Show Indian 6 od if it c 1 tln g Bear e4 fiF MARTIN HUNTER IN NY LEDGER lll In describing the manner of taking turns of the furbearing animal of the Hudon Day territory tho liner m nrll by It root being carllcit prim of all other animal of the north ti i ntry The Indlani who chore thin flnlihlng nf their last year hunt In Juno have In I i u me tired of n Huh diet are nnxloua 11 looking forward to thin Ittli of 8p iiniier On nod after thin date thin twirl king twir-l hate A market value with thee the-e > > o1ny and the Indian go Into the lirrry patches and twamp lu quest of bruin who lion for the Ilat eta week be n fattening iindltturbed on lderable bravery II I shown by the liillan In hunting theto ntrong mind fen fe-n > < loin animal at thl lime of year Few of them have other than a tingle barrel nnxxle loading gun soil If they DIM n fatal spot when firing he re lull I lo them amniotic If not death I cannot do better In these oerles rf hunting itorle than to follow tho footsteps foot-steps of WnSnKeJIc who wan ono of mr molt luccesiful all aronnul hunter He had a liking for the while In Ken ral foul from hit klmlneai for mo In particular At any time when It was rontenlent for me to leave Ibo pout he drained my company on hls ihootlng ind trapping tour RUM hunting the bear In n flat anil dry borer patch require tho greatest euro and precaution precau-tion to make It a day of profit WnHa Kejlc lands from 111a canoe on the leeward 1 lee-ward aide of the patch ho Is I going to reconnoltr and atcendi a largo mountain moun-tain whose wooded southern ildo runt down to the river shore from thin top of thli he leant tho burned land beneath be-neath him with great rnlnntenrm for several seconds Al last hit taco light up with tatltfactlon for hi eye rests on a largo black bear feeding to the windward of n clump of aiders lie lore starting tn stalk the game ho notes Ibo direction of the wind the lay of the country nol the number of points of concealments between him and his quarry All those essential mentally Imprctted nn his memory ho loads his gun carefully and descend the mountain WaSaKcjlc make his way swiftly from Ihe base for about a quarter of n mile after that ho goes with greater care At bat hero Is I only on-ly I ono Intervening stack of willows between be-tween him and the bear From my outage point of view I notice nil his movements and alto that of Iho bear which Is I lailly feeding on the ripe full berries At thin extremt lefthand point of the lump stand an Immense rock brought there no doubt nt the glacier = = = period toward this the Indian is lomellmes crawling al others crouching crouch-ing at last he Is I safe lu its shelter with heart beating with excitement When he left the mountain lop the bear was feeding toward this very rock I ml hud so continued I With gun on Ibo lull cock Wa8nKeJlc carefully advances ad-vances his bund around thn base In an Inntanl Ill It brought back lo cover for ho has caught sight of bruin not thirty feet anal and busy eating the luscious fruit still toward the rock Wn8aKeJlc walls five minute lodger lit appears hours to me nt I watch and then wllh bell axo well In front and gun s lted Orally In hit bands step boldly out from his hiding hid-ing place As usual with bears when mrprlked nt close quarter tho mil mat resume an erect pntltlon and at the imo moment the gun bclehe forth its deathdealing bullet and the manlier man-lier fall pierced through the heart That night the Indian squaw and thllilren feast on berofed bear meat ind the growing boys Iliten brenthl M ly I to their father description of how be killed MuiKwa Tho foregoing la I ana way of hunting beitr nn1 the other li by trapping ilthcr deadfall or steel traps This mode of trapping It only practiced In Ibo spring Shortly after tho bears come out of their dent they retort tn creeks and small doer where carp sad small trout spawn at that teaton Druln to an expert flthorman and will stand on the low banks and with n dash of his fore paw land out one or two fish at a stroke The Indian hunter knows these creaks and risers and It Is I on their bank he sets his trap with Borne tempting bait such as mutqiiaih meat or corn with maple syrup mixed together to-gether neither of which Is I It pomlhlo for Mr Hear to pas without making a try for Wooden trap or deadfalls nro made In the limo shape as the wellknown flgurcoffour trap for marten and other oth-er small animal only many times larger larg-er and the cruthlng weight or loalllll much ns two strong men could l lift Tho bait Is I tied on to a loop of tw lit ed roots and the latter Is I caught over the wooden trigger that supports the loaded crossbar and then on thin peg at back of the trap The bear after drawing In strong whiffs of the tempting tempt-ing morsel from the entrance venture nldly In The depth of tho trap It I almost equal to the length of his body to when ho tugs nt the bait the middle of his body Is I dlreclly under the crossbar cross-bar Tho loop slips off the peg and tho weight of the logs and stones crash down on poor old MusICwa The Indian prefers using alto steel trap as It Is more certain and the bear keeping alive for several day the hunter li I not required visit his traps so often During the hot spring Slays n bear Inn In-n deadfall very soon becomes flyblown and rotten and tho meat useless and very frequently the skin alto It Is I In tho spring of the year Wn RaKcJIc takes his twentypound now hove trap and make his way to a imall connecting stream between two lakes It Is I the spawning ground of carp Here along the bank is I a well trodden bear path Klshlng bear have frequented thl trail for years Hero ho btilldt an obstruction on two sides out from thin trunk of n largo spruce for n dlttancc of four feet the opening In front Is nbout twenty Inches wide A tempting bait Is I placed on n forkfl1 stick at the buck of the Incloiure near tho boon of the tree He next cut a sound young birch seven or eight feet long diameter at small end five Inches nnd six or even at the thickest end Tho weight of such n stick In tho sip Is I about sovcntflvo pounds About onethird tip this drag the ring of thin chain Is firmly wedged and the Ini mcnso JAWS J of tho trap Is I opened A hollow In tho entrance of Iho hOe li made so thai when tho trap la I placed the hole Is nearly on n level with ohs ground A bent root of small tree or shrub about as thick aa the little fin I gcr la placed under the palate to mak the trap harder to set off This Is I don so that mall nnlmali such us marten fox or duller cannot spring the trop should ahoy be drawn to the bait A layer of white moss or that from about it decayed stump Is then placed In I ono beet carefully over the wholo Ifill nod pulterlted rotten wood or curth In I then sprinkled over the mom to lake away the newness and tho trap I ready Four or hoc days lime posse during which time WaBnKeJIo ha been busy setting other trap nt different differ-ent point and now cording to Ibe ilgnt It Is I time he lilts the traps wo saw him set lie emerges from ohm forest on D small hill overlooking the traphome Ono look he news the drng hog ho I off Tornup ground and bitten twig toil brnnche mark clearly the way the beast hal gone Wa8aKeJlc rams a bullet Into his gun nud follows the signs With a twentypound trap ama am-a draglag almiMt ns heavy a n maD can carry III Is I a marvel how fur n boar wilt travel after being caught Hut In I this ease bruin It I not far off an ob ttrucllun of some considerable strelist has caught the drag and as he hear Ibo approach of the hunter he rattle his chain and left out a defiant growl WaSaKeJIc draws nearer and she s-he It well caught I f high up the foreleg Ho Is I amble to do the trapper ally harm and Ibo latter calmly looks f I on the great heist far a moment or two before giving him his quietus Indians OlIn carry Immense weluhts uipended by a leather thong from the forehead bear weighing up to thru hundred poundi they can carry In this half mls way OOfOU a portage of a Ithout realm Hut Wn8 KeJle had one now even eavler than that so he opened him to and removed the munch and entrails lo lighter his load The trap was reset and tie siccewiful hunter made his way 10 the cnnoo nnd then to his camp IC ring smile and laughter to hula wits and family Some of the poorer Intllna who do noli xxw steel trap and are too last 10 make dNllltall sometime set ores In the bear road but thli mode ol t I hunting Is I not siicceMful as a rule I |