The Cairo bulletin., 1907-06-03
AUTHOR w. ]. LONG GIVES MORE
DETAILED ANSWER TO
PRESIDENTS CHARGE.
HINT OF PLAGIARISM
Made in Letter Saying Chief Executive
"Never Can Understand Animals,
AS His Own Books Show
Says He Glories in Gore.

SldmlOIu, 1oilH', June 'z.--iu- WI
liam J. Long today added seyefa
thoughts to his previously uttered re
plies to President Roosevelt, ant
among other things hints that the
president may have been guilty ol
plagiarism In one Of his descriptions
of outdoor life.
The author scores the executive fol
discussing the lynx and white vol
incidents as related in Dr. Longs
books, and charges that his critic
knows nothing about either animal
He speaks sarcastically of Roosevelt's
knowledge of the hearts If wild
animals"
Knows Hearts; Sees Them RddIed.
"After carefully reading two of his
big books, find that every time he is
near the heart of wild thing he in
varably puts a bullet through it."
said DR.. Long
Hearts are good to eat, and heads
to stuff and hang on your wall. From
his own records | have reckonel a
| fun thousand hearts he has known in
timately. In one chapter alCne | find
that he violently gained know edge OF
eleven noble elk hearts in a few days
and he tells us that this was a type
Of many such hunts.
Among my statements that Mr.
Roosevelt denies is the matter of the
wolf folio ying two childrea lost in
the woods, and this he declares to be
the widest improbabilty.' Once |
was myself followed for hours by a
young wolf which. so far as | could
Judge from his actions, showed only
timidity and curiosity which at
times seemed almost friendly. | have
heard of three or four similar cases,
and Mr.. Roosevelt can heaF. one of the
most interesting from Francis lie
Fiesche, who IS now in Washington.
indian Furnishes Example.
"In the account in Northern Trails
have used an incident, and the text
SHOWS plainly that | am recording an
other mans experience. The man
who told me is full blooded Indian
hunter. | have camped with him
summer and winter: have saved his
life once: have shared with him my
last bite and my last pipe have slept
with him under the same blanket and
s hivered out the long northern night
with him, huddled close by the same
fire.
Il have never known him to boast,
to go back on his word, to speak an
untruth, and when this man tells me
quietly that he was once lost with his
little sister and that a wolf followed
them for miles. in half friendly way,
until they came in sight of home, !
naturally believe him. and relate the
incident just as he told It, Moreover,
| repeat the preface, which arouses
the wrath of the man who knows all
about wolves. that every incident in
the story of Wayeesis is founded
sauareiy upon my own and my In
dams observation
Wo'ves Like Human Company.
There are two truths about wolves
which Mr. Roosevelt has not discov-
cred. and which he will never dis
cover while chasing them with pack
of dogs and a half dozen yelling
hunters. The first is that the wolf is
not always or often a savage. blood
thirsty creature. the arch type OF
ravin.' as Mr.. Roosevelt describes him
On the whole. he Is more like a big,
shy. independent dog than any other
creature konw.
"The wolves were once numerous
in our country. and are still abundant
in the far north; but in the 300 years
of our history IL Is doubtful IL ever a
human being was killed by wolf. In
Newfoundland. where the huge white
wolves were once numerous, | can dis
cover no record of even child being
harmed or attacked by them. The
fact that many people are killed each
year in Europe does not change the
record: It shows that wolves differ.
Not Sportsman; Books Proof.
There is greater p'easure and
wisdom than all this; but you will
never know what they are. II is not
your hunting to which | object. for
also am a hunter, but your unneces-
sa1y brutality and barbarism. The
bloody endings over which you gloat
bring little 'self-satisfaction' to a |
thoughtful man who has seen the last |
look in the eye of a stricken deer.
and who remembers that even this
small life has its myst.ry. like my
own.
"You are not a sportsman. though /
YOU have slain your thousands. y0u 1
are not naturalist. though You have
hides and horns; you do
not and you cannot understand the
hearts Of wild things though you
have made a grievous quantity Il
hem bleed. Il needs no eyewitness
nor any affidavit to support this state