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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[June 8, 1907. 
Canadian Indians. 
The ; econd annual tournament of the Canadian Indians 
was held on May 24 and 25, on the grounds' of the 
Quebec Gun Club, Kent House, Montmorency Falls, 
Quebec. Like good wine, it improves with age. 
No better place could possibly be secured for a social 
gathering (such as this shoot is intended to be), particu¬ 
larly on account of its beauty of location, its miniature 
lakes and running stream, as well as its close connection 
with the early history of Canada. It was in the Kent 
House that the Duke of Kent, father of our beloved late 
Queen Victoria, and grandfather of King Edward Vii., 
lived when he was Commander of the forces of Canada; 
it was on these grounds that the French, under Mont¬ 
calm, and the British, under Wolfe, fought'for supremacy 
in Canada, and many of the old cannon, flint-locks, 
swords, and round shot used in the war, are preserved 
and on exhibition. The entrenchments may still be seen 
in many places, and to the student of history, the selec¬ 
tion of this place for the meeting was hailed with joy. 
The magnificent collection of animals on the Kent House 
grounds was also much admired. Quebec itself is styled 
the Gibraltar of America, and proved a source of inter¬ 
est and 1 pleasure to all. 
The Kent Flouse is situated on the edge of Mont¬ 
morency Falls, which are 274ft. high, and the river being 
in flood, the mass of water pitching over the cliff was 
wonderful to behold. 
The Kent House is the main club house of the cele¬ 
brated Snow Lake preserve, controlled by J. W. Baker, 
manager of the house. Here speckled trout abound, and 
the hunter who cannot bag his limit of picked caribou 
and moose head’s after Sept. 15, is in poor luck indeed. 
The preserve contains 300 square miles, and unquestion¬ 
ably is the finest hunting and fishing grounds in the 
Province of Quebec. Many of. those present at the tour¬ 
nament have arranged to return in the summer to fish, 
and • in the fall to shoot. 
The Canadian Indians offered over $1,300 in cash and 
trophies, and the attendance was a great disappointment, 
but the enjoyment of the outing was unparalleled. 
A very sad event in connection with the outing was 
the death on the opening day of Madame des Rivieres, 
mother of Mr. H. des Rivieres (Chief Citadel). Mr. 
des Rivieres had acted as tournament secretary, and was 
largely instrumental in securing the meet for Quebec. 
The illness and death of his mother was a great blow to 
him, and’ indeed dampened the spirits of all, particularly 
the members of the Quebec Gun Club. The deceased 
lady was of a very old French family. She was a sister 
of Chief Justice Taschereau, who at one time was acting 
Governor-General of Canada. The members of the Tribe 
sent to Chief Citadel an expression of their deepest 
sympathy, accompanied by a handsome floral tribute in 
the form of-a crown. , 
The squaws and papooses present at the tournament 
were: Mrs. F. A. Heney, Ottawa; Mrs. Geo. S. McCall 
and daughter (Silver Heels), St. Thomas; Mrs. T. M. 
Craig and son, Sherbrooke; Mrs. G. M. Howard, Sher¬ 
brooke, Mrs. A. W. Westover, Sutton Junction, and 
others. 
The trade was represented by Messrs. J. H. Cameron, 
J. A. R. Elliott, Geo. R. Ginn, T. A. Marshall, A. R. 
Sibley, Alex. Dey and Forest H. Conover. A cordial 
welcome was extended to all. 
The office was in charge of Messrs. Alex. Dey and 
Geo. R. Ginn, through the courtesy and kindness of the 
Dominion Cartridge Company and’ Winchester Repeat¬ 
ing Arms Company respectively, and George H. Cash- 
more, '1 oronto. It is needless to say everything ran very 
satisfactorily. 
Mr. Tlicmas A. Duff (Chief King Pin) arrived on the 
grounds on Sunday, May 19, and it was well that he did. 
The illness of Madame des Rivieres, and the consequent 
inability of Chief Citadel to leave her bedside, put 
things to the bad. Besides, the Leggett traps had only 
arrived on the grounds, and were not installed, the 
targets ordered from the Chamberlain Cartridge & Target 
Co., and shipped on April 19 had 1 not reached the city, 
and finally did not arrive at all; the ammunition was 
also tied up somewhere on the road, and only 33,000 
shells arrived in time for the shoot, the U. M. C. Arrows 
loaded with duPont powder, not coming to hand at all. 
Mr. Duff was kept on the jump from early morning to 
late at night, getting the traps installed, trap houses and 
platforms, score and notice boards, etc., built. The 
lelegraph and telephone wires were kept busy carry rig- 
messages to all parts for targets, and finally 30;000 were 
located in a' wholesale hardware establishment in Mon¬ 
treal and sent to Quebec by boat, only arriving the 
morning of the shoot. Part of the ammunition was 
located, passed through the ’customs and delivered at the 
same time. However, “All’s well that ends well." 
After the preliminary shoot on May 23, No. 2 trap 
had to be moved. The shot was raining down on the 
yard employees of the big Montmorency Cotton Mill, and 
they entered a protest, but nothing daunted, men were 
put to work at 7 P. M., and trap, trap house and plat¬ 
form were moved and in place by 4 A. M. on the 24th, 
and ready for business at the call of “Pull.” 
Each squaw, guest, competitor and official was pre¬ 
sented by the Tribe with a handsome bronze souvenir of 
the occasion. The medallion had on one side ah Indian’s 
head and the words “Canadian Indians’ Second Annual 
Shoot, Quebec, May 24th anl 25th, 1907,” while on the 
reverse side was a raised sketch of “The Old Kent 
House.” On the bar was the word “Squaw,” “Guest,” 
“Competitor,” or “Official,” according to the designation 
of the recipient; and this bar was connected to the 
medallion by two bronze chains. These were eagerly 
sought after, and apparently were highly appreciated as 
a souvenir of the occasion. 
The shoot was conducted on the handicap system, the 
handicappers being Messrs. T. M. Craig, Dr. J. E. Over¬ 
holt, Roy Luck, Philip Wakefield and J. K. Boswell. 
They did their duty impartially and well", but their lot 
was not a happy one, and never is. The professionals 
all stood at 18yds. 
■ On May 24, the shoot was opened by a few words of 
welcome and instruction from Thomas A. Duff, and he 
called upon Mr. Tom A. Marshall (Chief Long Talk), 
High Chief of the American Indians, to say a few words 
and fire the first shot, with Mr. J. A. R. Elliott (Chief 
Brook Trout), of the same Tribe, to fire the second. 
Mr. Marshall was very kind in his remarks, and was 
heartily applauded’. He stepped to No. 1 peg, called 
“Pull,” shot*and missed. Mr. Elliott went to No. 5 
peg, called “Pull,” shot and also missed. Squad No.l went 
to work, and .the first man missed’; the second man was 
Mr. J. K. Boswell, president of the Quebec Gun Club, 
and to him fell the honor of breaking the first target. 
One great mistake was made in the location of the 
traps. These were set facing east, within 40ft. of the 274ft. 
gorge of the ‘Montmorency River, and within 100yds. of 
the /alls, and on both days a heavy northeast wind pre¬ 
vailed. The targets left the traps all right, but the 
moment they struck the edge of the gorge, the wind, 
which was rushing up the ravine and stopped by the 
falls, lifted them 100ft. into the air, and thus good scores 
were art impossibility. All suffered alike. It was noth¬ 
ing unusual to see three targets soaring in the air from 
one trap at one time. Experience is the best teacher, 
and while the grounds and background are as good as can 
be found anywhere, in future the traps will be set 60yds. 
from the gorge instead’ of within 40ft. of ;t. How the 
boys did talk. Sometimes the air was very heavy. All 
fine has to do to understand the conditions is to ex¬ 
amine the scores, particularly of the well-known crack 
shots, and to point out that high’ average for the tourna¬ 
ment was won this year with 81.25 per cent., while the 
very lowest competitor in the 1906 shoot scored 86.25 per¬ 
cent. The piofessional high average in 1906 was 97.25 
per cent., while this year it was only 86.75 per cent., or 
practically just equal to the low man in 1906. 
Professional high average for the day was won by 
J. A. R. Elliott with a score of 173; second, Tom A. 
Marshall, 170; third, A. R. Sibley, 134. 
For amateur high average, Mayor Reed, of Manchester, 
N. 1L, and Dr. E. M. Funk, of Washington, D. C., tied 
on 165, and. Dr. Funk won on the shoot-off, taking the 
sterling cup, the Mayor getting the Ross sporting rifle; 
T. M. Craig, Sherbrooke, was third with 161, winning 
the Snow Lake preserve certificate, entitling him to fish 
and shoot thereon. The following are the complete 
scores: 
May 24, First Day. 
Events: 
Targets: 
123456789 10 
20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 
Shot 
at. 
Brk. 
F A Heney. 16... 
15 15 14 8 8 12 19 15 11 13 
200 
130 
J K Boswell, 16.. 
12 12 13 16 13 15 16 14 14 15 
200 
140 
Capt Panet, 16... 
14 13 10 10 10 14 11 10 12 12 
200 
116 
Ben It, 16. 
15 16 14 17 17 14 12 13 15 14 
200 
144 
Bailey, 16 . 
13 7 12 8 13 10 5 8 14 18 
200 
108 
Fenton, 16 . 
E T Marsh. 17... 
15 10 13 14 15 6 14 11 15 16 
200 
127 
17 11 13 15 14 8 14 13 16 18 
200 
139 
G Logan, 17. 
14 12 13 11 15 14 13 12 13 16 
200 
133 
J Lewis, 17 . 
10 10 16 9 11 12 15 10 15 13 
200 
121 
R Fleming, 17... 
12 14 13 16 11 15 12 9 16 16 
200 
134 
T A Duff, 17. 
14 13 15 14 13 14 12 16 17 14 
200 
142 
T Upton, IS _ 
13 12 15 14 14 12 14 14 14 14 
200 
138 
R Luck, IS ...... 
16 14 13 15 14 13 18 14 14 16 
200 
147 
W Thompson, 18. 
17 16 18 11 18 15 16 16 12 14 
200 
153 
McCail, 18 . 
12 12 11 10 13 11 15 11 10 17 
200 
122 
Dr Wilson, 18... 
18 14 13 11 14 15 15 16 14 17 
200 
147 
W A Smith, 18.. 
15 16 17 12 16 16 15 12 16 14 
200 
149 
Eaton, 17 . 
15 12 17 12 11 17 15 13 13 17 
200 
142 
Conover, 18 . 
13 15 14 12 13 10 15 11 11 12 
200 
126 
Rainville, 18 . 
15 16 14 15 13 10 11 12 14 12 
200 
132 
T M Craig. 19... 
15 16 17 11 19 18 17 15 16 17 
200 
161 
Vivian, 19 . 
18 16 14 12 16 16 16 7 14 12 
200 
141 
Westover, 19. 
13 15 11 15 17 15 15 12 16 14 
200 
143 
C Thompson, 18. 
14 14 10 14 16 8 16 13 18 17 
200 
140 
G Howard, 18.... 
15 15 15 16 15 17 10 15 16 13 
200 
147 
Geo McGill, 19.. 
12 13 14 14 8 14 12 10 16 7 
200 
120 
Wakefield, 19. 
16 19 11 17 17 18 12 11 18 14 
200 
153 
Buffalo, 19 . 
16 12 15 14 18 17 11 14 15 15 
200 
147 
Mayor, 19 . 
15 19 15 17 15 14 17 14 19 20 
200 
165 
Redman, 18 . 
14 9 14 14 12 14 14 15 18 16 
200 
140 
Elliott, IS . 
18 16 17 16 18 19 IS 18 17 16 
200 
173 
Marshall, IS . 
17 17 16 17 19 18 18 14 18 16 
200 
170 
Sibley, 18 . 
14 17 10 14 17 14 15 19 16 16 
200 
134 
XX, IS . 
11 11 15 13 15 18 12 15 14 11 
200 
140 
A E Ross, 16 ... 
14 14 9 14 17 17 11 18 18 16 
200 
141 
Pepin, 16 . 
11 13 12 8 7 15 11 9 14 12 
200 
112 
Hawkins, 16 . 
12 10 9 14 8 13 . 
120 
66 
Contre, 17 . 
12 1.3 14 14 13 17 14 17 15 11 
200 
140 
Dev, 17 . 
’ 8 10 15 11 10 13 11 13 13 8 
200 
112 
N Howard, 16.... 
19 16 16 14 15 16 18 14 18 13 
200 
159 
N Ewing, 20. 
16 14 14 15 16 16 14 17 11 17 
200 
150 
E M Funk, 19.’.. 
18 17 15 IF 19 16 15 18 16 18 
200 
165 
Alwire, 16 . 
Hutchinson, 17... 
14 15 12 10 11 8 11 9 .. .. 
160 
90 
,13 17 14 13 14 12 16 14 14 13 
200 
140 
Dynes, 16 . 
11 13 15 14 14 14. 
120 
81 
G Easdale, 17.... 
10 14 15 17 17 15 14 15 13 14 
200 
144 
Payson, 16 . 
R Howard, 16... 
14 13 12 9 14 14 14 .. 12 14 
180 
116 
12 13.10 17. 
100 
52 
F Tricotte, 16.... 
.... 6 13 10 10 16 15 6 10 
160 
86 
Dean, 16 . 
14 13 9 12 14 10. 
120 
72 
Fremont, 16 .... 
17 11 15 16 10 12 12. 
140 
95 
Gagnon, 16. 
8 11 4 6 9 5 9. 
140 
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Annual Meeting. 
The annual meeting of the Tribe was held in the Rustic 
Theatre, Kent House grounds, on May 24. The entire 
grounds were brilliantly illuminated by electric lights, 
while the theatre was specially decorated for the occa- 
