Forest and Stream. 
A Weekly Journal of the Rod and Gun. 
Copyright, 1900, by Forest and Stream Publishing Co. 
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NEW YORK, SATURDAY, JANUARY 20, 1900. 
j VOL. LIV.— No. 3. 
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MOOSE CALLING. 
All big-game hunters will be interested in the letter 
from Mr. Alden Sampson, which appears in another col- 
umn, and the subject is one on which a free expression 
of opinion is desired from those who devote their time to 
following moose. 
To all naturalists and hunters, but especially to those 
who hunt in Maine and Canada, the future of this greatest 
of the deer is a matter of deep interest. Formerly an 
inhabitant of much of the northern forest, the moose has 
become extinct in many localities, and in some districts 
after it has been almost exterminated, protection has 
again increased his numbers. 
Mr. Sampson's letter presents strong points against the 
practice of moose calling, but it may well be that there is 
much to be said on the other side of the question, and a 
full discussion of the matter is earnestly to be desired 
from all those who have any knowledge on it. Of such 
there are a great many among the readers of Forest and 
Stream. 
Of all the North American game existing to-day, the 
moose is the largest and most important, and it should 
be the wish of every one to grant the species that meas- 
ure of protection which shall most effectually protect it 
.and favor an increase in its numbers. The merits of 
moose calling, considered from the economic standpoint, 
have thus to do only with a proper maintenance of the 
game stock. If it can be shown that the practice of 
calling is unduly destructive and is causing a decrease of 
the supply beyond replenishment, the statute may well 
take cognizance of it. What is the actual effect of 
moose calling on the moose supply? 
There is another phase of the subject, one which has 
been touched upon in these columns before now, and is 
discussed by Mr. Sampson — the sportsmanship of calling 
as a hunting method. And as with eA^ery question which 
has to do with the sports of the gun, this is one on which 
we would gladly have an expression of opinion. 
THE GROWING PRESERVE SYSTEM. 
The matter of game protection is receiving practical 
attention on broader and broader lines, and in a direction 
least considered by the sportsmen at large; that is to 
say, the game preserve. It is very effective in its way, far 
more so than the methods commonly employed, the for- 
mation of game protective societies so prolific in words 
and so meager in acts, and in the enactment of laws 
which too often are but a dead letter. 
The past season has been noticeably active in enlarging 
the area controlled by private parties, through lease for 
purposes of game protection. 
While the results as a whole have not been all that the 
lessors desired, there being more or less poaching sus- 
pected, still there has been sufficient return to encourage 
them and to warrant the establishment of the game pre- 
serve as a permanent institution. In North Carolina in 
particular, the game preserve movement has taken' a firm 
place in the esteem of many shooters who can afford the 
necessary expenditure. Messrs. Gould, Lorillard and 
Brokaw have large preserves near High Point, and at 
Catawba and Newton, also in that State, several thousand 
acres were leased last fall for the shooting privileges, the 
consideration in most instances being the taxes, which 
amount to from three to four cents an acre. 
The rental of a large area for purposes of game protec- 
tion and shooting, tends to promote game protection 
quite effectively in all the contiguous territory; for the 
owners, observing that the shooting privileges have a 
monetary value, prohibit all shooting on their land or 
restrict the privilege to a few favored friends. Th^ 
monetary interest of the land owner is th«5 gradually 
making hira a game warden, more vigilant and more active 
ff» the nrrt*fction of game in a practical way than 
possible under any other conditions. This method con- 
serves the game for sport, and the non-export laws and 
the prohibition of the sale of game at all seasons largely 
check or stop the market-shooting industry. 
So general are the proprietary rights of land owners 
enforced in the South that it is almost impossible for a 
stranger to shoot in certain sections, unless he pays hand- 
somely for the privilege. In time, there no doubt will be 
but little land left free to the shooter, as in the years 
gone by, when he roamed whithersoever he listed. 
Nor must it be inferred that this- adoption of the 
preserve expedient to insure satisfactory shooting op- 
portunities is confined to the sportsman of generous 
means, for the plan is 'one -which commends itself as well 
to him whose purse is light. .. Either individually or in 
association with others, it is practicable for the individual 
to secure favorable shooting concessions at a very moder- 
ate outlay. For this reason—that the game preserve is 
within the means of the average man who exercises good 
judgment in securing his privileges — the system is one 
which is certain to become of very general adoption. 
Most shooters who have once enjoyed the satisfaction of 
security that on the grounds to which they repair they 
will not be following as gleaners after a harvest reaped 
by others, will be^apt^to acjhere to the 'tt^ system and to 
recommend it to their fellows. 
SNAP SHOTS. 
It is with sincere sorrow that we announce the death 
of Dr. George Gladden, of Homestead, Pa., who died on 
Friday morning, Jan. 12. Dr. Gladden had been taken ill 
last summer ; and though the malady was not considered 
serious at the time, he ceased his practice to a large ex- 
tent, and devoted his time to an endeavor to recover his 
health. Dr. Gladden was widely known in the vicinity of 
his home, both in his profession and socially. He was a 
man whose friendship was sought by all, and when once 
gained was true and sincere. He was always ready to 
extend a helping hand to the worthy, and his presence 
never failed to give pleasure to those in his company. It 
was mainly through his efforts that the Monongahela 
Valley Game and Fish Protective Association was formed. 
The first meeting was held in his office, when he was 
elected President of the organization, an office he . had 
filled each year. His loss will be keenly ' felt by the 
sportsmen of western Pennsylvania, and by scores of 
others who have met him at the field trials. He was a 
thorough sportsman, a genial companion and generous to 
a fault, considering always the pleasure of others para- 
mount to that of his own. He always attended the trials 
held by the Association, and with careful foretliought 
managed its affairs to ultimate success, as can be attested 
by those who have attended these events. "No higher 
tribute can be paid," writes a friend, "than to say that to 
know him was to respect him, and to seek his company 
and friendship always." 
Dr. Tarleton H. Bean, Director of Forestry and 
Fisheries for the United States Commission to the Paris 
Exposition, tells us that while the exhibits in all of his 
department are complete, there is still a lack of good game 
heads. There is therefore still opportunity for displays 
of this nature, and there must be many citizens who would 
gladly loan their specimens to the United States Commis- 
sion, if they knew how much they would thereby be en- 
hancing the beauty of the American collections. We sin- 
cerely trust that Dr Bean's invitation may be accepted by 
those who can supply the desired heads— buffalo, elk, 
moose or deer. It is needless to explain that the speci- 
mens will be adequately safeguarded; and if received in 
New York in season for shipment by the last sailing of the 
Government cruiser Prairie, they will be transported to 
Paris and returned without any expense to the owners. 
Dr. Bean may be addressed in care of the Commission at 
Washington. 
Sumner L. Crosby, of Bangor, Maine, died on Dec. 30 
at the age of thirty-one years. Mr. Crosby was one of 
the best known taxidermists of the country. He gave 
especial attention to the mounting of the heads of moose, 
caribou and deer; and had achieved a very high reputa- 
tion for the character of his work. 
The Fprest a^v Stream calendar will I?? sent on 
request, 
WILLIAM lACKSON. 
William Jackson died at his ranch on Cut Bank 
Creek, in northern Montana, Dec. 31, 1899. 
This announcement will carry pain to the hearts of a 
large number of people, for Jackson's acquaintance among 
sportsmen was large. For a number of years he has 
taken out parties on hunting expeditions and mountain 
climbing trips in the Rockies, and in 1896 he was present 
in New York at the Sportsmen's Show, and there and in 
Washington and Chicago made many acquaintances, all 
of whom cherish kindly memories of this tall, handsome 
and typical half-breed. 
William Jackson's father was Thomas Jackson, an old- 
time mountaineer and trapper, long since dead, while 
his mother was a half-breed daughter of old Hugh Mon- 
roe, whose death after eighty years of life on the prairies 
and among the Indians was chronicled in Forest and 
Stream a few years since. Billy Jackson, as he was com- 
monly known, was thus only one-quarter Indian, although 
commonly spoken of as a half-breed. He was born at 
Fort Benton, Mont., in 1859, and most of his early youth 
was spent north of the boundary line with the Cree or 
with the Chippewa Indians. At the age of about twelve 
he returned to the United States, and soon after was sent 
to school on the Missouri River, where he received a 
partial education. At the age of fifteen he enlisted 
with a number of Indian boys from the Santee school to 
serve as scout under Gen. Custer on his expedition to 
the then unknown Black Hills of Dakota. In the year 
1876 he was one of the scouts who accompanied the Cus- 
ter expedition, serving under Charley Reynolds as chief 
of scouts, and when the command separated on the day 
of the fight, these scouts were all left with Reno. Three 
days earlier Jackson, Bloody Knife, the Ree, and Mitch 
Boyer had been the first to actually discover the Sioux 
camp on the Little Big Horn. 
When the great body of Indians charged Reno's panic 
stricken command, Charley Reynolds called out to his 
men to stand where they were and try to stop the Indians, 
and all obeyed. But fifteen or twenty men could accom- 
plish little against the 500 who were sweeping down on 
them. Charley Reynolds was killed and then Isaiah fell, 
and then others, until finally Bloody Knife shook hands 
with Jackson -and said "This is the last day I shall ever 
fight," and rushing out among the enemy killed two and 
was himself slain. Jackson, with one surviving compan- 
ion, retreated into the brush, and afterward, meeting 
Capt. DeRudio and an enlisted man, they hid them- 
selves and after two nights of extreme suffering and 
anxiety — nights full of horrors and dangers — managed to 
escape and reached Reno's command. 
When the rescuing column of Terry appeared, Jackson 
was the first to discover them, for Reno, as soon as the 
Indians drew off, had sent him out with dispatches to try 
to find Terry. With this in view he was slowly making 
his way over the prairie and had just passed over the 
bloody field where Custer and his troops lay, when 
Terry's command appeared in sight around the point of 
a bluff. 
For some years after that Jackson remained in Govern- 
ment service. In the spring of 1877 he went down the 
Yellowstone to Fort Buford with dispatches and returned 
on the steamer Far West, on which Colonel— now General 
— N. A. Miles was a passenger. On the way up the Yel- 
lowstone the steamer was hailed by Indians bearing dis- 
patches from Gol, La Selles', who was then engaged in 
pursuing a large camp of Sioux. Col. Miles, anxious to 
communicate with Col. La Selles, persuaded Jackson, 
who was then only a boy, to endeavor to overtake him 
with dispatches, a duty which was one of very great penl. 
The three Indian dispatch bearers proved to be Chey- 
ennes, who a little while before had been hostile, but 
who after Little Wolf's surrender had asked permission 
to enlist as Government scouts to fight the Sioux. They 
proposed to accompany Jackson if a fresh supply of am- 
munition were furnished them, and he, though in some 
degree distrusting them, had no choice but to accept their 
company. This was the beginning of a scouting service 
with the Cheyennes which lasted until the wars of the 
Northern plains were ended by the defeat and surrender 
of every band of hostile Indians. William Jackson under 
his name Little Blackfoot is to-day almost as well known 
among the older men on the Northern Cheyenne reser- 
vation as among the people of his own blood, who to-day 
are rnowrning !>is dpgtf^, Among his sqoutinf compq^,, 
