November, 1921 
place to climb to the hunting-ground. 
We left camp at ten o’clock in the morn- 
ing, in order to reach the snow-line as 
early as possible in the afternoon, not 
knowing what difficulties we might have 
to overcome. 
We found the climbing fairly easy for 
some hundreds of feet, being able to fol- 
low the creek without much difficulty. 
Fifteen hundred feet up the ravine be- 
gan to narrow into a canyon and we 
were forced to climb onto a ledge on 
the south side and follow it for some 
distance. It was not the safest of foot- 
ing, and we had to be careful and hold 
on to trees or shrubs while we worked 
our way through the canyon. At one 
place, where the rocks were high, Jim 
had to climb up over my shoulders and 
help me up afterwards. 
The ground now became much broken 
with gullies running down the sides of 
: the ravine. We crossed one of these 
and were nearly at the top of the other 
side when we saw two goats higher up 
' towards the right, about seventy yards 
i off. We both fired 
and one goat fell, 
but the other, which 
was evidently crip- 
pled, gave me a 
chase before I got 
my second shot 
into him and rolled 
him over. 
Taking a look 
around, we could 
see in the distance 
some clouds curl- 
ing over the tops 
of the mountains, 
as if driven by a 
strong wind. This 
is a sure sign in 
this part of the 
country of a 
change of weather, 
portending squalls 
and rain, which 
made it absolutely 
necessary to get 
down the mountain 
and across the lake 
to our camp before 
we were caught in 
the coming storm. 
We made a hasty 
descent, and catch- 
ing glimpses of the 
lake, we could see 
that the wind had risen considerably. It 
was blowing fair for us, however, and 
would help us make a quick and easy 
trip to camp. Rain was falling when 
we reached the lake, which by this time 
was very rough, but, thanks to our blan- 
ket coats which we had in the canoe, 
we reached camp fairly dry. 
Rain fell steadily for the four follow- 
ing days, and although we did not con- 
fine ourselves to camp, the time passed 
uneventfully, and with the exception of 
a small buck which Jim shot no game 
was secured. 
{'AN the afternoon of the fifth day the 
weather cleared, and we decided to 
stay a few days longer and try for bears. 
The stream on which we were camped 
FOREST AND STREAM 
is called the Zennessee. During the fall 
of the year it is crowded with sock-eye 
salmon, which come up from the salt 
water to spawn. They can go up only 
as far as the falls, or about a mile, but 
they are not fit for food after traveling 
so far from the salt water. The creek is 
much frequented by bears at this time, 
as they are very fond of fish and catch 
them easily in the shallow water. 
Two Indians, coming down the lake, 
saw the smoke from our campfire and 
came in to visit us. They had been up 
the lake hunting and told us that at the 
Shumahaut River there was a good 
chance of our getting a silvertip grizzly. 
One of them, Kimsquit Jim, had a good- 
sized black bearskin, and the other, Dr. 
Price, an Indian medicine man, had a 
gray wolfskin. 
Early next morning I was awakened 
from a good sleep by Jim jumping up, 
seizing his rifle, and, with only his trous- 
ers and shoes on, rushing out of the tent. 
I could hear him going towards the hill 
in the rear of the camp, and by the time 
We both fired and one goat fell 
I had got up and slipped on a pair of 
boots I heard a shot. I followed as 
quickly as possible, and as I was passing 
a fallen tree I noticed some blood. Pres- 
ently I saw Jim some distance away ex- 
amining the bushes. He had heard some- 
thing moving near the tent and running 
out had caught sight of a bear close to 
the fallen tree, and had fired at it as it 
was climbing over. There was no doubt 
about his having hit it, but although we 
hunted for some time and saw more 
blood, we did not catch sight of the bear. 
Returning, we had breakfast, struck 
camp, loaded the canoe, and started for 
the Shumahaut. As we left for the 
mouth of the creek we saw two timber 
wolves on the lake shore, but they had 
487 
seen us first and were on the move for 
the woods. Had we been cautious, and 
allowed the canoe to drift out of the 
creek, one or both of the wolves would 
have been ours. 
As we were paddling quietly up the 
lake we saw five goats feeding high up 
on the mountain, but too far away to 
stalk. Towards the north we could sec 
a long, flat point running out from the 
east side, where the Shumahaut emptied 
into the lake. The whole of this point, 
which was half a mile long, must have 
been made by the river. We followed 
the shore to the east and found a good 
piece of ground on the river close to the 
lake. Here we made our camp. 
Daylight was past, and we were about 
to go to our bunks when we heard a 
wolf howl, the first since we had arrived 
on the lake. A minute or so later there 
came an answer from the hills, and then 
another howl came from the west side 
of the camp. They sounded as if they 
had formed a semicircle around the 
camp. I had thrown 
a couple of large 
pieces of wood on 
the fire, which was 
burning brightly, 
and I thought the 
wolves would pass 
on and leave us, 
when a howl came 
from one that could 
not have been more 
than twenty yards 
from the camp. I 
jumped up, rifle in 
hand, and crept 
around the side of 
the tent, thinking 
to get a flash of 
light from his eyes, 
and I believe I did ; 
at any rate, I fired 
in that direction. 
This seemed to 
have a quieting ef- 
fect, for the howl- 
ing sounded far- 
ther and farther 
away until it ceased 
altogether. 
We were up by 
daylight next 
morning and start- 
ed out to recon- 
noitre. We found 
a couple of well-worn trails, and as 
they both led westerly, we followed one 
of them. We were not a little sur- 
prised to find some apple trees growing 
wild. The branches were broken and had 
been pulled down, and it was easy to see 
that bears had been trying to get the 
fruit. Later in the day we followed the 
same trail eastward towards the hills. It 
appeared to be the main trail up the val- 
ley and we soon came to a hillock cov- 
ered with low brush and decided to wait 
here, as it commanded a good view up 
the trail, as well as containing good 
cover. 
We remained here till the evening and 
were afraid that the day was going to be 
a failure, when a large black bear came 
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