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stick to their assertion that what they saw was 
really a black deer, and as all efforts to capture 
the animal seem to have failed, the incident is 
recorded for what it is worth. 
A letter from Edward S. Fellows, of Falconer, 
N. Y., stated that on Nov. 2, 1906, while visiting 
at Port Byron, eleven miles north of Auburn, 
lie killed a gray timber wolf. According to his 
story, his dog scented the animal, and after a 
long chase, found it at bay and killed it with 
a shot from a .32 caliber revolver. The speci¬ 
men measured five feet from tip to tip. There 
is no explanation on the part of the old hunters 
in the woods as to how this stray wolf came 
to be where it was found. The animal has long 
been supposed to be extinct in this part of the 
country. 
The total number of hunting accidents in the 
Adirondacks reported in 1905 was 17; for the 
past season it was but 9. 
Indiana Game Law Changes. 
The session of the General Assembly of In¬ 
diana, which has just closed, has made a number 
of changes in the game and fish laws according 
to reports received, and a number of these 
changes are in the direction of improvement. 
Dove shooting is prohibited entirely; the open 
season for squirrels is from July 1 to October 
1; woodcock may be shot from July 1 to Octo¬ 
ber 1, and from November 10 to January 1. 
The number of quail and of ducks that may be 
shot in one day is reduced to 15 and any person 
shooting for three consecutive days may have 
a total of 45 quails or ducks. The season for 
water fowl has not been greatly changed and* 
is still seven months long, from Sept. 1 to the 
following April 1. 
Incorporated storage companies, as well as 
individuals are forbidden to have quail in pos¬ 
session from January 1 to November 10. Fish¬ 
ing with a hook and line is to be permitted all 
the year round except in Bass Lake, where a 
special law prohibits fishing through the ice. 
The sale of game fish caught in the State is 
prohibited and proof of sale, or offer of sale, 
of any such fish is prima-facie evidence that 
such fish were caught in the State. None but 
officers of the fish and game commission may 
confiscate nets, seines, etc., and conviction of 
possession for use of such nets must be made 
before any fee can be collected for seizing or 
destroying them. The sale of game fish caught 
in any private pond is legalized, but the person 
selling or shipping such fish must furnish affi¬ 
davits that they were caught in a private pond, 
which is defined to mean any body of water 
not greater than 10 acres in area lying wholly 
within or upon the lands of any land owner. 
Any resident land owner, his children living 
within, and also his tenants, may hunt on his 
own land anywhere in the State without license, 
but if he or they hunt anywhere in the State 
except on his own land, license must be ob¬ 
tained of the clerk of the county in which the 
applicant resides-—except in Marion county, 
where the license must be obtained at the Com¬ 
missioner’s office in the State House. The li¬ 
cense costs $1, and one-third of all such license 
money received must be spent by the Com¬ 
missioner of Fisheries and Game in buying live 
quails, and other game birds for distribution 
through the State and for the purpose of re¬ 
stocking the State with live game. 
Not long ago a local paper strove to cast 
doubt on the money value of the Fish and Game 
Commissioner’s work in this State and in¬ 
timated that little or no return had been re¬ 
ceived by the State for the expenditure of $41.- 
000 in two years in the enforcement of the fish 
and game laws. Commissioner Z. T 4 . Sweeney 
has replied to this statement, and declares that 
the Indiana Fish and Game Commission has 
cared for and placed in Indiana waters 2,061.000 
young bass. He points out that, at the prices 
quoted for these fish by the bass hatcheries of 
the country, this represents a commercial value 
of $206,100, which Mr. Sweeney considers a fair 
return for the $41,000 expended. This is only 
one item of the revenue derived by the State and 
of the good done by the Commission. 
New Publications. 
“My Life as an Indian, The Story of a Red 
Woman and a White Man in the Lodges of the 
Blackfeet,” by J. W. Schultz, which appeared 
serially in Forest and Stream, may now be had 
in book form. Mr. Schultz went from New 
England to the Indian country as a youth of 
twenty years, and acquired such a genuine fond¬ 
ness for the free life of the Blackfeet that he 
engaged (with “Berry”) in trading with them, 
lived in their camps for many years, and mar¬ 
ried Nat-ah'-ki, a comely maiden, with whom he 
lived happily until her untimely death. He at¬ 
tended the councils of the tribe, hunted with 
them and with them defended their villages in 
war times. Knowing their ways, and their 
language, and with a natural aptitude for keeping 
notes and writing his experiences and the stories 
and traditions that were constantly being related 
j. w. SCHULTZ. 
and discussed around the lodge fires, Mr. Schultz 
obtained a historical record that is of immense 
value, for we doubt if such an accurate one 
has ever been secured by any other person. In 
his narrative he does not glorify the Indians, 
for he knew and pointed out their failings, nor 
does he seek to make them appear other than 
they were—a happy, care-free people whose 
main fault was exhausting conflicts between the 
various tribes and a fondness for traders’ water¬ 
ed alcohol. Their home life was ideal, and it 
is this side of their character that he describes 
at length. No person who has acquired the 
erroneous belief that the Indians were vicious, 
immoral, treacherous, can fail to believe this 
honest, straightforward narrative of their real 
home life and. character; and agree with Mr. 
Schultz that the Blackfeet at least were just as 
the white people are, the only difference 
having to do with the color of their skins and 
the influences of their environment. While a 
few were treacherous and dishonest, these in no 
way received the support of their tribes, and 
dishonesty and immorality were punished as 
only these children of the plains knew how to 
punish evil-doers. Mr. Schultz shows in numer¬ 
ous instances how the Indians exercised care and 
wise discrimination in saving the game, killing 
only the best of those to be found, and these 
only for food or clothing. Withal the story is 
a pathetic one, for it records the dwindling of 
the buffalo herds and the ultimate partial ex¬ 
tinction of the tribe after the government round¬ 
ed up the Blackfeet on their reservation and 
dishonest agents brought them to actual starva¬ 
tion, breaking at once their spirits and their 
hearts. The vein of romance running through 
the story is of absorbing interest, but every¬ 
where it is pathetic and very sad. Published by 
Doubleday, Page & Co., New York. 
All-Round Guns. 
Rolling Fork, Miss., March 11. — Editor Forest 
and Stream: I notice in last week’s issue you 
comment on the use of the shotgun and buck¬ 
shot. I think you are in error in regard to the 
use of the rifle. I expect there are more rifles 
in practical use in the great Mississippi, Louis¬ 
iana and Arkansas Delta by hunters than in the 
same amount of territory anywhere in the United 
States, except the West. And more, you seldom 
hear of the use of one on a man, except when 
it is done intentionally and not under the head of. 
“It was a mistake; I shot at a deer as I 
thought.” Criminal negligence or worse! The 
stillhunter’s weapon par excellence is the rifle, 
or, better still, the double-barrel, 12-gauge shot, 
with .30-30 high-power rifle combined. I have 
used a 3-barrel gun since 1890 and have found 
it O. K., whether for fur or feather. 
The man who is out for meat or simply recrea¬ 
tion and sport in the true sense of the word, will 
find when he carries a weapon of this kind that 
he is fixed for any kind of game—quail, squirrel, 
turkey, deer or bear. Living as I do in a game 
country, I have often when hunting quail killed a 
deer or wild turkey, when I would have lost the 
deer but for my .30-30 rifle. 
The principal reason why the shotgun and 
buckshot are such favorites here among horse¬ 
back hunters is the ease with which one can use 
buckshot from the saddle and the number of 
chances you have of getting lead in a vital spot, 
with dogs to chase to. the end and men who will 
follow and secure the game. I often have a 
chance to use the rifle on standing deer entirely 
beyond range of the shotgun. 
Now a word as to loading the shotgun; 
Place the buckshot, 3, 4 or 5, to. chamber on a 
table or smooth surface; take the gun barrel and 
bring it down evenly and smooth on the shot, and 
if they do not fit the bore of gun tight enough to 
pick them up, they will not make a good pattern—- 
it makes no difference what the make of gun. 
Use 3% drams Eagle Duck No. 1 grain black 
powder for 12-gauge gun, one card and two pink- 
edge wads and one thin card over shot. Crimp 
evenly and not too tight. R. E. Stratton. 
Legislation at Albany. 
The following bills have been introduced in 
the Assembly: 
By Mr. Filley, to amend the forest, fish and 
game law in relation to the sale of trout in cer¬ 
tain counties. 
By Mr. Merritt, relating to the maintenance of 
fences and protection against forest fires. 
By Mr. Fowler, relating to the close season 
for deer in Sullivan county. 
By Mr. Hooper, to provide for the establish¬ 
ment and maintenance of a herd of bison in the 
Adirondacks. 
By Mr. Merritt, amending the forest, fish and 
game law and restricting private parks to 640 
acres each. • 
Hungarian Game in New Jersey. 
Two hundred partridges and forty hares ar¬ 
rived from Hungary on the S.S. Cuthbert last 
week and were shipped to Essex County Park. 
New Jersey, where they will be liberated and 
fed until warm weather comes, after which it is 
thought they will quickly adapt themselves to 
their new environment. The Hungarian par¬ 
tridges are credited with no great desire to wan¬ 
der, and the commission has appointed a warden 
to watch over them. 
