Pope Saxton Ishi Bow Close Yahi Eslpod Person

Saxton Pope, born in 1875, is known as the "father of" (person who started or created) modern bow hunting. His father, Benjamin Franklin Pope, was an army officer and a doctor, and because of this, Saxton Pope spent most of his childhood in military camps and "frontier towns" (a town or city close to the boundary between two countries, states, or regions), where he developed outdoor skills. As a "youngster" (child), he spent his days in the "woods" (area with a lot of trees and plants).

Despite this unusual childhood, Saxton Pope "followed in his father's footsteps" (did the same thing his father had done) and attended medical school. He graduated in 1889 and became a "surgical instructor" (a teacher showing medical students how to open the body to repair it) in 1912.

In a "museum" (building where art or historical items are place so others can see them) located near the building where Pope taught, a member of the Yahi Indian tribe named Ishi was employed as a "janitor" (person whose job is to clean buildings). Ishi was brought to the museum to be studied by Professor T.T. Waterman of the University of California. Ishi had "very little immunity" (for the body to easily develop illnesses or diseases) to disease and had been in the hospital frequently. This is where Pope met Ishi and the two became very close friends. Ishi taught Pope the language of the Yahi tribe, their "folklore" (traditional customs and stories), and eventually, taught Pope how to make bows and arrows, and how to "hunt" (find and kill animals for food or sport), just as the Yahi tribe did. They two remained very close friends until Ishi's death in 1916.

After Ishi's death, Pope continued to develop his skills with the bow. Later in life, Saxton Pope wrote an "influential" (important; having a lot of impact) book called Hunting with the Bow and Arrow, which "remains in print" (continues to be printed and available for purchase). The Pope and Young Club, an organization "dedicated to" (existing for the purpose of) hunting with a bow is named after Pope and his friend and "fellow" (also like him) bow hunter, Arthur Young.