RECREATION. 



Volume X. 



JUNE, 1899. 

 G. 0. SHIELDS (COQUIIf A , Editor and Manager. 



Number 6. 



ALASKA N BIG GAME. 



HARRY E. LEE. 



I send you under separate cover a 

 few photographs of my recent Alaska 

 hunting trip. I would have procured 

 some grand pictures of living game in 

 their natural element had not the steel 

 spring in my camera snapped with the 

 intense cold while on the highest gla- 

 cier peaks. The mainspring in my 

 watch also broke in pieces. Next year 

 I shall go thoroughly prepared and 

 expect to bring back the finest pic- 

 tures of living game ever procured in 

 that country. I know where the large 

 game abounds and how to get it. 



My trip was a grand success, and 

 the trophies procured with my own 

 gun will be a link in memory's chain 

 never, I trust, to be broken. 



My first hunt was for mountain 

 sheep, (Oris Da Hi,) which are found 

 on the highest peaks and cliffs. I got 

 several fine specimens of this wily game 

 and could have killed a hundred had I 

 desired, as there were droves of them 

 on every mountain. I was fortunate 

 in getting some of the largest ones out 

 whole, and am having them mounted. 



I then went after caribou, bear and 

 moose. I secured the services of 2 

 good white men and a strong, trusty 

 Indian, and went up Sheep river a 

 distance of over 40 miles, a feat that 

 had never before been accomplished 

 by either white men or Indians. I dis- 

 covered a number of rich quartz ledges 

 which were in plain view. Had any 

 white man been there he would have 



frozen on to those ledges harder than 

 the ice on any glacier in Alaska. That 

 no Indian had been there was evi- 

 dent from the amount of large game 

 and its utter fearlessness. 



I saw a band of 18 caribou and 

 got a number of choice specimens, 

 one of which was truly remarkable, as 

 to size. His antlers were very mas- 

 sive and perfectly formed, with 57 

 points. I succeeded in getting him 

 out whole, and his skin is in perfect 

 condition. He is said to be the largest 

 specimen of this noble game ever killed 

 in Alaska. Naturally I am very proud 

 of him. 



I also succeeded in killing several 

 large grizzly bears, all of which were 

 in prime condition. Their skins will 

 make beautiful rugs for my rustic 

 lodge. Of course, I had some inter- 

 esting experiences before I got all 

 these monsters in camp, and could fill 

 pages with thrilling incidents which 

 happened while getting them. 



Next came the giant moose. It is 

 rather amusing to a person who has 

 been among those animals to hear of 

 the blood-curdling experiences and 

 terrible adventures that some mighty 

 hunters have had with those fero- 

 cious beasts. I wonder how many 

 people in Alaska have been killed by 

 moose? I have talked with a num- 

 ber of the best hunters in that coun- 

 try, and they laugh at men who 

 claim to have been attacked by 



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