Show PATH FINDING BY INSTINCT I Remarkable Sense Displayed by Black I I foot Hnlfbrccd Scout That thin true scout Is both born and mado Is tho argument of a writer in the London Times who says Ho has for example tho capacity of remembering re-membering everything ho sees on a journey tho same capacity which was possessed by Capt Cook the famous fam-ous circumnavigator who would take a walk through tho streets of London and remember all tho names above all tho many shops he passed without tho leastconsciousness of effort Similarly Sim-ilarly a red Indian who takes a journey jour-ney will remember everything ho passes every tree open space stream on the whole length oct tho trail In some cases an even more remarkable remark-able instinct for path finding Is revealed re-vealed Thus Col S B Steele who commanded StrathconaB Horse In South Africa and has known all tho famous western scouts and prairie detectives de-tectives once told me that a Blackfoot Black-foot halfbreed employed years ago by tho Northwest mounted police was tho best guide ho had ever met possessing pos-sessing as ho did an almost uncanny sense of locality and direction Others could guide travelers through country they had visited before be-fore But this man who was made chlefj of his nation or tribe could tats a party from place to place by the quickest route through country altogether unknown toj 9m without a compass and without sight of tho stars Unlike other guides ho never talked with others when ho was at work Ho would rifle on ahead by himself keeping his mind fixed on tho mynterlous business of finding tho way Ho was never able to give any clear explanation of his method no doubt his gift was largely tho result of heredity But ho had traveled In hIs youth for huge distances from points In western Canada to points i in the western states before thorn were Tiny railways and that early experience ex-perience certainly counted for much Again and again he found shorter routes across country unknown to him than those used by men who knew tho land by heart |