EDITOR'S CORNER. 



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EDITOR'S CORNER. 



ALMOST THE LAST OF THE POTTOWATTO- 

 MIES. 



My old friend Po-Ka-Gon is dead. He 

 was a picturesque character in Michigan 

 politics and history for three-quarters of a 

 century. His story has been told many 

 times and most readers are familiar with 

 it, so I need not recount it here. Recrea- 

 tion readers knew him best as the author 

 of 2 excellent stories, " The Lord Eagle of 

 the Storm," published in the February, '97, 

 number, and " Ku-Go-Ge, the Wild Goose," 

 published in February, '99. These stories 

 indicate, in a marked degree, the simplicity 

 of Po-Ka-Gon's mind, and, at the same 

 time, his keenness as an observer and stu- 

 dent of nature. 



When Po-Ka-Gon received his copy of 

 February Recreation he wrote me as fol- 

 lows: 



Hartford, Mich., January 23, 1899. 



Dear Editor: Your January number, 

 containing my article on the wild goose, at 

 hand. I have now in press a book entitled 

 " Queen of the Woods," which will be out 

 the first of next month. It gives a history 

 of my father, of myself, of my participation 

 in the World's Fair at Chicago, a brief 

 sketch of the Algaic language, and then the 

 story entitled " Queen of the Woods," em- 

 bracing my courtship, marriage, life and 

 struggles. 



Good judges who have read the manu- 

 script seem to have full faith that it will prove 

 a standard work of its kind. Will send you 

 a copy as soon as out. I do not speak of ' 

 what I have done to brag, but simply men- 

 tion it to you, because I feel you are my 

 friend and brother. In fact yours was the 

 first magazine to publish my articles. One 

 sportsmen's magazine rejected one of my 

 articles, which I offered for a year's sub- 

 scription, and I afterward sold the MS. to 

 a first class magazine for $50. Please ex- 

 cuse me for opening " nin o-daw " (my 

 heart) to you. I would not, did I not be- 

 lieve you know how natural it is for an 

 Indian to place confidence in his friends. 

 May Ki-ji Man-i-to Kaw-ka-naw (the God 

 of all) guard, guide and bless thee, is Po- 

 Ka-Gon's humble prayer. 



Chief Simon Po-Ka-Gon. 



The dear old Chief will be sadly missed 

 from the wide circle of people who knew 

 him at his home, and by a still wider circle 

 of those who read Recreation and who 

 love such bits of nature study as he has 

 given them. 



will depend somewhat on the growth of 

 advertising business within the next 3 

 months. 



This issue of Recreation has 8 pages 

 more than any previous number. This ad- 

 ditional space was rendered necessary by 

 the report of the Annual Meeting of the 

 League of American Sportsmen. I hope, 

 however, to continue the extra form. It 



Readers of Recreation can assist me 

 greatly in developing this department by 

 writing advertisers whose ads. they see in 

 other magazines or sportsmen's journals 

 and which are not found in Recreation. 

 In such cases it would be well to call 

 the attention of advertisers to the remark- 

 able success of Recreation; to the fact 

 that it is in much closer touch with its 

 readers than most other magazines, on ac- 

 count of its radical position on game pro- 

 tection, etc. 



All readers realize that a magazine of this 

 kind must depend for its existence wholly 

 on its advertising business. I lose money 

 on every subscription I take, and must 

 realize enough on the advertising pages to 

 make up for this loss and, in time, to pay a 

 profit. The more advertising I have the 

 more reading matter I can give you for 10 

 cents. Let me have your help in this mat- 

 ter. In helping me you will help your- 

 selves. 



The aspersions cast upon Admiral Schley 

 by the Navy Department and by Admiral 

 Sampson are in the nature of a national 

 disgrace. The Navy Department and Con- 

 gress may be regarded as the Court in this 

 case, and Sampson as the prosecuting at- 

 torney; but fortunately the American peo- 

 ple constitute the jury. Their verdict on 

 Schley's work was rendered on July 4, 1898, 

 and they never have had, and never will 

 have occasion to change it, no matter how 

 much criticism may be heaped upon him 

 as a result of official jealousy. That was 

 the most glorious 4th the Nation has ever 

 known, and Schley's name will always here- 

 after be closely linked with that of Wash- 

 ington, in celebration of the National An- 

 niversary. 



Honor to whom honor is due. We are 

 advertising in 8 or 10 different sportsmen's 

 papers .and magazines, and are keeping a 

 careful record of returns from each. Rec- 

 reation is so far ahead of all the others that 

 we could better dispense with all of the 

 others than Recreation. 



Gun Bore Treatment Co., 



7 and 9 Warren Street, New York City. 



I than you sincerely for the Kenwood 

 sleeping bag you sent me. It is Ai in every 

 respect, and proved the easiest way of get- 

 ting something for nothing that has yet 

 come to my notice. All my friends are 

 pleased with the magazine, and several have 

 remarked that it seems to get better with 

 each number. E. Wager-Smith, 



1024 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia. 



