154 Where to Hunt 



Opposite Jefferson City is what is locally called the 

 Big Towhead, a long island covered with black wil- 

 lows. In the adjacent sloughs duck can be found in 

 season, and geese frequent the island daily in large 

 numbers. Quail are found there in small coveys. 

 One can reach the island from the Jefferson-street 

 landing in five minutes by boat. 



Four miles below Jefferson City the Moreau flows 

 into the Missouri. This is a wide, deep creek of many 

 miles' length, in whose pools teal, sprigtail, and larger 

 duck can be found in season. In the center of the 

 Missouri opposite the mouth of the Moreau there are a 

 number of low bars, where in the milder winter days 

 thousands upon thousands of geese congregate. 



Accommodations can be secured at almost any farm- 

 house, \vhere the sportsmen will be received kindly, and 

 will be well cared for at moderate prices. One can find 

 many ready-made blinds near the sloughs in the drift- 

 woo4, and boats can be had at several places. 



Six miles below the capital, at Ewing's Station on 

 the Missouri Pacific Railroad, is located a division of 

 the Missouri River commission. A great fleet of dredg- 

 ing- and dike-building boats is located there. The offi- 

 cers and engineers are nearly all sportsmen, and an 

 introduction to some of them will secure for the hunter 

 splendid goose, duck, or quail shooting near by. The 

 officers' steamers are constantly plying on the river, 

 and if one can go with them he will find fine shooting. 

 Back of the shipyards the woods and fields contain 

 squirrel and quail. 



Osage City is only three miles from Ewing's. The 

 Osage river joins the Missouri just below. On the 



