THE TRIP TO THE HUNTING-GROUNDS 



swimming in mid-stream. The small creek on which the cabin 

 was located was alive with large, nearly spent salmon, which 

 were working their way up the small creeks to spawn, and the 

 Indian crew, amid much shouting and splashing, clubbed about 

 twenty of these fish, and brought them aboard the boat for their 

 meal. Before breakfast the next morning another black bear 

 was sighted as it climbed through the bushes and disappeared 

 over the top of a bench several hundred yards ahead of the boat. 



About noon we reached the dangerous Glenora Rapids, where 

 many lives were lost during the Klondyke rush. Here a steel 

 cable was carried along the shore by the crew, securely fastened 

 to a large tree about four or five hundred yards ahead, and then, 

 under full steam, the Hazelton was slowly pulled through the 

 rapids by means of the winch. Ordinarily, in ascending the 

 Stikine, this has to be done many times, but owing to the high 

 stage of the water on this trip it was necessary to resort to it 

 in only two of the worst places. As we rounded a point in the 

 river about four o'clock in the afternoon the red buildings of 

 Telegraph Creek came into view, and the few white inhabitants 

 and all of the numerous Taltan Indians and dogs were down 

 at the wharf to meet the boat. AH the arrangements having 

 been made in advance with Frank Callbreath to outfit us with 

 two Indians and four pack and two saddle horses, and with the 

 Hudson Bay Company to furnish provisions, we were able to 

 start toward the game country by noon the next day. 



MacClusky, our Indian guide, was supposed to be the best 

 among this tribe, who were all good hunters, and in fact we found 

 him a very active and willing worker, possessed of remarkable 

 eyesight and a thorough knowledge of the habits of the game 

 we hunted; but, like all these Indians, he had been spoiled by 

 civilization, and at times was impudent, sulky, or disagreeable, 

 as his mood happened to be. The few permanent white in- 

 habitants of Telegraph Creek, consisting of the government 

 officials and the men connected with the Hudson Bay Com- 



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