The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-06-26


After one of these tussles Dupuis
in my life but dat 1t de first time |
ever rode horseback on a fish"
AS we approached within a mile
of the portage, Dupuis was very much
in favor of stopping fishing as some
one had to carry them over the port
age and he was of the opinion that
there was enough, and as Jerry land
ed another large one or two he more
strongly voiced his opinion on the
subject. Finally, as we were within
couple of hundred yards OF the land
ing he threw the troll to us saying,
you pull this blinking fish into your
canoe and keep the troll"
After landing we strung the fish on
sapling and, photographed them. 1t
was large catch of around eighty
pounds with several large fellows.
They dumped all the fish into sack
which showed signs of weakening and
hurriedly set out for Lake Gauthier
after bidding us goodbye.
We were very sorry to see them go
as we had more than enjoyed the
turned to camp finding Morldge fish
ing on the rocks. AS we were all
getting hungry we returned to camp
and had our lunch.
In the p. m. Boyles and Morlidge
explored the portage down the out
let in the first little lake, finding lots
of moose tracks, but not much water
in the stream About half a mile
down they found the lake, which was
only very small pond of few hun
dred yards in length.
That evening we turned in early
as we intended to get a fairly early
start in the morning. l listened for
wolves but none were accommodate
ing enough to get up an evening CHOIR
us. We were hoping to hear them
when not too far away but we did
not hear any more during the trip.
The next morning we stored away
what provisions we were not taking
with us, put away their bedding, put
out the fire in a thorough manner,
locked up the camp and padded
across the lake to the outlet which
was only few hundred yards from
the camp.
We made the portage to the next
lake without much trouble, and eros
sed the lake in a few minutes. We
were able to go down the stream a
ways but not very far, before we
again had TO become the carrier.
After half a mile or so we came
to another small lake and then more
portaging.
Sometimes. we would have half a
mile of padding in the stream where
it flowed through a swampy country
but the water was often shallow. Our
progress was frequently blocked by
trees across the stream, some of
which had the ends cut off. we would
get around these but a lot were not
touched. Some were in the water
while others were piled up often
times one above the other from shore
to shore Some were high enough
for us to go under but most of them
we had to go over.
1t was when we were in the slow
moving swampy portion of the stream
that BOyles and | caught a glimpse
of moose ahead. We slipped up
along the shore while the moose went
out of sight. When we got to the
next turn the moose was nowhere to
be seen but we could hear her around
the next turn. In this way we chas-
ed her for at least quarter of mile,
when she stopped and we quietly pad
died nearer. When at about fifty
yards | took her picture, and after
some celebrating as to whether or
not we should go any nearer it was
decided that as We were not fully ac-
quainted with the moose family we
had better leave a slight distance be-
tween us. After watching her for
few minutes she climbed the bank
and disappeared. undoubtedly wond-
ering what sort of animals we were.
We kept watch of the sun and no
ticed the stream was taking us north
all the time and wondered when 1t
was going south. In the p. IN. our
stream nearly disappeared in mea-
dow but we finally succeeded in get
ting through a little channel where
there was a very small beaver dam.
The stream came together further