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Saxton Temple Pope (September 4, 1875 – August 8, 1926) was an American doctor, teacher, author and outdoorsman. He is most famous as the father of modern bow hunting, and for his close relationship with Ishi, the last member of the Yahi tribe and the last known American Indian to be raised largely isolated from Western culture. [1] Early life.
Dr. Saxton Pope. (1875 - 1926) Class of 1973. Bowhunter, Competitor, Contributor to the Sport, Influence on the Sport. S axton Temple Pope was born on September 4, 1875 at Fort Stockton, Texas. His father, Benjamin Franklin Pope, was an Army Officer and surgeon, spending most of his career stationed in isolated army garrisons throughout the west.
Oct 12, 2020 · Arthur Young and Pope Saxton killed a lion in Africa with bow and arrow. The pair are famously known as the “Fathers of Bowhunting.” In 1915, at a Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco, Will “Chief” Compton — who had assisted Pope by teaching him archery — met an impressionable newspaperman named Arthur Young.
Dr. Saxton Pope and Arthur Young are widely regarded as the “Fathers of Bowhunting.” In the early 1900s, Pope and Young cared for Ishi, the last known survivor of the Yana tribal group in California. Ishi impressed them with his bowhunting skills. He demonstrated how he made his equipment and stalked and shot game.
Unlike Maurice and Will H. Thompson, who pioneered and popularized archery in the late 1800's, Pope was both an accomplished bowyer and hunting archer, making all his bows, arrows and accessories. Dr. Saxton T. Pope contracted pneumonia soon after returning from Africa and passed away in 1926.
Saxton Pope was not only a pioneer in archery and bowhunting, but an excellent writer who has left us two exceptional volumes about his escapades with the bow and arrow, as well as several essays and a complete history of Ishi, the last truly traditional American Indian.
Ishi becomes acquainted with UC Surgeon, Dr. Saxton Pope; they begin archery collaboration. May 1913: Ishi hospitalized two days for back pain. May 1914: Pope does a complete clinical history of Ishi: "No Premonition of Illness." Ishi with bows and arrows on visit to Tehama county.
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