JXN. 5, 1893.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



9 



THREE DAYS IN THE BAD-LANDS. 



•'Where darkness found him, lie lay glad at xiiglit: 

 There the red mormng touched him with its liglit. 

 Thi'ee moons his great heart him a hermit made, 

 80 long he roved at will the biiuudless shade.'' 



— if. W. JSmerson in ••Woodnot^s.^' 



Of course Emerson was not ref en-ing to the Bad-Lauds 

 of North. Dakotai in these Imes, for although the mornuig 

 may be red oftimes amid the buttes, the shade is not ex- 

 actly described by the adjective '"boundless;'' but he does 

 refer to g-reat-hearted men— such as Stephens is — and all 

 brother sportsmen who are worthy of the name. Then, 

 too, Stepliens Avas not on his hunt for "tliree moons" — 

 ordy tliree days saw liim in pursuit of tlie deer, Imt, as he 

 phrased it, "Many moons, many times mvdtiplied, could 

 not have furnished more enjoyment." 



His going was in this wise. Jack and I were sitting in 

 my room the evening before Thanksgiving discussing 

 various matters pertaining to earth and sea and sky, when 

 in came Stej)hens with a rush, exclaimmg. "I'm' off for 

 the Bad Lands to-night. Come, go along." But this 

 neither Jack nor I could do, and we said so. "Well, I'm 

 .sorry for you fellows," he cheerfully rephed. and going to 

 the gun rack, took his .88-40 Marlin out and throwing it 

 to his shoidder sighted at a motmted deer head on the 

 Avah, saying as he did so, "I'll lay some of those felloAA^ 

 low, and you tAA^o chum];is Avill be so envious that you'll 

 go and destroy yourselves. Where's that cleaning rod?" 

 tie Gontimied, and I had to go and hunt it up. Jack, Ste- 

 phens and I keep our grms, rods and fishing tackle in 

 one large case, which stands hi my room, and here is 

 common meeting ground for "Ave three" nearly eA^ery 

 evening Avhen we are all in town. "Well, so long." he 

 said, as he started for the door, "I've just got to get up 

 and hustle to make that train. " 



Silence most prof omid reigned for a time after Stephens 

 had gone. Every sportsman knoAvs what om- thoughts 

 were. At length. Jack gaA^e a big sigh and said, "It's 

 hard to be tied down when I Avant to go so bad," and I 

 agreed that it was a grievous hardship. EA-ery time Ave 

 met during the foUoAving Aveek we talked about Stephens 

 and Avondered if he had any success. A heaA'y snoAv 

 storm came on the second day after he left and we dis- 

 cussed the probability of its reaching Avhere he was, for 

 if it did we knew it meant no hunthig for him. 



The days dragged slowly along, and one morning before 

 I Avas dressed in walked Stephens. One look at his face 

 Avas enougli. He Avas fairly radiant with success, good 

 AviU and happiness. "I had a great time, one of the bset 

 of my life. I was on the hunting grounds for three daj's 

 and I shot seven deer, one black-tail and six wdiite-tails. 

 I dropped eA ery one of them dead, too. I teU you I want 

 no better gmi than my little MarUn." 



It Avas a very enjoyable story that he told. One time he 

 had three deer lying dead on the ground Avithin a few 

 rods of each other, the result of fme long range marks- 

 manship and quick shooting. I felt almost as though I'd 

 been there myself by the time he had finished his graphic 

 recital, combining, as he did, the hunting of the game 

 with description of the country, the people he met and 

 ranches he visited. He came to the end of his story by 

 saying, "We'll go there for a month next fall." I'met 

 Jack on the street that forenoon and told him of the 

 hunters retm-n. "Came back empty handed," quoth Jack. 



"Not much: he killed seven deer." 



■By the great horn spoon! You are fooluigl" 



■No. I'm not; it's honest and straight." 



■ Oh. where Avere Ave that Ave were not in it?'' 



■' Not there at any rate." 



" 1 suppose that he'U aggravate us beyond endurance, 

 TiOAv that he s come back Avith such proofs of being a 

 mighty hunter." 



It Avas a little hard on us to have Stephens look at us 

 and grin and say, "I wish you had been along." then 

 smUe broadly MS some thought of the hmit came to him, 

 and then proceed to tell how it was thus and so, at such 

 and such a time. Tliere is nothing like a fcAv daA-.'^' out- 

 ing for a tired man. The AAdiole AAnnter Avill be brig] iter 

 and easier for Stephens on account of these three da\'s in 

 the Bad La,nds. . Myron Coolea-. 



Detroit Om", Minn. 



SOUTHERN QUAIL SHOOTING. 



Aa- unexpected change always has in it an element of 

 uitoxication to the overAvorked, and Avhen a loA^er of good 

 hunting is sm-prised to find himself starting on a, shooting 

 trip his enjoyment is complete. One week before AAe 

 started one member of the party, at least, did not even 

 suspect that he Avould be in either North Carolina or Vu-- 

 ginia for man}^ a year to come. Kind fortune started 

 Irun, however, and we Avere in DanA'iUe, Va.. dogs, gims 

 and aU, on a wet, disagreeaiile morning early in Novem- 

 ber last, before I fuUy reahzed the reality of the jom-ney. 



We had gone to DanA-dle from Washingtoii on the 

 Richmond and DanAiile and there we connected the nar- 

 row gauge for Martinsville, Va. The distance from Dan- 

 ville to .AlartiusviUe is about fortj^ miles and you make it 

 in one-h;df day or thereabouts, at the option of the con- 

 ductor of that unique branch road. 



Arrived at Martinsville we procui'ed a good dinner at 

 the Hotel Hamilton. Of course it had the Southern hotel 

 air of the ever-present chicken about it. but everything 

 was well cooked and plentiful. From this poijit A^-e A\-ere 

 'to travel ■•cross comatry" in a ••hack," a coA^erert sprino- 

 Ava,gon familiar to Southern travelers, to a, i^Jantation 

 eight miles distant. The gentleman whom I had the good 

 fortune to travel with was AveU acquainted in tliis county 

 —Henry iu A^rginia, by the way— and Avas Avell knowii . 

 hy- the planter Avhose guests we were to be. 



It A> as not a pleasant trip "across country" from the 

 fact that rain foUoAved us and it was cold and foggv. Tlie 

 clayey soil became covered Avith a pasty mud tliat had 

 the faculty of flying higher and easier and' sticki no- harder 

 than any mud I had seen before. It A\ as a, lovely red 

 color, but that coidd never make it aesthetic. The nearo 

 driver's hands Avere cold, as he had provide'l a bottle" of 

 applejack and no gloves, and he was in a liurrv to reach 

 a fire; so Avith a strong wagon and good hoi-ses Ave made 

 good time despite the rough roads. 



Up to this point of the jom-ney my poetic ideas of the 



Sunny South" had been dampened and chdled and in 

 body also I was extremely imcomfortable on account of 

 the cold rain and rough eight-mile drive, but onc^ arrived 



at the plantation house the welcome given to me — a 

 stranger — was orie that I never can forget, and in it I 

 found not orily more than a realizatii.m of my imagined 

 South, but its non-artificiahiess warmed my spirit into a 

 glow and my bodily cold soon passed away before the 

 great hearth fire. But 1 must return to the lumting. 



The remainder of tlie day Avas spent indoors in prei^ara- 

 tion for the uiorning. Next <lay dawned cleai- and mild, 

 regular Indian .summer weatiier. and Ave were ofl:" early. 



Not l)Ut a, sliort di.stanr-e fi^om home we had a ■•point" 

 and a ■■rise" by a. fine covey of twenty lurds. Wp fomid 

 twelve coveys that day. and during my .stay of one Aveek 

 at this plantation, eiiiiit nnles from [Martinsville and four 

 from Ridgeway, Va., we never found less than twelve 

 coveys and many times fifteen in a day. 



The country is very uneven and " the sliort hills are 

 steep, but it is not hard walking: so in a short turn: von 

 become accustomed to them and enjoy tin \ iiutv It is 

 a tobacco-raising country principally, but murii AAiieat 

 and corn also is groAvn. and it is upon Avb( it ^tul)i-)lt tiiat 

 you tuid the coveys first, as a rule, and in tln^se oi)en 

 fields you have the"clean shot rivaled only Ija those ( h int cs 

 offered upon the Western prames. Tbe hu d^ ^( nc i diA 

 fly a short distance to cover "in old fields'' among ■broom 

 grass" or "broAvu straAv.'" a high, rank grass, and it is 

 from these hidhig places that the huritei ( in kick ihi 

 quad up, one at a time, but seldom inteitcied ^\ itb li\ a 

 single pure. ^ Of course there is some thick country, lint d, 

 is easier to tind a. new coA-ey than to work it a (h-^ m 

 tage for one already flushed and driven into a thic U( t 



The cMmate in November is beautiful. But little ram 

 and warm, mild days, like early October m NevA Lnj^land. 

 The bu-ds are large "and fat. and to the imsKdicd shot si ( m 

 unusually active. The coveys rise all together and flv a 

 short distance, lightmg well scattered in a long line at 

 right angles to the fine of flight. 



To return to our trip, From RidgeAva\ Vi \\( wuil 

 to Stone ville, in Rockingham county, N. 0.. and alter 

 spending a Aveek there on to Pine Hall, Stokt s ( ount^ ^ 

 C. At StoneAdlle the bu^ds Avere not so plentdul as at 

 Ridgeway or Pine Hall. Accommodations m the little 

 toAvn AA^ere A'ery good. 



At Pine Hall we again met old friends ot mv companion, 

 and for another week Ave were made more than at home 

 in tlie enjoyment of the hospitaUty and companionship ot 

 those most Avarm-hearted people. 



Ridgeway. StoneAiUe and Pine Hall are all stations on 

 the Norfolk & AVestern Railroad, and can be iea( bed hi st 

 from New York via Roanoke, Va., by Penn■^AlA ima R ill 

 road and Norfolk & Western through HagerstoAvn. Md., 

 Avhere the tAvo roads connect. A twenty-four hours' ride 

 from NeAv York city. 



Under the circimistances narrated this localnv afforded 

 to me the ]Aace of an unusually pleasant shooting trip. 

 Others might or might not find in it an equal satisfaction. 



THE MENACE TO YELLOWSTONE PARK. 



Forest and Stream has done a jiublic service m bring- 

 ing together in pamphlet an accoimt of tlu Cooke ( itA- 

 raid on the National Yellowstone Park, and ot the conse- 

 quences to the Park if it is allowed by Congre,ss to suc- 

 ceed. We have described and entered protest agam-^t this 

 scheme long since, but such mattei-s need to bi ujie lU dl\ 

 brought to the attention of the public, and (. on!:il(.-^-^ iu( ds 

 to be repeatedly reminded of its duties in relation to them. 

 It Avfll be recalled that Cooke City is a sm ill lumint!: t mi]) 

 located just beyond the northeast corner of tlie Park, and 

 it Avants a railroad. It is claimed that tli i iih teasfiJc 

 route is through this corner of the Park ilon_, tlx b inks 

 of the YelloAvstone and East Fork rivers and Soda Butte 

 Creek. Consequently Cooke City and otiu i mtcHsted 

 schemers are lobbying Congress for a grint ot tlu^ n^ht 

 of M^ay. Two alternate bills have been pi ep lied md u( 

 pending in Congress— one simply granting i ight oi w i\ 

 for a. railroad within the Park, and the othu d< ->igned to 

 OA-ercome the objection to a radroad withm that domain, 

 changing the Park boundaries so as to cut oft the coinei 

 to be iiiA'aded by the railroad. Both schemes are utterh^ 

 objectionable. 



The fact is. as Forest and Stream points out. that in 

 tlie first place the mineral resources of Cooke C'ltv are not 

 rich enough to justify the Northern Pacific m buildm^ i 

 branch to that place, as President Oakes h is testified and 

 in the second place, an even more feasible route for a road 

 is to be found in chrect line from Cooke Citv north to 

 Stillwater on the Norr'; iti Pacific, the maximum arade 

 of which need not he (i\,r l;jOft. to the nuh wheieis i 

 arade of OA'er .300ft., and Oit 'U of 300ft.. is to be tound on 

 the Northern Pacifi •. But there is a town ealled Living- 

 ston, further Avest on the Northern Pacifit w hu h a\ nits 

 Cooke City traffic to ^lass its way, and the toAvn lot boom- 

 ers and miners of buth ].laees'are thus denianihnu- the 

 Park route, and they are aiiled byafioitin^ (km<I t 

 hunters and trappers and prospectors, who Avant tlie rich 

 northeastern corner of the Park throAvn open to then- 

 depredations. 



Of course their demands ought not to get a foothold iu 

 Congress, but they have, for the reason that the jiubhiVs 

 case has not been as persistently represented. A clumge 

 of the Park boundary least of all should be conceded. 

 The present boundai^y," as Fokest and Stream points out, 

 is a natural one, presenting natural barriers to poacJiers. 

 Moreover, tliis x^articular corner which it is proposed to 

 cut off contains some of the Park's greatest attractions— 

 the petrified and fossil forests, the subhme scenery ot the 

 Soda Butte A^alley. and the Park's finest aame 'pastm-e. 

 where the grass "is luxuriant and snow s nioderate. and 

 Avithout which thousands of the elk and deer and antelope 

 must be driven out. To hand only one-half uf this j.asture 

 over to the popidation hovering about the Park \\ uuld be 

 to invite the extinction of all the game wliic li wmrer 

 there. But a railroad without a cliange oi' lioimdary 

 should not be allowed in the Park on any condition, for 

 reasons too obA-ious to need describing , and whoUy inde- 

 pendent of the fact that it \A-oidd destro}- the grandest 

 drive to be liad in the Park, and Avonld lead to a fire Avhich 

 A\ oidd, as Capt. Anderson, superintendent of the Park, 

 says, ■■^bm-n off the Park as black as youi- hat in six 

 months." 



Two .such measm-es as these Cooke City bflls ought not 

 to be able to get a hearing on the floor of either branch 

 of Congress. Let the himters and town lot boomers and 

 mine speculators, Avho are thus seeking the destruction of 

 this majestic iuclosure, Axdiich has been reseiwed to nature, 

 be kicked out. — Sjjri.ngfield Republican. 



NEW YORK STATE ASSOCIATION. 



The annual winter meeting of the Ncav York State 

 Association for the Protection of Fish and Game will be 

 held in Syracuse, Jan. 12. Each club avUI be entitled to 

 representation by nine delega tes. Importont matters wiU 

 be considered. A fuU attendance is desired. Clubs and 

 individuals in sympathy Avith the Association are cordially 

 invited to imite Avitli it. For copies of the constitution 

 address John B. Sage, Sec'y, Buft'alo, N. Y. 



The Waj's and :\leans Committee acknowledge with 

 thanks these contributions to the Association's Avorking 

 fund: Mr. W. C. Brovming, NeAv York, $10: Mr.Wm. J. 

 Kuiiball. Rochester. $25: Mr. Frank J. Amsden, Roches- 

 ter .$25, 



THE NEW YORK GAME LAWS. 



I \ ^ I1m H —FjLhfoi 1 oust micl Sti tarn: 

 The folloAvmg anieiiduients to the game law have been 

 subnutted to the (. oiiimittee on Legislation of the Execu- 

 tive (;omrmtteei:)f the State x\ssociation tor the Protection 

 ot I'lsh and Crame: 



!sEc. 3(1. Amend .so as to jvad as iollows: "[Sijcoial I'rc.tectors: The 

 Buard of C nmmissioners may. lu u s iliscretion and at pleasure, appoint 

 or l emove ii persoij i-ecommended h\ any Board ol bupemsors. or by 

 any ini-orporated society lor the protection of tisli and game, as spe- 

 cial protector, who shall jtossess the same powers that ai'e conferred 

 upon istate Protectors: sticli special protectors .shall receive no coui- 

 peiisatioii troin the Istate. but they shall receive from the county 

 \Nht-i cm tli,_- nork is peitoi-ined. compensation tor their seryrces at the 

 latent .it-T per day and their necessary expense.s. not to exceed the 

 sum ut .->iixi. excjusiye ot expenses m any one year, and the same 

 saali lie a couuty charge to be auchted and paid as other county 

 chiif, s lu pill Ih i(.(oiii Is shill bf leufird is snmKr aci uunts 

 are i i'fimi cd to be v(.'nfied. They shall make smiilar I'eports to Ciose 

 required trom State Protectors. ' 



bE<j. 41. Amend hy inserting alter the Avord "venison"" the words 

 - elk and antelope, aud strtke out of said section the AvorAs "or out of 

 the State.- 



Sec 44. .imeud b:\-strikiii.8: out the words -eleventh." "tenth" and 



September id ine secoiiil hue. and msertmg m place thereof the 

 words ■■ni-st. ■■twentieth and "Octobpr."' 



SKc. 4,. Amend by msertma- betore the word ■•crustins:'" the words 

 "floating- and jaclang-.^" 



fsEc. 4ti. Add, ■ -and rabbits aud hares shall not be hunted- shot at. 

 lolled or pijssessed, between the first day of .January and the first da-y 

 of September." " 



M;c. ,i>. .\f rer the words •-.south ot lona Island." amend by -strikmc 

 oni mew, .IMS --and that portion of Lake Ontorio Icnown as Great 

 Sodu.s 



bEc. .0. Amend by striking' out the Avords "or out of the State." and 

 b.y adcbng- at the end ot sucVi section the word.s "China, pheasant shaU 

 n tie nul t killed s Id pr s^e^^ d m tli st ite t iSew A oik for 



five y-':'v,: 



I- out the Words -and exceptiiia; m the counties ot Onon- 

 dau.i ■ -aeida, Cayuga. AA yonnng-. (teuesee. Magara. Monroe. 



Erie. L Lia-.ii i.uqua. Cattaraugus aud ()i-leaus. 



bii<;. lU-.i. Ameud by adding the wcr.rils. --Having m possession nets, or 

 fl.sh eausrht. or kdled m any manner oi- hv anv device- except anglinE 

 upon the shoras. islands or inland tre.-:li v. aters of this State- shaU be 

 sufQcient evidence ot the violation of this section-" 



Sec. 108. After the words ■■landlocked salmon" insert the -words 

 ••pil<e and iiickerel. 



SEC. 110. Amend by inserting after the w-ords •'thii-tieth of May." 

 ••except m the waters ot Lake Ontorio. m which black bass or Oswego 

 bi---^ -,h ill not be hshtd tji 1 ijled i ] ()sses-,ed b t \efn the 1st da^- of 

 .lanuary and the l£>th day ot ,Tiine." 



Sec. 111. Strike out the words •■eight luiihes" and in.sei-t in place 

 thereof '-one piound m weight or one toot m length " 



Sec. 113. Strike out the words "thii-tieth of May" and insert "16th 

 day ot June. 



SEC. l^'O. ^^Lmeud hy msertmg after the words "SIO for each fish 

 caught the words ■■killed or possessed- ■ 



Sec. ].«. Ameud by adibug alter the words -any islands therein," 

 '■nor withm three mdes of the mouth of the iSiagara Kiyer-"and b-^' 

 strilnng out aU ot the words m parenthesis as foUows! "The waters o'f 

 Lake Ontario in the ctiunty of Jefferson, included between Blue Rock 

 Point, m the town of brownyille. and the town hne between the towns 

 of L.me, Cape \ineent. including Chaumont Bay. C-frififln Bay. Three 

 Bay, are hereby exempt from the provisions of this act.'" 



■\liU 



It the \ 

 Senei-i 

 lit t 



Sec. 134. Amend by strdaug out the 

 place there-ot the word ■■half. 



Sec. 14U. Amend bv strikin; 

 for buHheads with i\-ke nets 

 Seneca counties, but not m -.my ] 

 the mouth ot the ( 'h-de." 

 Aht. 9. Amend hy insertnig a sei 

 Sec. 314--V. -After the laying out 

 and the due publication and iiostm 

 lished and posted m this article, at 

 the county where the premises are 

 loregomg provisions ot this article 

 have been complied with, an ordei^ 

 cords m the county ^v]lere the pi ei 

 ;uch publication ami \ 



rd -eighth and msertmg In 



a Ei\ 

 ai 1 



■■It shall be lawful to fish 

 er. m Cayuga. Wayne and 

 river. withm htty rods of 



;-tion after Section 314. as tollows: 

 oi the gri-iiiiids tor v'l^ivate parks, 

 in of the notices provided to be pub- 

 id upon hlmg m the clerk"s ofQce of 

 situated, proof by affidavit that the 

 . as to posting and pubhshmg notices 

 may be entered m tmy court of re- 

 mses are situated, i-ecitmg the tact 

 il notices, and declarmg that the 



private park, in 



prenuses therein described have been constituted 

 accoi-dance "With the provisions ot this article " 



A certified copy ot said ordei- mav lie read m cMdeuce in any civil or 

 crmunal action or proceeding, as evidence ot the facts therein recit-ed. 



Sec. 21rj. Amend by msertmg after the words ■■or interfere in any 

 way with." the words "or catch, shoot, kill or possess " 



Si-.c. zl, . Amend by msertmg m the tu-st hue. after the word "arti- 

 cle, the words --is a, misdemenuor, and in adchtion." and by striking 

 out after the words ■■damages in. the -word "an." and uisert in place 

 thereof the word ••the. ami after the word "amount."" strike out the 

 -wwds "not more thau, aud msei t in place thereof the word "of-" and 

 after the ^^'ord ■■lessee, msei t the words "and penalties in the sum of 

 SIO lor each fish so caught, lolled or possessed, and Si25 for each wilffi 

 bird or wild animal so cauglit. shot, kniled and possessed."" 

 Sec. -im. Amend strdtmg out m Section 2m as follows- After the 



word 

 and ; 

 fines 

 the 



■may. 

 rei tl, 



tl 



the 

 rd ■ 



-litfh hue. insert the words ■■prosecute for and," 

 ■penalties, m the same line, add the words "and 

 words ■■siu-h person shaU be entitled to" strike out 

 -halt ot. and .-itter the word -peualtv" in.sert the 

 1 nid hn 1 nt 1 tl ^ 1 1 le Miel sti ike ,ut tbe 



I 111 thihdtt 1 iiiU tilt B 111 te mmiw ueis.^" 



Ameud adding the words ->;o person unprisoned 

 er an execution agamst the persou. as herein provided, shall be 

 lifted to the hberties ot the ]ail." 

 SEC. ■24b. ^Imeiid b.\- adtimg to the section the w"ords "the fact Cif 

 giving such evidence by an oftender against a co-oftender In anv civil 

 or criniiual action, iiroseciitioii or proceeding shall be a bar to any 

 eivil action or crmunal proceechng against such witness '" 



Walter S. MAC(*REGOii, Chairman. 



uhi 



Colorado Shooting' Notes. 



Denver, Col., Dec. '28.— Eeports from Garfield and 

 Mesa counties state that large numbers of deer have been 

 killed there during the pa.st"three weeks. It is not profes- 

 sional Iiunters alone that are doing the kdhiig, as several 

 parties of so-ealled sportsmen have killed a great many, 

 leaving them to rot, and the ranchmen are accused <jf 

 kUling tlieni and feeding the major portion of the car- 

 <-as ti> liogs. If tliis is so the otficials should make an ex- 

 ample of ilie o-ffenders. 



Edward Kemeys. the sculptor, has returned from his 

 hunting trip in the -western part of tlie State, .He found 

 deer very plentiful but ditl not see manv elk. 



There is a dealt 11 uf shooting news as the season has 

 practically closed. A few ducks and geese are killed on 

 the nver occasionally, but aside from that there is nothing. 



Teseebt. 



With all due reverence for the fame of Israel Putnam, 

 was his encounter with the -wolf such a heroic deed, after 

 all> Is the w-olf of America anything but a coward in 

 the presence of man? What f oimdation of fact is there 

 for the often told newspaper tales of human beings in 

 this coimtry devoured bv wolvesV Are anv of these inci- 

 dents well authenticated? 



