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Show ( INDIANS CIC BIG FISH. Spurn the Use ot Rod and Heel, But Land Some Ormt Bass nnd Catfish The mountain itesm of Indian territory wbl-h abound In game fliti, principally hlsek bass, have been aa clear aa cryisl ot late, and the Indians have been having great sport gigging them In a mountain stream In the terrl tory when the water Is clear the bottom bot-tom can be seen throigh six feet of water, and this makes gigging a great spurt for the Indians They ars ex-perls ex-perls with the canoe and the gig, and spurn the finest fishing tsekle In the way of rod slid teel, as It Is too slow pert for them It Is Interesting to watch a couple of tndrsns gig nh With the long, slender slen-der reed, tlppeil and barbed with steel, one Indian leans over the prow of th canoe while the other with his pmlills gently and nolselesely lets the canoe slide up to the big rocks and around logs In deep water, where thshsss and eatnsh He The Indian curries his gig uplifted and ready to strlks at any time With his fsee not six Inches, nlwve the water, his keen eyes sean the bottom, bot-tom, and he will taeatq ft baas of catfish cat-fish llnjt partly under a nick or leg that would never be seen by tho avor-ags avor-ags flihermsn The stroke ot the dexterous dex-terous arm la like lightning, and In a flash the llih Is aM.ued through and lifted In Iho boat There Is no struggling to land him, no excitement of wludlng In the line, lor Ihe Indian hunts for game, and not for sport An Indian seldom misses his fish when ho throws the gig And his motion mo-tion Is so perfect and his balance so oven that there Is scarcely a tremor In the boat, while the amateur Is moro likely to not only miss his fish two feet, but stand on his best! In lbs water wa-ter besides |