TJie AiiicriciDi Ainrlcr. 



seem to disreg'ard them as warm 

 weather approaches, at which time they 

 favor the grasshopper above all other 

 lures. In the waters of Middle Canada 

 they are said to take the artificial fly in 

 the latter part of August, and anglers 

 of that section prize highly the sport of 

 casting for them ; in Canadian waters, 

 it is said they leap, when hooked, 

 repeatedly into the air. The favorite 

 flies in use, three in number, are 

 dressed as follows: 



Xo. I. Wings, silver pheasant ; body, 

 dark green floss and silver twist — the 

 latter wide; head, black crewel. This 



fly can be varied in the following 

 manner : wings, brown mallard or 

 wood-duck ; body, light green floss, 

 silver twist ; tag the same ; head, black 

 crewel. 



No. 2. Wings, brown pigeon; body, 

 bright yellow floss, silver twist, tag the 

 same; head, black crewel. This fly is 

 varied thus: wings, gray turkey; body 

 the same as the above; no tag; head, 

 black crewel. 



The bodies of these flies are dressed 

 heavy, and the wings should be selected 

 narrow and made to lie close. They 

 are dressed on Nos. 3 or 2 Limerick. 



FETTER FREE. 



BY FRAXK C. RIEHL. 



" Nay, w^e may not tarry longer in my brother's shining halls. 

 For the Indian soon grows w'eary of your suffocating walls. 

 Piled in rows of baked adobe, making up the mighty town ; 

 We have seen the Great White Father, and his power and renown 

 j\Iust respect the poor petition that we came to lay before 

 Him in council, interceding that he desecrate no more 

 Of the scanty reservation for the Nation set aside. 

 To the greed of his invaders, who our homes would override. 

 Peace be with the pale-face brother ; may he never be bereft, 

 Nor deny our right of title to the little we have left." 



" Bring the ponies now, brave warriors; let xis mount again and feel 

 Proud and. peerless, as the pebbles crunch beneath the mustang's heel ; 

 To the broad, unmeasured prairies, where the eagle's piercing note 

 Sounds his challenge of derision to the cow^ardly coyote. 

 Free as air and wind and weather, let us live it out, and scorn, 

 As our fathers did before iis, all commands of service born ; 

 Shame the pale-face in his palace, and the Manitou on high 

 Will preserve the Indian's freedom, though, defending it, we die." 



