The Washington times., 1922-06-01
ADAM AND EVE .
CAP PTURE DEER
IN ROOT SNARE
Problem Of Clothes and Food
Now Believed Solved for
Future Exile.

here. A half-grown buck deer thrust
his head into one Of Adams snares
OF twisted roots and then threshed
his life out in q vain effort to es.
cape. Sutter found the deer yes
terday with it's neck broken, hang
ing Imply among the vines.
The killing OF the deer marks an
epoch in the second week of the
Suffers six weeks experiment of
primitive life in the Maine woods
II means material for the construc-
tion Of bow and arrow with which
other large animals can be killed.
II actually ls the turning point in
their uphill fight TO prove IL is. pos.
sible TO wrest q living from the viii.
derness without clothes, food. weap-
ons or fire.
Stalked Deer All Day.
Like caveman OF prehistoric
days. Sutter stalked deer all cay
Monday through the forest while
his wife remained by their p-imi.
tive home and tended the fire. II
was his final effort. Practically
exhausted by ten days of hardships
in the woods with nothing but
brook trout and an occasional
partridge to eat. the Suffers were
using up their last ounce OF reserve
strength
Tortured by sore throat and
The pangs Of hunger, Mrs. Suffer
was in q state OF practical collapse
And their camp was menaced by a
forest fire that ~ still creeping z
through the woods north OF here,
but Is now believed 10 be under con.
troll.
Light of Madness.
Sutter set out Monday with the
light Of madness in his eyes. He
was fighting for the very existence
Of his wife and himself. With his
the underbrush ready 10 fighL with
his bare hands IL necessary. for the
meat that meant life,
In the afternoon he came uTon five
deer feeding in an open clearing 20
softly did Sutter crawl through the
brush that the deer were entirely
unaware OF his presence. Suttcr
knew he could not hope to catch or
Kill any OF the animals with his
bare hands. He followed them for
hours until they made their way
to the edge of a small brook, drank
their fill and scampered away In
the wood
They will return here in the
morning for another drink, be
thought.
So he went hack in the woods and
worked until dark knottiny and
twisting the tough ftbrous roots that
interlace along the ground bene9Th
the evergreen trees. he construct.
ed a long and exceedingly strong
rope with a number Of loops at in.
tervals, This he hung between two
trees low to the grouni. and then
crawled into the bushes to walt. Sut.
ter realized his rope was not strong
enough TO hold a full grown deer. He
hoped one OF the animals would be-
come entanRled in the snare. and
he could rush out and kill II before
II could get away. He did no; figure
on the yearling buck who came along
and put his head squa:eiy through
one of the loops.
1t was just about daylight when
Sutter heard a tremendous crashing
in the direction OF the snare. He
ran out with poised club and a piece
OF jagged flint he has been using in
lieu OF a knife. But his weapons
were not needed. The deer was al.
ready dead when he arrived. Sutter
cut its throat. disemboweled It and
slung II across his shoulder. In his
weakened condition II was no slight
task to carry a deer weighing approx
imateIy rs pounds through severa!
miles of tangled forest, but Sutter
was inspired by his success and
made the distance.
Joyous Home Coming.
No victorious general returning
with the spoils Of conquest was ever
given q reception 80 genuine and so
spontaneous as was rendered this
Adam of Maine woods when he
swung into his tiny camp with the
food that meant life to his wife and
10 himself. Mrs. Sutter threw her
arms about her husbands neck and
wept tears OF JOY all over his birch
bark shirt front.
II had been a bad night for Eve
Sutter. While her husband lay in
the brush waiting for deer. she COW.
cred in her tiny hut and listened to
noise Of the wilds. A persistent wall
in the thatcning over her head wor-
ried her more than anything else.
What can II be-" she thought:
some savage animal waiting for
| it's chance to leap and kill" Not
| until daylight was she to discover
the source Of the stealthy noise.
1t was a tiny gray wood mouse
| Eve refused to re-enter the cabin
until her husband had vouched for
the absence of the rodent inhabi.
tants.
Sore Throat Better.
Mrs. Suffers sore throat was not
quite so tortorous Yesterday, but
was still very tender and made
sting difficult. However. the sight
OF the fresh juicy door meat was
| tempting and she ate until she
could eat no more.
The first thing the Suffers will
do with the deerskin will be to
tan Il.
Mrs. Sutter has refused to fol.
low the ancient custom of the In.
dian squaw, who used to chew the
skin until II was soft and pliable,
and her husband will take the ami.
mails brains and work them into
| the skin 10 gain the same result.
They will be able to manufacture
some sort of moccasins for their
| tender feet as well as permanent
loln covering. During the past
ten days they have denuded half
/ the birch trees in the neighborhood
for material for bark clothing
| which was almost irnnoedia telv torn