36 THE SPORTSMAN'’S AND TOURIST’S GUIDE. 
Walla Walla by the Texas Ferry across 
Snake River. Another route is from 
Lewiston, Idaho, through Paradise Val- 
ley, Moseur, Palouse City, Pine Creek, 
Pine Grove, and Spokan Falls. You can 
also go from Lewiston via Colfax. In 
the Summer and Fall all these roads are 
good, but during the Winter and Spring 
the traveling is bad. In the Spring it 
is almost impassable for wagons a part 
of the way on account of the deepness of 
the roads. Hunting in this section, is 
very laborious, notwithstanding the abun- 
dance of game, owing to the excessive 
roughness of the country; but the Indian 
seems to be tireless, and almost never 
returns without meat. In the Winter, 
when the snow is deep on the ground 
and the game is driven from the moun- 
tains to the rocky promontories which 
jat out on the prairie, the Indians have 
grand hunts. A whole village—men, 
women and chidlren—vwill go out, and, 
making a surround of a mile or two in 
diameter, will close in gradually toward 
some point agreed upon. 
of game thus impounded is often im- 
mense. Of course, the greater part 
escapes—the more dangerous—with the 
free consent of Brother Lo; for they are 
after meat, not fur; but it is not infre- 
quent, at these great surrounds or bat- 
tues, for one or two hundred deer to be 
killed. As the circle closes in the fright- 
ened animals huddle together, or, im- 
peded by snow, dash frantically from side 
to side only to meet their foes wher. ver 
they turn. When the circle is sufficiently 
contracted, the Indians run in on snow- 
shoes and the slaughter commences. 
The deer are killed with arrows, lances, 
clubs, and even knives. In these sur- 
rounds fire-arms are used sparingly, for 
ammunition is scarce and hard to get, 
and, moreover, it is dangerous. 
The amount | 
general thing, only the chiefs or head 
hunters indulge in this luxury, and this 
only with the greatest care and circum- 
spection. 
IN THE SILVER STATE. 
Wadsworth is situated on the Central 
Pacific Railroad, Washoe county, Ne- 
vada, on the Truckee River, distance to 
Pyramid Lake eighteen miles, the reser- 
vation for the Pah Ute Indians. The 
lake is an extensive and beautiful sheet 
of water, slightly salt, and abounds with 
innumerable water fowl. Gulls and peli- 
cans breed here on some of the rocky 
islands, and many eggs of the gull’s are 
gathered during the breeding season. 
Commencing about October 20th and 
until March the trout leave Pyramid 
Lake, and Mud or Winitemucca lakes, 
and ascend the Trnckee River to spawn. 
During this season a great quantity are 
taken, in fact it is the chief source of sub- 
sistance to the Indians. They are taken 
entirely with hook and line, the law 
prohibiting the use of seines or other 
fixed machines, and all dams are fur- 
nished with fish ladders to enable the 
trout to reach Lake Tahoe, or any of the 
tributaries of the Truckee. They take 
minnow or grub worms readily, but the 
favorite and most successful bait is fish 
spawn, tied up in mosquito bar, cut in 
squares of about two inches and firmly 
tied with thread. They resemble a large 
sized strawberry, and make the most 
successful bait known. The favorite 
manner with the Indians is the spear, 
with which they are very skillful, and 
the spear itself is a novelty and entirely 
different from anything ever seen or 
heard of. It consists of a very light and 
flexible handle about fifteen feet long, at 
the end of which are two prongs of wire, 
As a usually No. 8, to this is attached by a 
