Oct. 19. 1883.1 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



229 



Haines & Crosby, lie took us to their cabin and enter 

 tained lis liberally For the niirlit . I did not take my tackle, 



but Mr. Orosb 



kindly cau 



jln us ;i One string. VVg shol 



partridges in 1 

 fished, bunted 



ie vicinity ; 



iiid -o time sped quickly EU) we 



ind ramble 



l and feasted on the view of 



water : ■ i » < i moui 



tains, till a i 



eels bad fled, andwe reluctantly 



started on our r 



•turn. Var 



cms excursion- are executed by 



the robust sport 



Miuin to Bdt 



v.r Pond. Aider Stream Poud, 



etc. The trout 



nghas been 



all we could wish, though much 



of Hi- weather 



has been b 

 as there m 





Unci drive: - toll 



re many broods of grouse to be 



seen early in July, bu1 when September came bu1 a moderate 

 Kumher could, he found. tt "chicken ehojera." tools litem, 



us your correspondent suggests, why did we see the 



feathers of the dead! 



During -the season a large number ,,! guests nave visited 

 myself, For the double purpose 

 aaJtli. More grateful jporsons 1 



ciinic in purl In be Cured of hiaj 



d relief and wished the world to 



Ma 



,vh. 



nil soon Fo 



iin.M- resorts. 

 of sport and 

 never saw than tin 

 fever. The 

 know it, 



The largest number who regis! 

 bnc week was forty-five, al Til 

 were there Eor the Fourth, lil'tl 

 Smith Esq,- <>t Worcester, was i 

 teen friends as his guests. Sena 

 They spent muel 

 ^igelow, and 1. < 

 In live weeks froi 

 Weary than othon 

 buck to Mi. Voi 

 much stronger 1 

 three or more squai 

 inv.iiid sportsmen have the right idea'. 



bluing the .vein- much labor and money has bceu ex- 

 pended on boats, roads and 

 He- good work din" 



run., sight-sei 



i the time I re; 

 of my age, Tl 

 ii <m. ' I was a 

 could tramp ii 

 ealsi Oth. 



•red .ii iii,' Seven Ponds in 

 i Poud fifty-six, Beveral 

 , and sixth time. C. W. 

 here, taking with himfour- 

 or Hour was in the party, 

 og mid ascendhig Moiiul 

 litated their twld example, 

 •bed Maine 1 Was not more 

 I5tb of September we were 

 ven pounds heavier :ind bo 

 the woods all day and eat 



Mined as much Some 



ni sportsmen are (here now 

 and moose. 1 hud good spf 

 country village, with mime 

 eauglil pickerel, white peri 

 fair numbers; The village 



Smith i- t.i contlnui 

 and spring. Another class 



l their rides for deer, cariboo 

 tMl. Vernon. Ii is;, pretty 

 ponds in and around it. I 

 id black bass from I hem in 

 hotel. No\Y 1 am home 



again and ready Pol hard work, as I have not been for more 

 lieu a year. ' I W", T 



N'l-W tlHlT.il.X, OCt. HI. INS:.'. 



LIGHT OR HEAVY RODS. 



TX a recent article in the New York fownal <tf CQiii/iiufrce, 

 Mr. W. ('. Prime writes Of light and heavy rods, and 

 from hi- article we extract the following; The question, 

 which is constantly pui i-. "What should he the weight of 

 ally rod'.'" This'is a fruitful subject of diBoussion, and 

 much has been written on it. The controversy has Keen 

 bet we. n "light rod> " and "heavy rods.' ' 1 frankly 

 confess I e;oiiu,i lake eirher side of (lit! dispute, U .a,;-,- I do 

 not know at -what weight the distinction begins, and ihcn- 

 fore do not know exactly the difference between a lighl and 



a heavy roil. Since tin- middle of .May last 1 lliink there 



have not been more than two or perhaps three days (Sundays 

 Sways excepted) on which I have not Utk.cn more or less fish 

 wiili'ilic fly, sonietimes casting only a half hour of the day, 



sometime- -pending lite whole day on the water, I lave 

 used during this I ina -various rods, according lot in •uni-lan. -i -. 

 weighing all along from live ounces up to twelve, I suppose 

 8^ arbitrary distinction between light and heavy cpmes 

 sdiiii-wln-iv along in thelisi of six or seven rod- which I have 

 used, and Which I oidinariU u-e. 

 For the augier who goes a fishing once ttyuar for a week 



ni iv.-n .mil tines tin! wi.-h bill one rod. £ fancy the best 

 advice is to buy and u-e a seven or eight ounce rod. gut if 

 he have opportunity, let him try lighter and heavier, and then 

 adopt aid use just what suits him best. It is absurd to ba 

 dogmalie in such matter-. You i-m catch minnow-, with bean 



poie il you know how. and wm can kill live-pi d trout 



willi a live ounce rod if you know how. 



Lovers of very light rods love them very much. There is 

 great satisfaction in using them. and. in skillful hands, they 

 will do heavy work. The theory of angling is that the rod 

 is only a stiffening of the line, up to the hand, enabling you 

 to manage it: and I In- reel is m means both of bringing the 

 (i-h in and of allowing the line to run free and prt 



sudden strain of the fish 

 pre-s i, i-r may be applied 



eh 1 



tie- '.-• el is properly 

 lion of a spring 

 hook in it- plac 

 Light rods wi 

 day to day. If 

 each sie-e, s-ive 

 working rod. or 

 in wet weather, 

 in rain, will rui 

 fully straightened by hang 

 the butt or in son thei p 



wo or three 

 Three days 



the hook. The same genii 

 a heavy as with a lighl rod, if 

 ie bend of the rod is the applies,- 

 he line "taut" and hold- the 

 mi -oei, ion, us to tear ii Out, 

 eady and constant angling from 

 ) take large and Btrong t'islt on 

 "airly heavy 

 icciallytrue 

 black, bass, 



it be eare- 

 cighlo 



[fibre recovers ]' 

 In brief, th 

 you want to t 

 trout when- il 

 against the fl 

 worked delig 

 heeame oseles 

 have|.iul hisil 

 I. could not, a 

 ounce rod, 



de-ire,|. 



For:; new begi 

 weighing eight or i 



He will be sun 

 Th< refore, it is a w 



siv, rod. Oie- v,ht 



easiii us,. „ flveors 

 persons accustomet 

 fatigue in using b 

 one w I 



ight rods. Tl 

 iishing and i 

 n ounce rod, 

 it from the tip 



th a 



to dry ■ 



■it ion. 

 roper ■ 

 ,-ith il. 



eighl for a 

 A f«W d >s 

 sary bogel 



id depends o, 



wile 



till the wind became 

 my !. ;.:ids. Perhaps a b 

 iwiiuceurately agaiiisi the 

 -o I went ashore and got i 

 with 1 could and did aci 



ginner ii is advisable to 

 mine ounces, and let l.ini 

 ash ii. Thai cai 

 wasti of money tu atari hii 

 bo has learned tocaal wilhi 



miplisl 



ii Ii 



■ the 



hut 



For 

 iai east 

 2, audit 

 thai it 

 ir could 

 hat rod. 

 1 a half- 

 bat was 



! a rod 

 ast with 



IVoilled. 



vain 



ivate 



ill,: 



s Urn 



.•ill 



2 on the contrary, 

 d difficulty and 



o in- ilmt every 



year lo year iii 



not over seven 



ounces, Miid one 



There i- no mistake about the 

 light r,,d in some, weather. Of I 

 pil rod lighl line, gossamer Its 

 . n jo\ sunshine, air and ■ 

 CpuU'lil. Fui il one be iishing a 

 a two-pound I rout in the. rush 

 or six ounce rod, he will, if he It 

 had left il at home that morning: 



For steady use no one need think of buying a cheap rod. 

 Willi i iji i- a- with gun--, you nun . by buying four 01 ffvC 



little 



od. WISH In. 



cheap ones, hit on one which is good mid lasting. Bui if you 

 wish a usesul, trustworthy article, go to a Brst-class maker 

 Mini pay a rirst-cjasfi price. Some men object to paying a 



lawyer, a doctor, a mechanic, an engineer, or anyone,';, high 

 price for his reputation. This is nonsense. The sensible 

 ni.-ni know- that the reputation entitles the high charge, and 

 guarantees the purchaser or employer. I count eli vi u troul 

 and bass rod- in on rod ea.-e or hanging in the cabin. These 

 Iimucosi variously from §•>:> t,, sir, ,-mcI,. and the higher 



priced rods have, ion,- ten limes the work of the cheaper. 

 1 believe thai the ordinary cost of a first-class trout rod. by 

 .-, maker of reputation, now-a-daysisfiom ;jf2f> to $10. accord 

 ing to quality extra pieeesand finish, 



CAMPS ON THE WAY. 



U. — AT Till-: I'ICTI liKll Ht)CKs. 



• But ii 



l-'.ill 1 



v.-iin. lei- I'm, l I'll); K. . « i- 



ifore liiin, 

 Spetjaway uigusl and wtih-twin.t, 

 , in the -i, ores ol i,iu-!,e Gunree; 

 Westwar.t hy I'm.- Hijr-Sea-Wai.-i . 

 Cone lino i llie lo, !.y llemllallils. 

 To blie Pictured Reel,-- of sandstone, 

 Looking over lake and landseape. 1 '- Lanyfi (fold. 

 /~\N our return to Pc-htigo. the voice of business oalled 

 \ " George home, while Ed., Oscar and 1 kept on our 

 .journey. For many n season I had tliOught of m visit to Hi, 

 upper peninsula of the Badger State, and now I bad in un 

 pocket a ticket calling lor one "tirsi -class passage" over the 

 "II..M.A'M. Railroad.' which, opened to the traveling 

 public not yet a twelvemonth, ran from Marquette on Lake 

 Superior to SI. Ignace nl the Straits, a distance of 120 It lies, 

 passing through the region of all others I mo-i desired lo see 

 At Marquette we stopped overacouplc of days to let the 

 hoys see the sights, lo gel supplic- . a id see the raihoad 

 officials and get stop-over privileges. The sights were seen. 

 1 suppose, the supplies bought, 1 know, and after an inter- 

 view with Mr. Thomas MeKeown, (l.-n. Supeiinlcndent, 

 and Mr. Frank Milligmi. Gen Passenger Agent, our tickets 

 were indorsed in such a manner as to allow us to slop off 

 wherever we desired. These railroad officials not only re- 

 sponded to our wishes in this particular, bul theygaveus 

 valuable information concerning the country we wen to 

 pass through, and I was afterwards led to think that the 

 friendship .and kindnesses received atthe hands of others 



after thai was in .some measure due to (heir good words. 



t)n the 3d of August we left Marquette tor M>u,i.-ing -la- 

 tion, forty-two miles distant. An Train WftS one of the 

 plaCCS ill which We bad intended stopping, but a further in 

 quiry had led us to believe thai while thai place Would give 

 good deer hunting on the An Train Lake a short distance 

 from the station, mi, 1 also -pie. iiid baSS fishing, yet for trout 

 we would have a tramp through the wood- of an uncertain 



distance; and so as we were not caring for deer Or has- ju.-l 



then, w, concluded topaastho place by, 



The Detroit, Mackinaw and Marquette Railroad nns 

 through a region thai was peculiarly interesting to me. 

 Leaving Marquette the track hugs the Marquette Bay shore 

 for several miles, when it takes a straight eat for Hie lake at 

 Aii Train, and thenee on lo Munising Station, which is 

 four miles Iron, Munising l!n\ , the site of old Muuiaing, 



which I- ihepiMco where we wi n- to embark for a sail to the 

 Pictured K'ocks. For ten or fifteen miles after leaving 

 tin; blue waicrs of Marquette Bay, a scries of narrow and 

 parallel ridges, from thirty to forty feet in width, with al- 

 ternating tleoressions bet ween of a like width, resembliilg 



ancient and dry canals. was a eonspkuotw L'eatui'e oi the 

 landscape. \- our tl-ain sped eastward these ridges and 

 canals he, ..me wider, the one higher and the other deeper; 

 and although ancient pine Ireeswcre growing here and there 

 amidlhe thickets of jack pines, thus testifying in some de- 

 gree tQ the gn-al length Of time -in.-e the ridges have been 

 i-ast up, s- 1 ill il was evident thai at some period more or [i - 

 ivnn.te the lake bad don,- this wmk. The carious feature of 



lilt mailer was llie symmetrical svsiein of canals and ridges 

 left by what iniisi have bet n tin- greal lake's subsidence or a 

 grand continental upheaval, or both. 

 After going beyond the canal- and cidgesthe road enters 



a densely wooded region, anil in Some place- a peculi.-irly 

 stony one. At one point in particular the earth was strewn 

 with, broken and unworn si ones, from I he size of a onmp- 

 kettle to a tent. Mini so thicklv strewn were they fts, to sug- 

 gest an Almighty baud sowing Iheiu oio.-idcast. What 



hurled the stony fragments broadcast over this part of the 



earth man may not knou.! ut it eaimol he otherwise than tluii 

 the concentrated powers of u:n tire liuve at some time in the 

 l>;i-t tnii-i forth ;ind -own the plain withahail of broken 

 rock. 



Amid these StOIlBS, Mini over and even on Iheln. u.-isgrow 

 ingaforesi of large .-mil small trees, and to an inhahitMiil of 

 ii,', alluvial land- of the Mississippi Yallev it was curious 

 indeed to see how the trees had sprouted from the thick; 

 damp, mossy covering of rocks, and as (hey had grown in 

 size had sent Iheir roots out ward and downw aril ami went 

 >„,» iirnih planted in thcearth below. 



At Munising Station wc had to auaii the return of a 

 b ister from old Munising. who sei out for that place im- 

 mediately on our arrival, and we did not reach the latter 

 Short hi, iii about half-past three o'clock. Old .Munising 

 was once the seat of flourishing iron furnaces, but the work 

 has long been suspended, and the few inhabitants of the 

 place look to the fisheries principally for their support. 

 Fifteen or twenty houses, all of widen still belong to the 

 iron company, built at random without reference to the 

 North Star, but generally facing the winding road, house 

 the good people who make up that town. A quarter of a 

 mile ,,,- pe.-haps more from the village of the while p,-,, ph- 

 is another Munising, the Munising of a band of Ojibwa or 

 f'hippewa Indians, and the village contains about fifteen 

 wretched bark-covered cabins, which house about seventy 

 redskins. I took a stroll on my return nip through this 

 tillage; end while iheir eMbiiis in :m outsider appeared to be 



altogether insiilticii-nt lo atfortl a eoinforlahle -Ii. Ii.r lo Iho 

 inmates, yet the most distinctively Indian aspect of the 

 place was" tin- iiudisiurbed condition of the smaller limber 

 and underbrush thai grew in the town There were no 

 streets, no alleys, nothing but winding footpaths leading 

 through tin- brush from cabin t„ cabin; and while every 



Villager COldd bear every otln-r villager's dog bark 01 loo-ter 

 crow, not one could si and in his own dooi w;,y .-onl set an 

 Other's house. The village was ill ambush. 



In the wagon that carried us over rode Mr. \V. .1. Palmer, 

 a genial North Carolinian who has wandered up totliese 



high latitudes and is doing service as some sort of general 

 ageut or chief clerk of a lumber company, with his head- 

 quarters in old Munising. Mr. F. mi once entered into the 

 spirit of our little enterprise, and. characteristic of him. not 

 only gave US- valuable inionnalion, but set about planning 

 ways and mc.-tiis lo help u~ on our journey. In accordance 

 With a suggestion of his. wc determined lotake-i bout ;,t once 

 Mild -ml down lo Minei •-.< reck, six miles ea-i of Munising, I In.-u 

 dismiss- our boatman and awaii the arrival of Mr. P him- 

 self, who. with ;, party of friend-, would make the tour of 

 the Boi Its the following week. 



While al Marquette w had heard a great deal about the 

 dangers attending the navigation ol Lake Superior in the 

 vicmil\ of tin- Fit lured Foeks. and quite a number of pir- 

 sons had ativi-, d us. to go in a boal -ailed by an Indian, for 

 the reason thai Indian sailors were far less reekle-stliaii 

 their white brethren, and accidents ( onseipientlv less apt to 



happen to them, An act-id, -m hud happened to a sailing 



party a Snnd.-n or tVO before we reached Marquette, iii 

 in which n Deiroil young man bad been drowned, and With 

 that calamity fresh in our minds we felt doubly anxious as 

 to the character of our captain; and 90, when ' Mr. Palmer 

 suggested Captain Jim Kish ba-tog, W ho was the owner of 

 a .good boat, .-is a proper person to cany US to Miller- Creek, 

 wc gladly accpied his suggestion, notwithstanding he 

 threw out ,-,-rtain hints i mil eating on his part a total lack of 

 Confidence in Indians in general. 



In due time Captain- !Kish-ka-tOg Was found, w hen Mr. 

 Palmer told him we wanted to go to Miner's ('reek, ami 

 asked him if l„ ,-oiild lake us. Jim, who was of short 

 iii;ike;iu,l i-Mihei "bench legged." was looking meditatively 

 at an ittljaci nl hilltop during the Captain's discourse, and 

 without lowering hi- eves he drawled out in answer lo his 

 question, in a tone decidedly African, "Vn-a as," in which 

 he sounded the .< as in hate. 



■Well, how much will you charge Ihemv" asked Mr. F 



"l''our iloltar." in tlies:mie sop voice, and the eyes-still 

 fastened upon tin- hilltop. 



"Why. Jim, that's loo much, isn't it?" 



"No-o-o!" 



Then Mr. P.'s look of surprise gave way to one of disgust. 

 while Ed., who never failed to keep a' prudent lookout at 

 the purse-string, fairly snorted his disseni from the opinion 

 Of his red brother. 



Mr. Falmer had told us before we met the navigator that 

 two dollars a day for man and boat was the piiee commonly 

 paid by strangers, and, with this knowledge a1 hand. I gave 

 the rascal to understand llial r wanted a private r-hat with 

 him. and -o we stopped lo one side "See here.'' said I, 

 "there are but three of us mliI we have a light load, and we 

 want you to take us to Miner's Creek, which will not take 

 you, at the outside, over half a day, and we will pay you 

 a day's wages twodollars if you will i.-ikeus." 



"Ya m-m-s," said the soft voice, while the eyes were onto 

 more lixed on the cresl of the neighboring hijl, 



"Well, you'll lake us to-night for that, will you?'' 



"V;, a-a-s." 



"Well, go and get your boal at once," and away he went, 



Ami [ •wonder yet wlniher he would not have gone the 



SMine, had I said one dollar instead of two. 



In a short lime Jim rowed up to the dock, and after we 

 had bought a three pound whiteiish, nicely cleaned, for ten 

 cents, we went aboard the Crafl and gave the stern lo the 

 town. 



The lime consumed rowing down the creek WAS nearly 

 four hours, for the wind was Contrary, bul there was much 

 to occupy our attention on iln- way. A mile below the vil- 

 lage quit,- a cluster of old and dilapidated houses stood upon 

 tllC lake shore, and We learned that there wms a mineral 



Illation in hi- ew"h;i,l thought lo found and build up a 

 summer rcsori here, and to thai end had built these houses. 



But gin-sis did not come, ami his enterprise fell through. A 

 party of ladies and gentlamon from Ohicago had taken pos- 

 session mi,, t pitched 'heir tents in the lawn about tin- old 



A mill or so fuitlieron wa passed the Indian graveyard, 

 on a sandy ridge near the water's edge, anil froni'our places 

 could see lite little white lings waving :it the new ly made 

 graves. Jim would not or could nol explain the meaning 

 of the flags, which is evidently a survival of Savagery, 

 Longfellow alludCS t0 ibis Chippewa custom in the lines; ' 



«M?]agscm graves and great war captains 

 Grasping both tin i-ait!, and heaven." 



After rounding Sand Point, which was half way lo our 

 destination, the white dill's— the outlines so lo speak of thai- 

 wonderful range ■ .f sandstone-- I he Ftcluied itockscanieinto 

 view, Stretched along the shore as fardown as the inequali- 

 ties of the shore line would admit of us seeing: rosefrom out 

 the water the locky wall of Potsdam -Miltlsione. At Our 



request the bout was rowed in close to the wall, ami a good 



view was thus Afforded US, The first of the series of charm- 

 ing and oftentimes startling views was a huge buttressed 

 wiill, Hint, rose sheer from the water's edge about eighty ten 

 high, and which at a distance challenged the belief thai ii 

 was. the remains of a Cyclopean structure of a long past age. 

 Succeeding this came along line of rocky wall, the 'toped 



which was" covered bv a growth of orchard-shapcil trees, 

 whieh ;u irregular intervals sent trading down the wall side 

 long vine-like branches; and al a distance of half a mile 

 fcway the illusion was perfect thai there -tood a part of a 

 greal wall, to attest the site of a great citv that has long 

 since 1'mIIcii Mini disappeared from the earth. This city wail 

 like Structure extends 11 mile or more, anil is succeeded by a 

 series of cliffs rising perpendicular a hundred feet above the 

 water. In these dill's, niches, recesses and narrow shelves 

 often appear at varying heights, where grasses, llowers, and 

 even shrubs find root, hold and live. At their bases at un- 

 equal depths ihiougli the clear, blueish colored water, may 

 In- seen huge blocks of sandstone, which have fallen from 

 above and lie in confused heaps on the bottom of the lake. 

 Alomrthc wate) line gnat holes, caverns, grottoes, and 

 arched ways, have been cm in the walls by the ever restless 

 waters, and when a "sea is on," thedeep boom of the waves 

 ms they beat into the cavernous depths sound like Old Ocean's 

 roar, ' The ncxl and lust objed Of interest before reaching 

 Miner's Creek, is (Mstle lioi k, a sliMip licMtllMiid a bundled 

 feel big!,, which has been rounded, cut mid curved until at 

 in proper distancn it presents a striking resemblance to a 

 medieval castle with its towers, bastions and batflem? nts. 



A.1 Miner's Creek there i-a gap in the "rock ribbed bills. ' 

 where iln- land drops down to in diiiude of t w ,-nl v or thirty 

 feet above the lake'- level. This gap is Iriangiiiar in its 

 general outline, each Of il- Iln-. e sidi - bl he; a lilt],- more than 

 a mile in length. Along iln- lak.- side extends as pretty a 

 lii-Miii of white sitn-i .,- o:,,- ever -aw. On the weal sick 



