moody, pad
died Billiard up to a COW moose one
night, while hunting for deer. Billiard
was dazen by the size of the animal,
and Moody took his gun, a single-ba
relied rifle, carrying a large bullet, and
shot the moose through the shoulders.
In 1858 Harvey Holt of Keene Valley
was bounding deer near the inlet of
Boreas Pond In Essex county, when he
started cow moose and her calf. The
cow broke through the crust and was
shot by one of Hollis companions and
Holt himself shot the calf, In the early
fifties, an occasional moose was shot in
the Adirondacks and there were
enough wolves there to make the killing
of them for the bounty profitable
Moody says that the moose and the
wolves disappeared together from the
Adirondacks during the first year of
the war, and he believes that they
moved north into Canada. A pack of at
least 100 wolves passed through the
town of Bombay, in Franklin county,
and a party of St. Regis Indians fol-
lowed their trail until they crossed the
st. Lawrence river on the ice. Men who
know the woods are aware of the fact
that such migrations of animals are
frequent, and it Is possible that this is
the explanation of the disappearance
of the moose.
Nearly half century ago an old In
dian hunter made his headquarters near
Wolf Pond and supported himself by
hunting and fishing. Occasionally he
acted as guide. He told stories of the
days when the moose were many in the
Adirondacks, and he always said that
they had gone north one winter across
the big river" This Indian died in
possession of knowledge which might
have made him rich had he been will.
ing to sell it, He visited the nearest vii.
lage at long intervals to buy powder,
and he always said that he "dug his
own lead in the woods" He was never
known to buy bullets. and he usually
had large supply Of lead. Many offers
of money were made to him to disclose
the location of his lead mine, but he
refused them. Prospectors-and there
were many in those days-who went
through the Adirondacks In search Of
gold heard of this Indians lead mine
and tried strategy. They made up hunt
ing parties and engaged the indian as
guide. When his supply of lead ran low,
they watched him. The Indian always
succeeded, however, in slipping away
from camp, and when he returned he
would be loaded down with lead. He
undoubtedly did have lead supply Of
his own, but many searches since his
death have failed to disclose a mine
This Indians explanation Of this disap-
| pearance Of the moose was that an UNI
usually big moose, who acted as lead
err had guided the others into Canada
and, finding the feeding grounds much
better, they had never returned Sar-
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