Nov. 9, 1907.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 

lbook containing descriptions and figures of the 
important fishes of the State would prove a 
great aid in educating the people and explaining 
the laws. A thorough investigation of the ani- 
ea and plant life of the waters is much needed 
las a basis for practical work. The lakes and 
rivers of many parts of our State are about as 
little known, so far as their fish life is con- 
|cerned, as the interior waters of Alaska. From 
1842 until 1903 no general account of New York 
ifishes was published and the last report on the 
subject has no illustrations. 
Very little attention has been given by either 
|he Federal or State governments to the study of 
\diseases and to an investigation of the habits 
and growth of fish. We seldom hear of the re- 
lsults of planting and little is known about the 
j:apacity of the waters to furnish suitable natural 
iiood. The men who are supposed to know 
jmost about the food and game fishes in a prac- 
itical way often make remarkable mistakes in 
l\dentifying what they see in the waters. I think 
lno one will deny the need of a manual of prac- 
tical information upon fishculture and fish pro- 
lection. 
| Realizing the growing demand for whole- 
some food and rational enjoyment, such as are 
surnished by the fishing waters of New York, 
Jind conscious of many obstacles to be over- 
some, it is time to take all steps necessary to 
*yromote and perpetuate the fishing. If suitable 
\ippropriations for fishculture are regularly 
inade it will not be difficult for the State to sus- 
jain and advance its high record in fish culture. 
(Every employee in this branch of the public 
\ervice is willing and anxious to do his utmost 
|o promote the cause to which he is devoting 
ihe best years of his life. 
| TARLETON H. BEAN, 
State Fish Culturist. 

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i 
AN INDIAN BRAVE, 
l?ditor Forest and Stream: 
{ “Jack,” said Graham one evening, when the 
iraps had yielded over $100 worth of fur, includ- 
fag a silver-gray fox, and we were highly elated 
iver our luck, “I am going to tell you about an 
)Ild Indian I saw in Montana when I was trap- 
wing there. I was camped in a snug out-of-the- 
(vay place, when along comes a Sioux family. 
{*he buck asked permission to camp alongside. 
{hough not much liking it, I could not refuse. 
in the evening an old Indian, father-in-law to 
the buck, came into my cabin to beg tobacco. 
‘le wore twenty-seven feathers in his head 
gress, and when I joked him in Sioux on the 
umber, he got mad, peeled off his few garments 
énd made me count a scar for each feather. A 
,i0ux warrior is entitled to wear one feather in 
4is head dress for each wound received in battle. 
sifter smoking a bit, the old fellow told me his 
tory. 
( “He was born a Pawnee, but when an infant, 
as captured and adopted by the Sioux. When 
;e€ was a young brave, he went with the Sioux 
.ver two hundred miles into the Pawnee coun- 
try to give them battle. The Sioux won the 
»ght, but returned to their homes, leaving him 
yor dead on the field. When he became con- 
\tkious, he was full of arrows; as he expressed it, 
je ‘looked like one porcupine.’ He broke some 
iff, and drew others through, then patched him- 
felf up the best he could, and, savage-like, 
jrandered over the battle ground to see if he 
ould find any life left in a Pawnee. He found 
j2veral; then the old fellow got excited, acted 
jnd showed me how he finished each Pawnee. 
Vhen he could find no more alive, he started 
jor his home. Think of it; twenty-seven wounds 
j1 his body, weak from loss of blood, no food, 
jlone in an enemy’s country and 200 miles to 
fake. A white man would have gone under, 
jut that young brave ate grasshoppers, ants and 
ae like, made snares from his hair: to catch 
rairie dogs and other smail deer, and worked 
imself along as fast as his strength would 
low, until about three months after the fight 
e walked into his own wigwam, the dead, alive 
gain, and a big brave ever after.” 


Moguaw. 
—~ 

WALA OWI OOOO 
MORE DU PONT HONORS 
A NEW WORLD'S RECORD 
At Columbia, S. C., November 1, 1907, 
SHOOTING AT 100 TARGETS EACH. 
(986 per cent. for Squad ) 
Jno. R. Taylor 
W. R. Crosby 
Fred Gilbert 
J. M. Hawkins 
L. R. Barkley 
scored 
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99 
99 
98 
97 
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493 ex 500 

SHOOTING AT 200 TARGETS EACH. 
scored 
J. M. Hawkins 
Jno. R. Taylor 
Fred Gilbert 
L. R. Barkley 
Wilmington, 

(978 per cent. for Squad ) 
W. R. Crosby 
198 
198 
196 
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978 ex 1000 

CONSECUTIVE BREAKS, 
Mr. Hawkins 146 (unfinished ) 
Mr. Crosby 141 
Mr. Taylor 137 
The Best Powder Produces the Best Results 
All of these gentlemen used 
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