| old 
| were both carried down the stream. 

JULY. 20, 1907.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
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A CHAPTER OF ACCIDENTS. 
Towarp the end of the Canadian winter, when 
.the country has been in the grip of ice and 
snow for months, the opportunities for sport 
are none too many. Deer are then getting thin, 
and an occasional shot at some wild ducks that 
are found on some open water, or .a bit of ex- 
citement with a predatory animal, like coyote 
or cougar, is all that the sportsman in Western 
Canada may look for. When at last the warm 
| chinook winds begin to blow, and, the snow dis- 
|appears as if by magic, the hunter looks toward 
|the mountains and wonders if the bears have 
begun to wander around in search of succulent 
| roots or a patch of green grass. 
In the month of May, 1894, my friend C. and 
| I, with an old Indian, started out with a fort- 
/night’s supplies on an old packhorse, to look 
'for bear in a valley about 40 miles east of Okan- 
agan Mission, British Columbia. The first 
evening we reached within a few miles of the 
| divide between our valley and that of the 
| Kettle River, where lay our hunting ground. 
|Here our progress was barred by a couple of 
| miles of thick growth of fir trees, through which 
for two and a half-days we worked, to cut a trail 
' sufficient to let us and the ponies through. 
When we had done this, we found the horses 
had decamped, and small blame to them, be- 
cause the grass up there among the trees was 
poor compared with the rich bunch-grass which 
grew on the sunny slopes about six miles nearer 
the valley. At last the unwilling ponies were 
caught and saddled, and we crossed the divide 
safely and got to a comfortable camp on the 
slopes above the west fork of Kettle River. This 
stream rose in some high mountains upon which 
| the snow still lay deep, and the hot sun of the 
previous few days had changed what was ordi- 
narily an insignificant brook to a dangerous 
| torrent. 
The next day, when the Indian rode into the 
wicked-looking stream, followed by C. and the 
buckskin pack-horse, I did not like the 
of it; but I thought that it was too late 
to turn back, and forced my little pony after 
the others. Remembering how, on the day be- 
fore, the pony, when crossing a swamp, had 
i down, instead of fighting his way through 
I unwound about ten feet of the picket-rope, 
eae if the pony could not cross with me 
on him, to dismount and let him pull me 
through. No sooner had we got into the strong 
current, than the pony lost his footing, and we 
Twice we 
went under, and twice I tried to get clear of 
the pony, which I could see was going to drown 
himself and me. My Norwegian reindeer-skin 
sleeping bag was tied behind, and each time I 
tried to get my leg over this bag, the weight on 
one side turned the pony over; but at last, with 
an extra effort, I raised myself clear out of 
the saddle and found myself alone in the river. 
The Indian and C. had by this time landed; 
but the whole thing had happened so quickly 
that they had no time to do anything, and I can 
never forget the sight of the Indian running 
along the bank and crying out, in the little Eng- 
lish that he knew, to the Almighty for help. 
The bottom of the river at this spot was, 
luckily, gravelly, and I was able to regain my 
footing and get within reach of Batiste and C., 
look 
.| who soon pulled me up the bank exhausted, but 
thankful that I had escaped the death which the 
pony was now fast approaching. Looking down 
the stream, we saw him give one leap to try and 
save himself, but it was too late, for the banks 
were steep, and no animal could live in that 
mad torrent tearing over those awful rocks. 
A few.months later, two gold miners, pros- 
pecting near the International Boundary Line, 
found the remains of the pony and took the 
saddle to a friend of mine who kept a sawmill, 
and who had, when a cowboy from Montana, 
owned this very saddle. He knew nothing of 
my escapade, but wrote to me about the find- 
ing of the horse, and when I had explained 
things, sent me the saddle, which, after the ex- 
penditure of a few dollars and a plentiful Jliba- 
tion of oil, became fit for use in many.a subse- 
guent hunt. 
Without blankets and rifle or hat, things did 
not look very promising; but I borrowed ‘the 



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