Oct. 14, 1899.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
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shore with police boats, to catch Sunday gunners, the 
smelt and cod fishermen are not molested. Well, there 
is no law against fishing on Sunday, either in Maine or 
Massachusetts, except the old common law providing 
against all sorts of work and play, while both States 
have special laws against Sunday shooting. Is such 
legislation consistent? 
Worcester county partridge hunters are having fair 
success. Charles S. Dodge has taken seven this seasoir. 
A party composed of Dr. H. H. Gabelar, B. J, Bertels, H. 
H. Capen and A. D. Putnam got eleven birds in two 
days' hunting last week. E. C. Stevens, of Boston, was 
out after birds Saturday. 
The Robinson party, of Boston, is absent on its annual 
trip to the Megantic Preserve. In the party are Mr. 
and Mrs. Harry Sanborn, Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Traiser 
and Mr. and Mrs. A. W._ Robinson. Mr. H. E. Hills 
has returned from his fishing and shooting trip to Lake 
Magaguadavic. He got no deer, but partridge shooting 
was fair. One long shot at a deer was all he had. though 
seeing several. N. G. Manson is out from Camp Leather- 
stocking, Richardson Lake, Me., where he has spent the 
summer with Mr. Will Jones and family. He has' 
made lots of improvements to his beautiful establish- 
ment — new music room, boat houses and wharves. He 
got no deer, though having a license to shoot one in 
September. A number were seen, but generally small, 
while they wanted a big one, since the family at camp 
was large. They put off shooting till it was too late to 
get any at all, although hunting pretty hard the last 
days of September. The $6 license is posted in the 
camp; an instance of where the State got the money, 
but the hunter did not get the game. There are hundreds 
of like instances. 
If returns amount to anything, deer shooting in Maine 
has not been up to that of a year ago, thus far in the 
open season. No deer have been received in Boston yet. 
though a number of hunters have returned who stayed 
•for a few days in the open season. The papers have very 
few accounts of deer shot by Maine hunters them- 
selves up to date. The hunters say that deer are plenty, 
but hard to get. 
Oct. 9. — At Upper Dam the September deer shooters 
were Louis Chadwick, Upper Dam; Mrs. Dr. Downes. 
of Germantown, Pa.; H. F. Stevens, New York: J. J. 
G. Williams, Philadelphia; E. V. R. Thayer, Boston. 
At Kennebago Lake the successful licensed September 
deer shooters' were Dr. G. D. Rosengarten, Philadelphia; 
Robert Mallory, New York; E. C. Luther, Pottsville, 
Pa.; Arthur Swan, Stockbridge, Mass. At Carry Ponds 
'deer were taken by Mrs. G. W. Hutchins, Watervillc, 
Me.; N. Merrill, Solon, Me.; Geo. Dobson, Seneca Falls, 
I N. Y. At Spackman O. R. Holt, of Boston, got his 
deer in September. From Moosehead Lake there are 
accounts of about a dozen deer killed in September, in- 
cluding one each for J. B. Webster, Bangor; Mrs. E. H. 
Outerbridge, Staten Island, N. Y.; C. V. Fitch and W. 
G. Beal, Boston; Miss .^Llice Taggart, New York; Walter 
Kidder, Montclair. N. J. Of the many hundreds taking 
out licenses to kill deer probably not one in ten suc- 
ceeded in getting the game. Special. 
Minnesota Congressional Expe- 
dition. 
Festivities at St Paul. 
En Route, Minn., Sept. 30. — The festivities at St Paul 
j'esterday were fully up to the reputation of that splendid 
town, and beyond the expectations of the Congressional 
party. The gathering o'f the women's clubs during the 
afternoon was a pleasant event. Conde Hamlin, of the 
Commercial Club, made the address of welcome, and 
Charles Cristadoro presided the meeting. Addresses 
were made by Mrs. William Ely Bramhall, Mrs. George 
C. Squires, Mrs. Conde Hamlin, Mrs. James and Mrs. 
Channing Seabury. For the guests, Dr. Schenck spoke 
briefly and Judge Flandreau and J. Adam Bede made brief 
addresses for Minnesota. Full credit was given to the 
women's clubs of Minnesota for the organization of the 
idea of a national park in the pine woods of Minnesota. 
The hospitalities of St. Paul were concluded by a grand 
banquet in the evening at the Merchants' Hotel, at which 
over one hundred sat at table. Judge C. E. Fla.ndreau 
presided handsomely, and at the head of the table in the 
seats of honor were Governor Lind of Minnesota, Mayor 
Kiefer, Col. Cooper, of Chicago ; Congressmen John Allen, 
of Mississippi, and C. F. Cochran, of Missouri ; Judge San- 
born, of the United States Courts. Archbishop Ireland, of 
Minnesota, was also in a place of honor, associated with 
Congressman Cannon, of Illinois ; General C. C. x\ndrews, 
Fire Warden of Minnesota, etc. Near by were Con- 
gressmen Stevens, McCleary and Eddy, of Minnesota, also 
Congressman Page Morris, of Duluth; ex-Lieutenant 
Gibbs, Mr. George R. Finch, Senator Buckmam, Mr. 
Joseph A. Wheelock, Mr. George A. Gifford, Mr. F. I. 
Whitney, general passenger agent of the Great Northern 
Railroad. The menu was elaborate and the gathering a 
distinguished one. 
Most post-prandial talk is tinted with a certam per- 
functoriness, but the speaking of this evening was looked 
forward to with a certain eagerness, the public bemg 
anxious to know what the Congressmen probably thought 
about this question of a forest reserve. Congressman 
Joseph Cannon, of Illinois, left the matter still somewhat 
in doubt. Mr. Cannon referred to the earlier reservation 
of 18.000,000 acres of Western forest lands, and also 
touched upon the dead and down timber act of Minnesota, 
which he said no doubt covered a multitude of trees not 
dead and down. He said that before the representatives 
in Congress could act they would need a full education 
on the Minnesota problems. A modification of the In- 
dian treaties might be necessary. Mr. Cannon said that 
he doubted whether Congress would do anything unless it 
could be shown that the forests at the head waters of the 
Mississippi were necessary to the preservation of the 
stream. 
Archbishop Ireland, of Minnesota, made an eloquent ad- 
dress of welcome and eulogy to the distinguished guests, 
and came out distinctly and strongly in favor of a national 
park. "There is something more to be sought than the 
mere commercial valuing of this timber," he said. "The 
esthetic and the beautiful have their claims. Moreover, 
we can assure the gentleman from Illinois that it is 
necessary that these forests be preserved, or the whole 
volume of the Mississippi River will be changed. We 
feel that all that is necessary is for the gentlemen to look 
at this country and they will see their duty plain before 
them." 
Mr. Allen, of Mississippi, made a brief and characteristic 
address. He said that if Minnesota was following the 
way of the South, the pine forests would soon be gone. 
_ Mr. Cochran, of Missouri, left no doubt as to his posi- 
tion in the matter of a forest reserve, tie made the most 
thoughtful speech of the evening. "It is a sin that this 
Government has permitted such wanton wastes of its 
great resources," he said.. "The sweeping away of the 
forests would change the rainfall, alter the climate and 
cause destructive floods. What forests we have left in 
this virgin country should be preserved," he said. "I 
want to say to you clearly and unmistakably that it must 
be a very extraordinary bill in favor of forest preservation 
which I will not support and vote for in the Congress 
of the United States." 
George A. Schilling, of the Knights of Labor, said that 
this park would be a poor man's park and not one belong- 
ing merely to the rich. Colonel Cooper, of Chicago, said 
that he was satisfied with the prospect. He had only 
wanted to get the gentlemen up into the country and let 
them see for themselves. 
Governor Lind, of Minnesota, came out unmistakably in 
favor of the park. He pointed out the State of Minnesota 
purposed a string of small State parks between Lake 
Itasca and Leech Lake. He hoped that Congress might 
add to this reseiwed State land some of the Indian lands 
which remained under the control of the United States 
Government. Governor Lind, however, seemed to be 
afraid that Congress might make too big a concern of it. 
He counseled moderation, and thought that 50,000 or 
6o,oQO acres would make a magnificent park. At the con- 
clusion of Governor Lind's address it was discovered 
that the time was short before the starting of the north- 
bound train which was to carry the party to Walker, and 
a considerable list of speakers -for the evening were left 
undrawn upon, among them being Mayor Kiefer, Editor 
Hubbard, of the Philistine; the Minnesota Congressmen. 
Judge Sanborn, James R. Mann and Alderman Fitch, of 
Chicago ; Congressman Clark, of New Hampshire ; H. 
E. White, of the American Federation of Labor; Bishop 
Gilbert and others. 
The Great Northern Train. 
Mr. F. I. Whitney, general passenger agent of the Great 
Northern Railroad, was in charge of the magnificent train 
which carried the party out of St. Paul. There were two 
dining cars, a baggage car, a special car and six palace 
sleepers, and the whole went through on a special schedule, 
which brought the party into Walker, on the shores of 
Leech Lake, at so early an hour in the morning that many 
of the tired banqueters had not yet opened their eyes. 
There were on this train in all 105 passengera. Of these 
there were twenty-one members of Congress, their names 
being as follows: Joseph G. Cannon, Danville, 111. : James 
R. Mann, Chicago; J. D. Bowersock, Lawrence, Kan.; 
Oscar Turner, Louisville; Roswell P. Bishop, Ludington, 
Mich.; J. W. Fordney, Saginaw, Mich.; William S. 
Mesick, Mancelona, Iv'lich. ; Charles F. Cochran. St. 
Joseph, Mo. ; John M. Allen, Tupelo, Miss. ; Frank G. 
Clark, Peterboro, N. H. ; Fremont O. Phillips, Medina. O. ; 
Athelston Gaston, Meadville, Pa.; William H. Graham, 
Allegheny, Pa.; Theobold Otjen, Milwaukee; James H. 
Davidson, Oshkosh; James A. Tawney, Winona, Minn.; 
Joel P. Heatwole, Northfield, Minn.; Fred C. Stevens, 
St. Paul; Frank M. Eddy, Glenwood, and L. Fletcher, 
Minnesota. Those who joined the party at St. Paul were 
Mr. Charles Cristadoro, George R. Finch, D. B. Finch, 
Hon. George M. Nelson, General C. C. Andrews, Chan- 
ning Seaburj', E. P. Bassford, C. P. Stine, H. P. Hall. 
Duluth sent down Gilbert Hartley, W. E. Culkin, P. 
Donan, B. L. Taylor and M. Bonnell. Senator Albert 
Schaller, of Hastings; Senator Yourig, of Appleton, and 
O. M. Lord, of Minnesota City, also joined the party, and 
from Minnepolis there came Senator S. A, Stockwell, 
Messrs. Thomas H. Shevlin, Thomas Lowry, Drs. R. O, 
Beard, J. W. Bell, H. M. Bracken, McDonald, Crafts and 
Westbrook. The Chicago delegation remained solid, 
among these being the following : Colonel John S. 
Cooper, W. F. Snyder, W. H. Snyder, Sidney L. Wright, 
FAigene S. Pike, H. P. Robinson, George A. Schilling, H. 
P. Williams, Everett Sisson, John A. Campbell, Theo- 
dore P. Shonts, Henry S. Fitch, L. W. Pitcher, P. S. 
Eustis, D. K. Clink, John E. Williams, E. Hough, all of 
Chicago ; Fred N. Stephenson, Menomonee, Mich. ; C. L. 
Bailev, Mancelona, Mich. ; R. T. Bishop, Ludington, 
Mich"; Henry W. White, New York; Elbert Hubbard, 
East Aurora, N. Y. ; Dr. C. A. Schenck, Baltimore, Md., 
and K. N. Harris, of the Chicago Record; F. N. Wood, 
of the Tribune, and John S. Spargo, of the Times-Herald. 
In addition to the above, the following Minnesota 
gentlemen were discovered on a later count. Judge C. L. 
Brown, of Morris; S. W. Leavitt, of Litchfield; E. L. 
Read, of Anoka ; H. F. Brown and Larry Kennedy, of 
Minneapolis. The whole contingent of 105 travelers re- 
tired at a late hour, but this fact was due to their own. 
high spirits and not to the arrangements of Mr. Whitney, 
who handled his large family with true railroading sang 
froid. 
The Day at Walfcer. 
Walker, Minn., Sept. 30. — The morning dawned bright, 
cool and beautiful at Walker, and the party scattered like 
a bevy of quail, eager for exercise in the keen, refreshing 
atmosphere. The Hotel Pameda, under the charge of that 
good-natured hustler, Mr. Patrick Henry McGarry, was 
made headquarters for the visitors, and a remarkably good 
hotel it is, too, here at the edge of the world, in a com- 
munity not yet out of its swaddling clothes. There is a 
little detachment of soldiers at Camp Bacon, at Walker, 
and weekly inspection was in progress when the party, or 
part of them, reached the village of Walker after a sandy 
walk of more than half a mile from where the train was 
stopped. Captain Mercer, the Indian agent, took some of 
the distinguished members of the party out to the agency 
in a steam yacht, and showed them how this part of the 
United States machinery works. A committee of citizens, 
headed by Messrs. Charles Kinkele, P. H. McGarry, John 
King, L. W. Case and A. G. Burnhard, editor of the 
Pilot, the local newspaper, took the bulk of the tourists in 
charge, and gave them a splendid outing on Leech Lake. 
The craft employed was a big house-boat, double-decked 
and commodious, which was towed by a tug. It was the 
intention to visit Bear Island, where just a year ago there 
occurred the sanginary encounter between the troops and 
Chippewa Indians, in which half a dozen officers and pri- 
vates were killed. There was in progress, over on this 
island, a council of the Chippewa s, gathered for the pur- 
pose of electing representatives to send to the Great 
Father. The Indians understood that the Great Father 
was sending representatives into their country, and nat- 
urally this was a great event for them, and they wished 
the party to join them at their meeting. There was good 
deal of a sea on, however, and it was found impossible to 
make Bear Lsland with the house-boat, so a landing was 
made about twelve miles from Walker, on Otter Tail 
Point, the site of a little Indian village. 
Now in the West. 
We were now in the West. All around was an un- 
troubled wilderness. The great sea of Leech Lake showed 
no white sails, and on its shores there were the cottages of 
no summer dwellers. Tall pines, great oaks and wide 
branching maples with reddening leaves covered the bold 
shore line of this inland sea. Hauled up on the beach were 
the high-prowed canoes of the Chippewas, and clinging 
hard to the earth, back among the groves which crowned 
the summit of this beautiful island, were the squat houses 
of the children of the soil, oval, bark-covered lodges with 
frames of poles, such as their forefathers builded when 
they lived to the east on the shores of the Superior. In 
the center of each bark lodge, and beneath a hole in the 
center of the dome-shaped roof, smouldered the house- 
hold fire, and around the fire was a platform of boards 
serving for beds and resting places. The scheme of the 
interior of the Chippewa bark house is much the same as 
(hat of the conical tepee of the Sioux or Blackfoot, except 
that the Chippewa is a woods Indian and has much tim- 
ber at his disposal, and is moreover civilized enough to 
know the use of a board. The Chippewa does fiot use 
pine boughs for his bed, but substitutes pine boards, 
coA'ered with the cheap cotton comforter of the modern 
dry goods shop. The dress of the people is semi-civilized, 
and 1 saw no real blanket Indian, although some of the 
women wore shawls or blankets about the heads. The 
platform, or bed, in these bark lodges was usually covered 
with a beautiful matting woven of bulrushes, stained in 
the crude, barbarous colors which one sees in the Navajo 
blankets and in the finest Oriental rugs. The people 
seemed unwilling to part with these mats, and only a 
few were offered for sale. I secured a very beautiful 
one, only partially completed, about a foot or so of the 
weavmg having been finished, with some 6ft. of the stained 
rushes hanging free and unwoven. This mat I fancied for 
a hanging screen, but the Indian women had never heard 
of aiw such thing as that, and thought me jesting v\hen 
t made signs that I wished to buy it. They could not 
understand what any man could want of a mat which was 
not yet done. The visitors secured only two or three of 
these mats, which seemed to me very beautiful examples 
of native art. 
The Sqaaws Fooled the Artist. 
The party scattered among the native houses with the 
customary enthusiasm of tourists, to whom this sort of 
thing is a novelty, and it is a question which was most 
amused, white man or red. A number of cameras were 
brought into play, and no doubt some good pictures were 
secured. This brought out several interesting incidents, 
of one of which I was a witness. A couple of ancient 
Indian squaws, wrinkled into a picturesqueness simply 
admirable for photographic purposes, were sitting on the 
ground near the house-boat as it lay at the beach. Each • 
was smoking a cigar, which had been the gift of some 
tourist, and the combination of lady and cigar was a bit 
fetching, it must be admitted. The two were talking to- 
gether in their own language, looking at the camera fiend 
as he completed his preparations, and now and then one 
of them laughed heartily. Some of the bystanders were 
saying what a joke it was on the Indians, not to know 
that they were about to be photographed; but just as the 
artist removed the cap from his lens, both squaws threw 
themselves flat on the ground, and lay there, shaking with 
laughter at their own joke. The artist did not get his 
picture. 
The Chippewas. 
The Chippewa Indian as a boat builder is a success, and 
I have never seen a more beautiful birch bark canoe than 
one which I saw just completed on the shore at this 
vilage. Ever}' line was a perfection of grace, and the 
workmanship was beautiful. These Indians weave their 
own gill nets, and we saw drying on their racks a great 
many whitefish which they had t-^ken. Their birch bark 
vessels, wild rice traj's, etc., are aiso very neatly done, and 
they seem thrifty, healthy and contented. In stature 
these people do not seem so large as the plains Indian, but 
they have the reputation of being fighting men. Of all the. 
tribes of the West, the Sioux have perhaps been the most 
warlike, yet it is historical that these same squat Chippe- 
was drove the Sioux out of their ancient homes into the 
forests of Minnesota, and forced them westward out into 
the plains. The natural hunting grounds of the Chippe- ' 
was, a hundred years ago or more, lay along the shores 
of Lake Superior, but they coveted this beautiful ground 
around Leech Lake, which the Sioux held as their own. 
Here on the shores of "Ga-sa-ga-squa-ji-mai-gog-sa-ga-ai- 
gan," as the Indians called this great body of water, there 
was the finest hunting to be found anywhere in the North- 
land, and the fishing there was easy and prolific. The 
Chippewas concluded to annex this country for them- 
selves. The Sioux at this time were armed with only 
bows and arrows, but the Chippewas had obtained fire- 
arms from the French traders. The Chippewas, or Ojib- 
ways, moved westward, and fought the Sioux in a series 
of bloody battles. At this very^ spot of Otter Tail Point, in 
1774, there took place the decisive battle which broke the 
spirits of the Sioux and sent them westward out of their 
ancient territory. It was at night that the Sioux tried a 
surprise, setting" out from the mainland with a flotilla of 
canoes. They were met by the Chippewas, who headed 
them off and surrounded them. It is supposed that the 
