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Show AMJLEUS CUIDES. INDIANS AIU: SAID TU .EXCEL, THE AVII1TE JIAX OX SAIJIO.S HI VEILS. Some are fetupld, some are lary, some are wilful, and somearuso full of conceit as to render them unbearable. unbear-able. Others a:e obliging, Indus trious and thoroughly justed lu every department of their craft. They are expert anglers, good cooks, perfect masters of paddle oar, and thoroughly acquaiutcd with every rod of forest aud every foot of water with the territory where they un-dettake un-dettake to pilot their patrons. When one is fortunate enough to secure such guides he Is sure to have the bttt.-iort aud the highest pleasure attainable. A cutry of a mile or tno doesn't deter them from revealing vthat may Le hoped for by makln; it. ltecause the current is still or the rapids formidable for-midable they don't try to evade the asteut by lyiug about them; nor do they wait to be forced to gather fresh boughsViud plenty of tlitin to make your couch Iresh aud fragrant. When the eveniugs arediilly aud a rearing (Ire Is necessary forwarmtli and comfort, they dour want to be reminded of the fact. With such guides your tent is always tidy.your larder Is always prolectid, anil your cooking utensils aud tin plate are always clean. They can fry a trout or broil a tahnon to I'cifectlou; their baked pork and bsans would satisfy the most exacting denizen of the hub; their pancakes are altvays light and artistically browned:" their eollee Is never spoiled by overtoiling, overtoil-ing, and they are never so happy as when assured titat they are rendering render-ing satislaclory aud acceptable service. ser-vice. While good guides, are to lie coveted cov-eted on all waters, they are Indispensable Indis-pensable on salmon rivers, where the canoes arc light, the currents heavy and the rapids formidable. As a rule, Indians are the most ex-ptrtand ex-ptrtand safest canve men, whether handling n paddleoraiolc. I have frequently had one Indian aud one white man lu my canoe, but the Indian In-dian was always given precedence, not by my wish alone, but with the a-sent and ctncuriemeof his white co-laborer as well. They are not f only more expert hul more cautious than white men, and on the roughest rough-est waters I soon learned that it was always safe to go wherever my Indian pilot was willing to take me. I only once deemed him too timid aud ordered him to push straight through a rapid arouud which he wished to carry. He obeyed, with no oilier protest than a guttural '-Ugh! Get wet!" And so we did, fur it was "'nip and I tuck" whether we w ent over the rapids or weut under them. I never afterward asked him to take me where he was not willing to go. Hut handling a canoe Is not the uio-t dinicult cilice of a guide on salmon waters. There are ten good canoe men where there is one good gairer. To a looker-on it stems easy enough to gaiT a twenty or thirty pound lish,buttodosofromacauoe, lu swift water and while the fish Is in full life aud constant motion, or even when drawn ntar the shore, is about as dlflicult a piece of work as is connected ith the art. A miss is as mortifying to the gaffer as It is I provoking to the angler. Hut misses are common aud often fatal. In such cases, If the angler has any "awear words" in his vocabulary they are pretty sure to be ventilated. I had killed a great many salmon j before I ventured to gall one, and while I was about it I wished 1 i hadn't undertaken the job. Such scooting and dogging, such dashing and Hopping, such striking and mining was never lefore seen in silniou waters. Hut I succeeded. thauki, lot to my own skill, lilt to the saintly patience and marvelous .imniJ.TKtions of the judge who hooked Urn fish. While few guides are trrfect in every phaM; of service, one is seldom sel-dom met with who cannot 1-e made useful. If he is only willing the rest will follow. With a willing guide all things are iwssibl-, If his employer is endowed with theessen-tial theessen-tial gifts of patience and good temper. tem-per. f-orcU and Stream. |