May, 1921 
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These are the rats dug out and killed by a Vibert Airedale Terrier in less than two hours 
it walks the shallow waters; and it is 
easily portaged. Such an experienced 
authority as Sir George Simpson aptly 
refers to canoes as, “those tiny vehicles 
of an amphibious navigation”. It is the 
canoe that made possible the discoveries 
and explorations of La Salle, of Mar- 
quette, and of Hennepin. The historic 
and romantic expedition that France 
sent down the Ohio River, under the 
command of Celoron, traveled in canoes. 
The Indian, and the canoe, for almost a 
generation, held back a tide of immigra- 
tion striving to flood the Northwest 
Territory. Canoes established the posts 
of the Hudson’s Bay Company; the trap- 
per, and the canoe, brought to the posts 
the wealth of the great fur land. The 
voyageur, and the canoe, developed the 
river and lake region of Canada. 
Though the canoe is the water craft of 
primitive man, it also proved to be the 
best method of transportation adapted 
to the needs of the pioneer. The devel- 
opment of North America followed in 
the wake of the trader’s and the trap- 
per’s canoe. Discovery and exploration ; 
settlement and development ; history and 
romance; song and story are often 
woven above the canoe. 
On our return trip the trees were al- 
most in full leaf, the wild flowers were 
in blossom, the mountain ranges smiled 
in the sunlight, and we were happy. We 
stopped to examine the carcass of the 
black bear and found it as we had left 
it. This was proof that grizzlies had 
not been nearby; for their nostrils 
would have detected its presence. We, 
also, stopped to get the skin of our bear, 
which had been cached in one of Con- 
over’s cabins to dry. A black bear had 
broken into the cabin; but it had not 
disturbed the skin. Fortunately for me, 
it was not a grizzly; for that beast 
would have destroyed it. 
W E continued down the Stikine to 
Wrangell; camping at Klooch- 
man Canyon, near Little Canyon, 
at Barley Cache, and at Big Glacier. 
We hunted the grizzly persistently at all 
the camps, but to no avail. Near Little 
Canyon I saw a yearling black bear on 
a large sand bar. He was walking 
down-stream, close to the water’s edge. 
His glossy coat, put in motion by the 
wind and his own movements, glistened 
in the sun. He presented an easy tar- 
get; but we were in midstream, canoe- 
ing in rolling waters, and it was im- 
possible to hold the bead on the bear. 
Conover turned the canoe to the bar, but, 
just as it struck the shore, the bear 
stepped behind an isolated clump of 
brush, near the water’s edge. He gave 
no indication that he knew of our pres- 
ence, and we expected every moment 
that he would clear the brush. I was 
ready to fire the instant he came into 
view, but this he failed to do. He either 
caught our scent or saw us, and was, 
no doubt, using this clump as a screen 
for a retreat into the thicket. 
This hunt is now a memory. Its real 
enchantment, the enchantment that en- 
dures, is not in the slaying of a game 
animal; it is in the many charms of 
nature revealed in the forests and the 
streams. 
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