. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution . -hunters, and luck and abun-dance of game are large elements in their success. Fur-bearing animals,such as bear, lynx, land otter, beaver, etc., are generally trapped, al-though shot whenever chance offers. Breech-loading arms are not allowed to be sold to the Indians. Withthe use of muzzle loaders we find suchnecessaries in the outfit of a hunter asFigs. 140a and 140&, which are powder-chargers of bone, and Fig. 140c, which isa percussion-cap box made from the hornof a mountain goat. Deer.—Deer are very abundant, andform
. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution . -hunters, and luck and abun-dance of game are large elements in their success. Fur-bearing animals,such as bear, lynx, land otter, beaver, etc., are generally trapped, al-though shot whenever chance offers. Breech-loading arms are not allowed to be sold to the Indians. Withthe use of muzzle loaders we find suchnecessaries in the outfit of a hunter asFigs. 140a and 140&, which are powder-chargers of bone, and Fig. 140c, which isa percussion-cap box made from the hornof a mountain goat. Deer.—Deer are very abundant, andform a large item in the food supply ofthe region. They are hunted in therutting season with a call, which luresthem to the ambushed hunter, whenthey are readily shot. So effecti ve is thiscall, that it is not unusual to be able toget a second shot at them in case of firstStili hunting is very little resorted to, and an Indian seldomrisks wasting a charge until he is somewhat sure of his distance andchances. They are often captured swimming, and in winter recklessly. Fig. Horn and Chargers, (Tlingit. Emmons Collection.) failure THE INDIANS OF THE NOETHWEST COAST. 301 slaughtered for their hides when driven down to the shore by heavyand long-continued snows. The deer-call is made from a blade of grassplaced between two strips of wood, and is a very clever imitation of thecry of a deer in the rutting season. The wolves play great havoc inthis region with the deer, and it seems remarkable that they exist insuch numbers with so many ruthless enemies. Mountain goats and sheep.—On the mainland these are shot with verylittle difficulty if one can overcome the natural obstacles to reachingthe lofty heights which they frequent. Bears.—The brown and black bear are the two species quite gen-erally found in Alaska. Both are hunted with dogs, shot when acci-dentally encountered, or trapped with dead-:Calls. The brown bear(Ursus Bichardsonii) is from 6 to 12 feet long and full
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