Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1914-08-20
me lay of The land.

~1G 10y VA Lie hAASs
made another turn in the tran,
which led down c lite incline toward
another spring. l caught sight of fox
Sinking off into the bushes just be-
yond the spring | gave little squeak
to try TO bring him back, but be was
too far ahead So | kept on down TO
the spring, where | rested on fallen
log.
picked q spruce bud and began to
chew it chewed buds and barks a
great deal during my two months in
the wilderness. and ! feel sure that for
this reason alone | was able TO go for
long periods without eating solid food.
There is unquestionably a great deal or
nourishment in these things. chewed
the alder, cedar. maple, birch and the
bark of the mountain ash.
| also ate roots which were tender
and palatabe Every one knows what
goldthread is. There was lot OF this
In the woods. 1t is nourishing and
healing for the mouth.
Sitting there on that fallen tree,
was suddenly aroused by another rus
tie In the leaves 1t was spruce par
fridge had seen cartridges many
times before.
knew II would be easy to catch this
bird. The spruce partridge is the tam
est bird in the woods. 1t Is easy to
catch them. They seem so stupid that
a man can nearly walk over them be
fore they take flight
While / realized the chances of going
over ana p1ckIhg uIm up were remote.
! knew of another almost sure way to
get him. made slipnoOse of cedar
lining bark. attached this to the end of
stick. and cautiously approaching
the tree on which the partridge was
perched, carefully held the moose out
In front of him. He moved to one
SIDE, but made no effort to fly away.
His curiosity was aroused. and be be-
gan to watch the moose intently.
AS | brought it a little nearer with
out the slightest hesitation the bird
stretched his neck forward and ran his
head into the moose and was caught.
There is nothing new in this method,
Every old woodsman and guide under
stands the process.
During the weeks that followed 1
killed several cartridges with my bow
and arrow | made some arrows out
of hOrnbeam slivers. Then / ground
some small stones into arrowheads and
dashed them on to the notches on the
,f 4 ho CIT c%uo dc
On the other end of the arrow | put
feathers from the blue heron. These
feathers made the direction of the ar
row true
Altogether got about ten birds our
ing the experiment by means OF the
moose and my bow and arrow.
Since coming back to civilization
some one has asked me if didn't have
difficulty in picking the bird clean.
had to laugh at that A partridge
doesn't have to be picked!
To prepare partridge for roasting
all you have to do is to make three
movements OF the hand. In fact, one
movement will do it. First you take
hold of the back and breast OF the
bird and tear it in two. In one hand
you will find the breast and legs and
in the other a lot of skin and feathers.
Pull the skin down over the body and
throw 1t away. Having disposed of
the back. head and entrails, you will
have left the legs and breast, ready
for roasting.
4 6nnn AhfG I 20 rod
my fire and placed the bird on crotch
stick to roast.
In spite of having no salt that par
fridge tasted better by far than any
thing else had had to eat in the
woods
nave mentioned the lack OF salt
several times already. but haven't gone
into details ahOnt its not affecting ME.
| missed it and missed it greatly, but
purely from palatable standpoint.
The lack Of 1t seemed to have aDsu-
mtply no effect npOn my physical con
dition. | didn't really need IL FrOnu
what observed should say that the
nS.. of salt is nothing more than II
nai ~ ~ uSeNu III ulS OP'h'"u' wv
| because the system needs It, put be
| cause it makes food taste better.
Animals in their natural haunts are
| forced to go without salt indefinitely.
| believe their greediness when they
| do find it In the salt Hicks is due to the
taste rather than 70 the actual need
| of It.
The following day was Wednesday,
the 18th OF August; and my birthday.