112 The Passenger Pigeon 



to Wisconsin, where a heavy snowstorm broke up the 

 roosts. We were at Afton, Brandon and Appleton. 

 We then went to Rochester, Minn., the end of the rail- 

 road. At that time birds nested In the Chatfield timber. 

 We then went to Marquette in the Upper Peninsula and 

 camped on Dead River. A heavy body had got through 

 nesting, but worlds of birds were feeding on blueberries. 



This was the year the Pewabic sunk. Mr. George 

 Snook had 1,400 barrels of trout and whitefish on her. 

 We went up on the Old Traveler and came down on the 

 Meteor. In 1866 the birds nested in a heavy body 

 near Martinsville, Ind. We caught some birds at Car- 

 tersburg. After we closed up in Indiana we went to 

 Pennsylvania. There was a heavy nesting near Wilcox, 

 at Highlands. In gathering squabs five of us got a 

 barrel apiece, which netted us $75 to $100 per barrel 

 in New York. They struck a bare market. 



In July we had a big time with young birds at Fort 

 Gratiot, near Port Huron, from the Forestville nest- 

 ing. Mr. H. T. Phillips of Detroit was chief of a 

 party which had fine shooting on a Mr. Palmer's place. 

 In six days I shipped thirteen barrels to Tremain & 

 Summer, New York, and received a check for over 

 $400. They returned me about one-half what they 

 sold for. 



In 1867 we were In Ohio, Wisconsin and Minnesota, 

 and caught more or less birds on bait. The birds were 

 broken up by shooting and deep snow. In 1868 there 



