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 i ,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 



