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Scarface must so on his quest. He must seek his fortune, as men 

 have done since then. He must go to the Suu's home and ask consent. 

 "Oh," says he, "I was glad, but how it was dai-k. My heai-t is dead. 

 Where is that far-off lodge? Where the trail which no one yet has 

 traveled?" He is "very sad." He sits down and covers his head with 

 bis robe; but at length he sets forth. He does not know the trail, and 

 he asks of the wolf which is the way to the Lodge of the Sun. The 

 wolf does not know; neither does the bear, nor the badger. The 

 wolverine knows the trail. He takes Scarface to the edge of the big 

 water. Scarface sits down on the shore. His heart is sick. "Hereby 

 this water I shall die," he says. 



But he is not to die. His Helpers come to him, two swans. They 

 bear him over the sea, to the Lodge of the Sun, He meets Morning 

 Star, the son of the great ruler, and Moon, the Sun's ^vife. He saves 

 the life of Morning Star from some monsters of birds. The Sun is 

 glad, and asks what reward he wOl have. Scarface asks for the hand 

 of the gu-1 and his request is gi-anted. The Sun cures Scarface of his 

 disfigurement. He then takes him to "the edge of the sky" and shows 

 him the world, meantime giving him words ot wisdom. Then the Sun 

 shows him the short trail to the earth ahc Milky Way). He foUo^vs 

 it, and duly reaches the earth and finds" the lodges of fiis people. The 

 maiden was faithful, and when she knew that all was well, "great was 

 her gladness then." So they were married. The story ends with these 

 simple and beautiful words: 



"The Sun was glad. He gave them great age. They were never 

 sick. When they were very old, one morning, their children said, 

 'Awake! Rise and eat.' Thev did not move. In the night, in bleep 

 without pain, their shadows had departed." 



If that is not a story, and a beautiful one, and if it does not show 

 imagination worthy to be called poetic, then I am ignorant of these 

 things. We have a poet in this language who has sung gloriously of a 

 lover in another desert land, of a love which should endm-e 



"Till the stars are old, 

 And the sun grows cold 



And the leaves of the Judgment Book unfold." 



Tet far away, across the big waters, in a desert land, under these 

 Blackfoot lodges, burned the same unquenchable fire, beat the same 

 pulse which not aU the ages can still, which in every civiUzed time, in 

 every civihised people, has called forth the purest form of human 

 thought and the highest form of human expression. Could this 

 thoiight be so pure, this expression so high, in a people worthy of 

 nothing but contempt and scorn? 



But these condensed epics have among them other stories; stories 

 of war, of adventure, of craft, of statesmanship, of heroism and of 

 heroes, interwoven all the while with myths as wild and gi'aceful and 

 beautiful as any of ancient Greece. Of an actual deity we have no 

 hint, except of one so crude as could be only the God of children. In 

 this latter we have the key to the whole problem. These people are 

 only children in then- ways of thought, though along these ways they 

 have thought further than children do. We read of a great peace 

 brought about with another warlike nation by the exercise of real 

 statesmanship, but lo 1 at the moment of the ratification of this peace 

 the childUke spirit crops out, so that the peace is broken, and that 

 thereafter there is never anything but war between them. We read of 

 individual valor, of midnight journeys of solitary warriors, of battles 

 —of Ekus-kin-i, so brave a warrior that he "never thought he was 

 fighting until he began to feel the knives sticking into him;" but 

 mixed with all this is a belief in ghosts, in magic, in foohsh things, 

 wliich first excites our disrespect, then our curiosity, and finally our 

 thought. And so we tliink that we have not understood these people 

 of the mountains, these stalwart children who tell the most pleasing 

 nursery tales the earth ever knew, and yet who in statecraft were men, 

 in war Avere giants. We read as nowhere else in any book we may 

 read, and as we read we can see the long line of the war party, the 

 shuffling feet tireless in their travel-blackened moccasins; we can see 

 and understand the glance of each keen, restless eye; we can see be- 

 yond the eye, and catch the true image of the brave, primitive, un- 

 formed, unlifted soul. When we have understood, we can pity. Though 

 this singular book offers no remedy which will prevail against relent- 

 less fate, and though it cannot save the Indian from the blue-eyed 

 men, it can teach us to pity and to hope that when these Indians have 

 seen the last of the land which once was all their own, then, "in the 

 night, in sleep, without pain, their shadows may depart." In parting 

 each such shadow might well point in solemn scorn at the nation 

 which robbed them of their homes, their faith in ti-uth, and finally of 

 their lives. 



This book was written "for the Indians," and it fills its mission 

 nobly in teaching us of them, but quite aside froui all that, the book is 

 interesting reading of itself indeed, one would hardly know where to 

 look for one more fascinating in these days where novelty of theme 

 is as scarce as originality in treatment. Some readers may fancy 

 most the stories of wai- and adventure, such as that of "The Lost 

 Woman," and some may prefer the stories of the ancient historj^ or 

 the daily hves and customs of the people, or perhaps those relating 

 to the antics of the Blackfoot deity. Old Man, the quaintest and most 

 grotesque joss of all the josses of the world. The hunter and the out- 

 door man will he very likely to find his keenest pleasure in reading 

 of the habits of wild animals as noted by these people, who studied noth- 

 ing else, or in the grotesque explanations of natural phenomena as fig- 

 ured forth by observers who are apparently ignorant of the true rela- 

 tions of cause and effect. How the rabbit got the brown patch on his 

 back is explamed m two separate stories. How the lynx lost his tall and 

 .got his flat face is another one, and how the birch tree happened to be 

 marked with its white scars. Here one can learn also how the bear 

 came to be so fat, and can find out many things he never knew before. 

 Fairy tales, ghost stories— and very good ghost stories, too— stories of 

 the peculiarities of animals and things, stories of the chase, of the 

 "caUmg of the buffalo," indeed, all sorts of stories may be found here- 

 in, and when one has gone well into them he has had the best possible 

 substitute for an actual residence with these wUd, free people of the 

 untroubled lands. Crude enough the stories are, and they often re- 

 peat themselves, but they do this incidentally, like the rough but pre- 

 cious designs of an Oriental fabric, careless of petty rules, and only 

 bent on the result. In total they make what seems to me a very rare 

 and valuable fabric indeed, one worthy of possession and of study, 

 and one such as we shall not soon see duplicated. E. HorGH. 



175 MoNBOE Street, Chicago. 



The Triton Fish and Game Club. 



The shares of this club, elsewhere offered for sale, are deserving 

 the attention of persons desiring to invest in such property. We 

 know several gentlemen who have inspected the tract in question and 

 all of them unite in speaking of it in terms of the highest praise. Mr. 

 Light has received the following letter: 



Sept. 8, 1893. 



Mr. A. L. Light: 



My Deak Sir— I have careful! 3^ examined as much of your territory 

 as I could, and have come to a very clear and decided conclusion from 

 what I have seen. I think your tract comprises as fine a sporting pre- 

 serve as there is on this continent, and it is so secluded that it presents 

 the same advantages as if it' were a thousand miles from any settle- 

 ment. It is but using reasonable language to say that the "Light 

 Tract" is a fisherman's paradise, and the most exacting angler would 

 find in these waters his hopes and anticipations fuUy realized. The 

 mountain streams swarm with brook trout and the lakes with the large 

 species of the same fish. Salmo fontinaUa, as indeed it is but natural 

 seeing that except that for sea occasional cast of a fly, the waters are as 

 untroubled and undisturbed as they were in the days when the abo- 

 riginal Indian propelled his canoe through the waters, or floated with 

 the current. Your presex've is so vast * * * A club 

 of one hundred members could get all the fishing they wanted in the 

 different lakes, with jilenty to spare. My experience in clubs shows 

 me that rarely over ten per cent, of the members are at the club house 

 at any onetime; from natural causes men choose different times to 

 take their outing, and hence there would never be a crowd. Another 

 thing, a fishing club increases, instead of duninishmg. the number of 

 game fish, for the reason that it is always the rule of a fishing club to 

 restore to the waters all game fish imder a certain size, and destroy 

 all fish of a coarser species ; tliis gives moreroom to the trout, and they 

 increase accordingly, 'f- * * Nor is the splendid fishing the great 

 attraction of this wonderful preserve. In my trip down the Moi.se River 

 to Lake Batiscau, I found the country alive with game, I shot two 

 ruffed grouse with my rifle. The stream was ahve with black duck. 

 Iran into a herd of caribou feeding on the lUy pads, badly wounded 

 one, and could bave killed him a dozen times over, as he swam do>vn 

 the river, but for my culpable negligence in forgetting my cartridge 

 belt and finding I had no shells left. Half a mile further down a splen- 

 did buU moose walked deliberately from the woods into the water and 

 looked at the passing canoe. He was not 50yds. away. I could only 

 gaze in despair at the noble animal. Being on an inspection tour and 

 not expecting game, I left my double Greener with Mr. Townseud, and 

 but for that coiiiii have had Klorlous sport with the snipe and plover 

 that fed on rlie marshes and shoals. I mention these facts to show 

 what an mconqiarable terntorv your tract is. as well for the gun as 

 for the rod. and 1 tec-l sure that ir the lovers of sport throughout th 



country could only l 

 there would bene lack t it eaaer 

 the club. I sa.w tliree more . anb. 

 As for Lake Batiseau, it surpassed 

 surroundings anvthiiia I e\ ej- saw. 

 if people could only s^'e u. ' * 1^ 

 result ot thought and observation, 

 deductions, but I do not thnik so. 



■t Its unexceptionable adyaniafes. 

 lid enthusiastic applica.nts tu torn 

 11 on my return triD m the evening, 

 in beauty and grand and maiestic 

 It woiUd become world renou LiHu 

 Every word I have written is tlie. 

 I may be wrong m some ot my 

 iTusting niv observations may 



lenml 



F IXT U R ES. 



DOG SHOWS. 

 March 23 to 25.— Elmira, N. Y, C. A. Bowman, Sec'y- 

 March28 to :31.— lUindio Kennel Club, first show, at Indianapolis, 



Ind. Chas. K. Farmer, Secy. 

 April 4 to 7.— New England Kennel Club, at Boston, Mass. J. W. 



Newman, Sec'y. 

 April 11 to 14.— Continental Kennel Club, at Denver, Col 

 April 19 to 22.— Fifth Aamual Dog Show, at Los Angeles, Cal. 0. A. 



Sumner, Sec'y. 



May 5 to 6.— Pacific Kennel Club, at San Francisco, Cal. Horace W, 

 Orear, Sec'y. 



June 13 to 17.— World's Fair, Chicago. W. I. Buchanan, Chief Dept. 

 of Agricidture. 

 Sept. r> to S.— Hamilton Kennel Club. A. D. Stewart, Sec'y. 

 Sept. n to J 5.— Toronto, Canada. G. A. Stone. Sec'y. 



FIELD TRIALS. 



Nov. 7.— International Field Trials. W. B. Wells, Sec'y, Chatham, 

 Ont. » 



Nov. 20.— Eastern Field Trial Club's Trials, at High Point, N. 0. 

 Members' Stake Nov. 16. W. A. Coster, Sec'y. 



WASHINGTON DOG SHOW. 



The thii'cl annual show of the 

 Washington City Kennel Club 

 was brought to a' close on Friday 

 night last. With a ne^v and ex- 

 cellent building and a first-cla.ss 

 lot of dogs, it would be only a 

 fitting climax to chronicle a suc- 

 cess similar to their first venture. 

 This, however, we are unable to 

 do and again must a deserving 

 club go down with the reserve and 

 make good a loss. We do not think that this is because of 

 any waning interest in dogs in the national capital, but 

 several circumstances tended to bring about a result as en- 

 tirely unlooked for as it was undeserved. Several reasons 

 may be advanced for the failure. In the first place, when the 

 hall was engaged it was expected that it would be entirely 

 completed, and have been open for several weeks previously 

 and several public enrertainmeuts have taken place therein, 

 so that the public would have become acquainted with its 

 location; etc. As it was, the average^Washingtonijra pleaded 



tinuously until noon Wednesday. There was some dissatis- 

 faction in pointer and fox-terrier specials, but on the whole 

 the judging was indorsed. Among those present we noticed 

 Dr. L. C. Sauraur, Hon. John S. Wise, Mr. and Mrs. Harry 

 Malcolm, F. E. Hitchcock, C. A. Beazell, Maj. Purcell, Mrs. 

 Smyth, Fred Lewis and those mentioned last week. 



Several of the awards in specials created great interest, 

 especially that between the Irish setter kennels. King Lud 

 and Leonidas and the fox-terrier kennels, and again did 

 Princess Florence take the palm from Sir Bedivere. This 

 decision all depends on whether one goes for a complete, un- 

 approachable tout msemble that in parts may not be so good 

 as the other or give undue prominence to certain points such 

 as body, bone and substance at the expense of type and qual- 

 ity. Sir Bedivere showTi in England is not the Sir Bedivere 

 here, is lacking coat, one of his chief charms is wanting, and 

 one which served to impress him as such a beautiful animal 

 upon the minds of those who saw him in England. It is 

 folly for men to criticise between two dogs so nearly equal 

 when one of the principals has not been seen by them for two 

 years, and in the mean time had for months been a wreck of 

 his former self. We allude to Sir Bedivere. Change of own- 

 ership has brought a change of health, and the dog is himself 

 again, barring coat. 



MASTIFFS {Mr. Mortimer, Judge).— In .spite of the eflforts 

 of the Mastiff Club in putting up valuable trophies the entry 

 of good dogs in this breed is confined to a few moderately 

 good ones. At this show the winners were as at Baltimore. 

 Miss Caution again the only challenge aspirant, and Merlin 

 and The Moor winners in the open dogs (3), followed by Nero, 

 who loses to the latter in head, front and depth of bodv. 

 One cannot speak very highly of Queen, second to Ethel in 

 bitches (3), when the latter beats her well, as Ethel herself is 

 but a moderate one at best. Queen is only a puppy. Glad- 

 stone, the dog puppy, was given second only; he is too 

 straight-faced, bad on his feet and entirely not much good. 

 And the same may be said of Leo, in novices, a weedy ani- 

 mal, from whom first was withheld. 



St. Bernards {Mr. Mortivier, Judge).— It was a relief to 

 see these mediocre mastiffs file out of the ring and give place 

 to the St. Bernards, the entry of which was in great part a 

 repetition of Baltimore. We cannot see how mastiff men can 

 hope to compete in popular favor with the St. Bernard if they 

 do not take steps to bring their best more frequently and con- 

 spiculou.sly before the public. Sir Bedivere and Kingston 

 Regent agaiii came forward in challenge dogs, The lafiter is 

 losing flesh, but Sir Bedivere keeps up well and was as play- 

 ful as a kitten during the .show. He was benched next to 

 Princess Florence, and to see these two leviathans tumble 

 each over in play was a treat. Lady Livingstone had another 



POINTER RIDaEYIEW PANIC. 

 Winner First, New York, etc., 1893. Owned by Rinada Kennels at the time. Now owned by Mr. Lewis, Tarrytown, N. Y. 



prove of value to you, I am, ver^' truly yours, Alex. HvsTER.—AdV. 



complete ignorance of its whereabouts; one cabman even 

 taking a party to the old riding school where the show was 

 held last year. Then the neighborhood in which the hall is 

 situated is not yeiy de.sirable, and is not nearly so well 

 placed as the riding school, which is in the heart of the 

 "swell" neighborbood. 



The show was not boomed sufficiently in the daily press, 

 the Post alone giving space to an extended notice, and this 

 was supplied by an exhibitor. The Aveather again was 

 against a large attendance, being very changeable, and on 

 the last afternoon, to cap the climax, a heavy snowstorm 

 fell. This was disheartening, and t hough the committee put 

 a clieerful face on afi'airs, they felt that to look a loss of 

 .$1,000 squarely in the face needed some courage and "sand." 

 Their first show was so successful that even with the loss of 

 last year and this, mo.st of the members who guaranteed arc 

 from 150 to s200 ahead, profits having been divided pro rata. 

 The hall is built over xhe market, and is very light and airy, 

 and in fact in all our experience we never attended a show 

 where the atmosphere seemed purer, not the slightest smell 

 throughout the week. The building could hold a thousand 

 dogs instead of the 485 that were present, still if cleanliness 

 is not attended to the largest building soon becomes ofi' en- 

 sive. John Read, the superintendent, looks after this, how- 

 ever, and he did his duty well. 



The committee, Messrs. A. W. Mattingly, Wm. Travers, 

 Sam. W. Steinmetz, president, J. Henry GuUck, Joe Hunter 

 and Drs. E. W. Barrett and E. K. Coldsborough, were con- 

 tinually on hand and worked hard on the details of the 

 show. 



The secretary, Mr. Webster, owing to his business in New 

 York, could not devote the time that his duties as secretary 

 demanded, and only spent a couple of days at the show. 

 There was delay in the arrival of catalogues, but we fail to 

 see, wlien entries close so long before the show, why this 

 ( 1( lie il work can not be attended to in time and the printer 

 put under contract to have his work out in time. Nothing 

 blurs, it we may use the expression, a show so much as the 

 tardy arrival of catalogues. The attendance was best at 

 Dight, but at no time was there any crowd like the first two 

 sliows. 



Judgmg progi-essed fairly well, Messrs. Taylor, Mortimer 

 and .Jarrett donning the ermine. The latter had only collies 

 and his work was soon over, but the two former worked con- 



walk over, but looks fit for any competition. In open dogs. 

 Refuge II, was the only fresh face, and Mr. Mortimer placed 

 Marvel at the head of affairs, with Altoneer second; but 

 changed the Baltimore order by putting Comte over Grand 

 Master. The latter had fallen off a good deal in flesh and 

 looked tucked up, but he is an all-round better dog than 

 Comte. Refuge II., vhc, looked well, and had bis legs been 

 better would be higher up considerably. This time Princess 

 Florence thought she might indulge herself with a blue rib- 

 bon; as she feels she can do this any time she likes, it must 

 be taken as a condescen.sipn on her part. Her highness will 

 no\y make things a little livelier in the challenge class. 

 Hepsey came next, again beating Miss Anna. Another old 

 friend that appeared here was Zenith in her new OAvner's 

 name; she is m ^yell-formed bitch, though I don't care for her 

 front inucti. Tlie puppies were poor. First Avas withheld 

 and second given to Ingomar, poor in head. In the noA'ice 

 class quite a good bitch, Countess Madge, celebrated her first 

 appearance with a Auctory; she has a Avell-formed head of 

 good breadth and depth, but marred by a very wide blaze, 

 allowing only a little marking each side of the head; in legs 

 and body she needs little improvement, atid should win many 

 prizes for the Dutchess Kennels. Fritz Emmet, second, is a 

 iDig dog with a vi-ealth of coat, that is about all. 



In smooth challenge dogs Melrose AA'as alone and looking 

 fleshier, I thought, Avhile in bitches Empress of Contoocock 

 again defeated Miss Alton for the reasons stated last week. 

 In open dogs Melrose King scored again, having no trouble 

 in beating Trojan Hector in head, Avhich is plain, good fore- 

 legs and better coat than the Avinner, but inclined to be too 

 straight behind. In bitches the order vs'as again Melrose 

 Belle and Bellegarde, followed by Psyche, Avhose plain, 

 snipy coat and profuse coat for a smooth, besides her lack 

 of size, put her Avell back of the others; she is by August 

 Belmont out of Doxology. Melrose Belle .showed better 

 here and was alone in noA-ice class, Mr. Eeick and Mr. 

 Moore took the kennel prizes in their respective divisions. 



Great Danes {Mr. Mortimer. J ltd rye).— Again do we find 

 a good lot of these dogs. In challenge class Melac had again 

 to go it alone. Why does Impei-ator not show up? This 

 dog has, we understand, been boxed and taken to every dog 

 show since New York, and, though present, is not shoAvn. 

 Surely his owner cannot be afraid to meet Melac. The 

 doubt is all with Melac, as he has been beaten tAvice by 



