24 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



IFei-.kuaft 12, 1830. 



of his white hiokory pole might he Been by travelers 



along the wagon road long aft 

 the stars peeped forth. Ill-t 

 many of Zach's highly prized 

 backwards ami forwards thro' the 

 pool firmly imbedded in the grim ja 

 Another report affirms that Zach 

 prone on his face at the brink of thi 

 what was supposed to be, in the dar 

 when suddenly there came a splasl 

 Bileiioo. and then the Buxroundihg 

 with an oration thai, accord' 



darkness had fallen and 

 ued fame lia.s it that 

 I hard gotten II 



depths of that 



heard a crackling of the brush, and looking around saw 



that fellow i 



orae galln 



pint- alonj 



-, right 



towards rue. I 



Btood still, a 



„i when i 



e gol to th 



a old i< 



g I let him have 



it. I was a 



ittle soar 



•d, and yo 



i see 1 



nearly overshot 



evidently 

 these pagi 

 breathed. 



i i table for tl 

 i. But Zach is as 

 Reared am 



tii 



potdiunte 

 9 of ll 



ml ,,!., 



50rtS] 



I fo 



SU 



ior to all 



ng his people, hi 



r I he 



atb 



1'ie.pi 



bait bos and his hooks, he be 



of rough tack I 

 come, as far as I 

 fly-iiBher: he is 

 craft and amus 

 The next morn 

 off alone, comme 

 •where the fall - 

 thereby a sucoest 

 angler ever gazed 

 a repetition of the i a « 

 cheer me. On a suddi 

 rain began to fall, and 

 of flies came sailing d< 

 in a tempting spot bei 

 made many casts. Iu 

 drying my flies with 

 leader about a foot abi 

 takes to relate it I v. 

 which in due course w 

 not twelve feet wide. I 

 my fish at the tail I 

 pounders out of it — ai 

 a space. In the course 

 were basketed and ma 

 after 



his sporting life < 

 driag lro.ll go 

 a boisterous : 

 agh contempt 



particularly steep, 

 of as perfect pools as 

 The first half-hour pro 



hat had never 

 fill bait 

 .l)ler art was 

 rtmg instincts were 

 1 Hinging aside his 

 th the disadvantage 

 ir again, and has he- 



■ ••■an- of his aew 

 us of any other. 

 1 ram. and I started 

 the house, 



id fo 





l:,.u,.\ 



«, a slight 



al 





ne nioiiieii 



IU 



n Ihevi 



ater. Pfop 



le: 



th a n 



..!< where 



a 



n mst:i 



it I felt a n 



a 



sweep 



in the air 



■a.- 



fast i 





as 



safelj 



basketed. 



in 



fishing up-strean 





anaged 



to lake h 





nusual 



;ontributio 



ui 



the next hour sov 





lost mi 



in waul of 



In 



t stopp 



•il feeding 



I had in vain 

 tew man, and 

 , dropped the 



s time than il 



half pounder, 

 The pool was 

 i and landing 

 to more half 

 n for s.i small 

 eral more Bsii 

 a landing net, 

 . Wishing to 

 become acquainted with the Btieam, I fished rapidly up 

 in a desultory manner thro' a drizzling, misty rain, to 

 where its size became such as was eminently more suited 

 to a worm than a fly. Eating a leisurely lunch and stroll- 



happy ,, 

 upon tl 



ing bf 



tin- head 



gli tin 



g do 



tin 



iiu- hack w 



Di-bythe w 

 " shack 



Th. 



,ck agai 

 Bd fishin 



began to fall i 

 water pouinc: 



racing down 

 compensati .1 f 

 would I not have 



• The greatest dr 

 thinking, when fish 

 water spoiled in land 

 half-pounder in prin 

 stream, upon the fin 

 dill's, and minus a In 

 dance he will sometii 

 creel. Such was the 

 evening. No trout could Y 

 a fish in every likely place 

 the river here was one Ion; 

 and free from brush withal 



>f the be 

 the 



disc 



it Will. 



a landing i 

 i fishing do 



I com- 

 iime the rain 

 of a .-;.. am i ■ 

 traw hal and 

 .n more ilain 

 to rise. "What 



rite 



stream, to my 

 unount of good 

 them. And when you have a 

 •oudilion in a rani.! mountain 

 tackle, surrounded with rocky 

 ng net. heaven knows what a 

 lead you before ho is safe in (he 

 rase for the rest ,,f that 

 risen better. 1 fastened 

 which my flies fell ; and 

 ccession of likely places, 

 About four o'clock the 

 water thickened and put a stop to all fty-fishing for the 

 rest of the day. Icohnted Out for my share in Zach's 

 kitchen thirty trout as the result of the day so abruptly 

 put an end to— a plump, even lot of ^flsh. None were 

 under a rjuarter, none over half a pound. Their aggro- 

 gate weight was ten pounds. Zach returned from his 

 pool triumphant with a three-quarter pounder about the 

 same time. That night rain fell heavily, and all thought 

 of fishing was over ; so in the morning we bid adieu to 

 Zacli, not, however, I ill I had made him my fast friend 

 for life by presenting him with some gut and flies, and at 

 his earnest solicitation with some feathers, dubbing, etc., 

 that had lain undisturbed in my book since the days when 

 I was infatuated enough to scorn using bought flies, and 

 to consume a good many precious hours that might have 

 been better spent, in manufacturing my own, 



1 have before alluded to the semi-superstition with 

 which ignorance has invested in these mountains the 

 artificial fly. On an adjoining river the largest riparian 



owner happens to be a professional i 

 an educated one. orbv way of being so. 

 best water this enlightened being pr 

 against the use of fly. For bail fishing In 



ml I p* 

 lilei 



lithe 

 L-ially 



sion freely. (5, ye gods! Whi 

 approach this. The relapse of the 



barisni is nothing i 

 pressed in these parts 

 cause the latter are CO 

 upon it. The regectii 

 habitants of the I pi 

 stance of ignorance ai 

 in any way be menti< 



A prefe 



ih. 

 rilizei 

 e I 



ml then 1 let h 

 ■)• of the hear w 

 im.ifthe sum 

 in that uerighb 

 an. That eve 

 hear-huute 



his back, and down he came. I 

 sould, pouring down the powder 

 then pushed 'down the hall with- 

 it i „>k melongerlo load than ever 

 m have ii in the burr of tha ear." 

 ,s none of our party, butatall, sun- 

 y South, who was camping and 

 irhood, and was at that momenta 

 ing an. I the next, day we feasted 

 favorite disl 



soned, and partly broiled on a stick held over the coals 

 of the camp lire, then covered with what hunters call the 

 "can fat" from the hear, and again held over the fire 

 until well cooked. 



We were a parly of five on our annual hum;. For 

 twenty wars has "-Meatier" roughed it in the camp for 

 from three iii six weeks out "( every veer, always beiug 

 greatly benefitted thereby, lluiitiiigio me is a pleasure, 

 although I work hard horn peep of dav until after som- 

 berniajhi has claim. •.! I ho forests for its prowlers. In 



up, 



oept theSabl 

 3 last eight y 



ith. 



! and 



3 put i 



old. 



Little Riser. 

 e been turned 



figger W 

 The prii 



in thatdi 

 rilroad on 

 I. and whos 

 ;comiuodat 



i). W. Rubles, 

 tlemanly. and. 

 sengers 



lean. Sportsj 



r families a < 

 on the clean] 



,.-,a! PasBengi 



on the alert i 



lid made 



•y day when in 

 tinting or fishing. 

 ued in Southeast 

 >l Swamp," and 

 ipal reason why 

 ;ction is from the 

 hose magnificent 

 e officers seemed to 

 ons. No railroad in 

 lit u-s for the sports-. 

 iniain and Southern 

 ime the agents, cou- 

 painstohelp youget 

 mil know how eager 



fresh. , lean and life 



eswhereitfelL Mr, 

 gent, is efficient, gen- 

 ie interest of his pas' 



ual pr 



But to the hunt ! "We had made unusual prepa 

 fortius year's sport. While hunting last winter at 

 friend's bouse in Arkansas. 1 liad discussed with him 

 what would be a killing rillc. and on my return home 

 wrote Mr. Van Dyke in the premises. We had settled 

 upon a Winchester, between their '73 and '76 models, 30- 



[Cll l,a 

 id indiu 



), 60 grair 

 •d th. 



; powde 

 nake i 



and 800 



igu 



lead, and 

 that order, and. 

 ■lured thai pro- 

 It is absolutely 



Br did the 



ing, I discovered from the speed at which be was going 

 that to be in at the killing I would have to abandon my 

 leader and overtake the man that was outrunning us. 

 The first opening in the woods that offered a reasonable 

 hope I slackened my pull on Selim and away he went 

 until he came up with the man. 

 followed him, then from the excited manner oi 

 I judged that they were about up v. ill i the bear, again 

 pulling Selim from behind and touching hit . with my 

 spur we were soon up with the leading dogs. Who had 

 overtaken and were lighting the bear. Ah I -rand in- 

 deed is the wild music of the dogs, rolling in the 

 ear in a wild tuniuliiiin.Ls Babel, when ybu know that 

 they have overtaken and are bavins,' a bear, the noblest 

 of all game that is hunted with dogs. Running up to 

 where they were, I saw the bear take to and chmb a 

 large black gum tree. I jumped from my horai — 

 drew my revolver (an army Bize Smith & Wessori) 

 and was in the act of Bhooting when 1 fell a hand 

 laid ..n my shoulder and heard a voice exclaim—" Don't 

 shoot !" Turning, 1 recognized iny last companion in the 

 chase win. had ridden a " John (iilpin" race as well as 

 myself. It was of no use. however, to urge me not to 

 shoot, as I had traveled several hundred miles to loll a 

 bear, and in fact my uerves Were tingling with exeite- 

 I shot once— twice, and down colled Bruin. The 

 ■vered him. and ii was then apparent why un- 

 friend had requested me not tosh. mi. |i looked aft though 

 the hear would kill the entire pack of dogs, as he was 

 making frantic efforts to get them within biB grasp, 1 

 ran up and putting my pistol .-lose lo his head -puUedl 

 but the cap failed to explode. By this time my two 

 friends in the chase were down, and running HP, poured 

 broadsides into the struggling bear that settled him. I 

 was then informed, and had it demonstrated that a 

 wounded bear was a dangerous ■■ lima] when bunted by 

 a pack of dogs. My fcwoBhi ts had tajki " ' fool j one juslj 

 behind the shoulder and the other in the neck. The one 

 in the body would have proved fatal before the hear 

 could have gol away, bul did not deprive hun of the use 

 of himself sufficiently tohave prevented Luskilluig the 

 dogs. The hunters came straggling in. comin 

 sound of our bonis. Each had his mishap to tell that 

 prevented him from killing the hear. On looking around 

 we discovered that we had killed him within a h ill'-niile 

 of camp. We sent tor a yoke ol oxen, hitched 

 the chain into the bear's mouth and "snaked ' him into 

 camp. 



One other exciting chase, and I will leave your readers 

 to kill i heir own bears. A Mr, Wim'ngham, who lived on 



m of a railroad Offered to the fri- 

 ar James is, perhaps, the onlyin- 

 id conservatism combined thai can 

 nedin thesame breath. B 



toseelielU in cut of the way places preserved at all is 



something, though the above Qosntionecl is certainjy a re- 

 markable commencement for a proprietor to make." 

 As I rode inline regret was the most prominent of my 



feelings that I had let so many years slip by in ignorance 

 of these waters, and never belore did 1 soheartilv endorse 

 the well worn line that old Virgil, 1 think, left us :— 



"O mini iircetontos rcferat tie Jupiter annos." 



R I NX! WOOD. 

 m i < i m 



A MISSOURI BEAR HUNT. 



♦ 

 * * T itUST go over to that fellow, or he will blow all his 

 X teams through thai horn. It must be Anthony, 

 ,„■ Wills, for no other one -of our party would a 

 a fuss over the killing oJ a deer." Suiting action to 

 thought, 1 rode over to where the man was tootme his 

 horn so vigorously. On rounding a dense briar tluekei I 

 8 ame in full view of him. " I re got him," were the first 

 words that greeted me as I came, m sight, "Got what ':" 

 Iasked. - A bear." " A hear, where;" " Here he is," 

 pointiug to the huge carcass pJ a black bear that lav 

 motionle«sin the edge of the thicket. "How di,.l voii 

 kfJlhimV" "Well, you see that little hickory tree, 1 

 was standing by it, expeoting every minute to see a deer 

 rjoine sneaking out of that thicket, when all 



in my opinion no gun was e\< 

 vide.l a truer or more deadly weapon, 

 accurate, shooting as close at any dista 

 famous Kentucky target ritle: and when you gel over [00, 

 and up to '200 yards, ir requires no elevated sight or al- 

 lowance for distance, but will put its ball where you hold 

 il ; and from the well proportioned load it does not jar 

 von. It is a killing gun and will be largely used in the 

 Smith. Their '73 model is an exceedingly aatisfactorj 

 gun, and for close shooting is a paragon of perfection. 

 Mr. Wills, one of our patty, and an excellent rifle shot, 

 used a "7;! model, with which he would hit a squirrel's 

 head in any tree. I saw hnsi sil in the tent and knock a 

 squirrel out of a tree full ninetv yards distant, hilling its 

 head. He killed live out of the ; hot at with 



it. and a turkey less than 150 yards from him. if still, was 

 in a dangerous proximity to him, 



We weieiudehted to i ol, I. \. I in.lsay. a true, gener- 

 ous, whole-souled gentleman of the South, for teams ;\i^\ 

 hunting horses. If open-handed welcome constitutes 

 hospitality, then are the people of the the Southern 

 Stall's entitled to that meed of merit from the sportsman 

 of the North. Thev take us l,\ the hand and give us 

 abundantly of their stores. Isaac was cook, and Jo. 

 boy ef ,.11 Work. We w.re each provided with a riding 

 horse, had two wagons, an eight ...unc.-, iifteeii foot square 

 Baker"& Murray six- foot wall t.-in. and thus equipped, 

 left the habitation of man and sought the wild seclusion 

 uf beasts of the forest and birds of the air. 



On Nov. 19th we broke .amp where we had been deer 

 hunting and start, d for the hear regions. Wo found the 

 paries With Whom we had arranged for hear dogs in 

 readiness for us. and soon we w.re in camp on a river in 

 i he swamps .u Arkansas, The land was densely set 

 with a heavy growth of limber, briar, and cane patches. 

 The first moVning out wo counted forces and found that 

 we muster. > I nine men and i went v-three dogs. Messrs. 

 Eli Bradshor and Major Oodbv seemed to be the bear 

 hunter's, par excellence, and to them was given the con- 

 trol of the hunt. When about six miles above Camp 

 "Guess," the reliable old start dog, showed evident indi- 

 cations that Bruin had been there. Very soon he gave 

 as he nosed mi a leg where the bear had walked 

 hi before, and in a jiffy twenty-five dogs were try- 

 see which of them could make the most noise, 

 ail led into a canebrake. and when the dogs got 

 :, in then jumped the hear and Btrung out with 

 „ .,ien following them at break-neck speed. The bear 

 kepi the heavy cane for several miles and then struck 

 green and blackberry briars so dense that it seemed im- 

 possible tor man and horse to follow. The home of the 

 black bear is in the roughest and most inaccessible places 

 that can be found. He delights man old " deadening. 

 or windfall, that has grown up with green and blackberry 

 briars, elbow brUsh, and vines | and, when hunted with 

 dogs always runs through the thickest part of this kind 

 o£ country, The .l.-u-.r the briars, brambles, and cane- 

 brakes, the more certainly will they take to them iu their 

 effort to escape man and dogs. 



I was mounted on a compact, fleet and sure-footed 

 nc.se. that became electrified with excitement the mo- 

 ment the dogs started and seemed determined to keep 

 up with them. 1 had listened with attentive ear to the 

 Conversation of old bear hunters, and had come to the 

 conclusion that the best way for a novice to he in at tl 



er abo 

 bears were ahundai 

 feeding one all fall 

 p.t.hed our tent ' 



ah 





Parted, 



nl. 



bout a 



I- 



unten 

 the dogs w. 

 ■ trails that 

 ne together 



.Id t 



trailed, tl 



her cubs. Oft 



lime tw.iorth 



and would all. 



ing them for a 



of the leading < 



they had jum 



That morning 



intended killin 



Selim in behin. 



seeing that the Ma j n*i hoi 



•em off 



but an act of prudence on my pan tog 

 i watched until 1 saw the 6 



Major at the same time going 

 thicket, from which he could 

 would have to go through it. 

 gave Selim a pull iu the d.' 



down and told us that 

 place | that lie had been 

 ears. We moved up and 



..ing we 

 hack of his field the dogs 



the manner in which they 



was an old She with 

 illowing al the -nil..' 

 Ob I with each other, 

 Wehad been follow- 



i-h.->. all of a -n. hi. I. soma 



th :. cry and rush I 



\nd new the re 



ad giv 



When be started I puiid 



d him for t v. o mill s then, 

 had about peggi d out, it was 



id it 



i p;i 



i,l : 



Kelll, 



.I'M. cil'l 111" 



I into a liivir 



I' i 111--! If, hill 



ice in him, 1 

 ,_s had taken 



... thicket 

 took and brought to baj I 



were lighting bim. Whi 

 turns to fight, and the trained do-s 

 portunity, fly in and nip the beai 

 turning to fight the dog that nipped 

 by another dog who has been wan 

 ways keeping away from his head 

 long as he can, and then starts to get 



•living the gallant Major struggling 

 In about half a mile the di 



. ■ 



•;.:. I in Ivar 



The 

 half i 



. ll'atl s 



killing was 



the chase 



wake of a well mom 



the repuia 



' .■ 

 briarSj vini 



at a speed licit iiali. 



w.-ni until; as we til 



lichiml ; now and tl. 



the slower dogs. Wei 



. j old experienced hunter. Wh. 

 lied my horse beliind and in the 

 ., and recognized hunter who had 

 : i, r. We jumped bgB, 

 aiiehrakes. green ana hlackheny 



.■'iits. ell the :■■■ 

 ed in si-. -- On we 



_'.i,;. we had I'll all the party far 



overtaking and 



; ■. ■- or sLx miles when 



■ i, man urging on the dogs. Look- 



,\.ii. 1 1 1 1 1 ■_■ e\ ery off 

 behind, The hear, 

 in i.ippoi 

 ■ 



Ih- stands this 

 iw.-iy from his noisy 

 tormentors. No sooner does lie get straightened out than 

 the dogs again come up to him and again eomm 

 ping him. and he again turns lo be again . 



another dog. And this goes on until thehuntei ecu,',., 

 up and kill bim, or he takes to a tree. When i • 

 to where the dogs and bearwere fighting! aawthatif 

 was a monster of a bear, and at the first opportl • 

 nienced shooting, In this wehave to be carefu 

 dogs are circling around the beat and Lhero is great dan- 

 ger of shooting them. I shot three times, andthenhe 

 made for a briar thicket n. a. at liand I saw I >■ uld not 

 follow htm in it. and 1 rat 



would come out. Jmt as I got to tl penini ' 



coming not more than ihniy feetfrom ma Inhai wltcfi 



out ao parent effect. On he ciune right 



when within ten feet of me ' ■-■■-' 

 struck bim in the eye and settled him. 

 thing of beauty, and aStnajeBtiC in the sti 

 as i 1( . had i .Ma hisdefiance if dogs and mai 



life The sun was -himng bright when I Came up I" him, 

 it being one of those halcvon Novembea mornii i- 



liar to the South, He was between ruo and thi sun, and 

 his glistening black form showed like satin i 



rays Soon the huntere came up, and all agree at it 



was the fattest and largest hear that thev had seen for 

 is ' Winingham's corn-fed bear." 

 We dressed him on the ground, and on measuring toiuid 

 that he'-ctit six inch, s," licit, is. six indie- oi pule fat m 

 tbickneBBon the loin between the .1 m antl I 

 lie ha. lidded one of the dogs before l got I p I. .him. We 

 did not miss the dog until after we had 

 The next day we went to look for him, but could not find 

 i,,,,, \ few .lavs after I .... 

 letter from one of our party wl 

 davs' longer hunt, saving 3 "I found Col, Lim 

 dfiad ■ hewas bitten th 



our trail, near the hanks i lOUlll, ' Tie- dog 



had followed u li:i11 



strength to ''-t to camp, In I 

 ■■ VV.-lulle.i eight bears alter y Oi 



: 



would have com '"' champion ol 



m^bam neigbbo ■ h- " 



