Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1852-02-19
MONROE COUNTY,

He planted his two paws on my breast, and
the claws left marks that are there yet
while he seized my shoulder with his villain
Gus jaws" . ......s ), ...,
Black paused to show US the scars on his
breast and arms, particularly the large scar
where the flesh was torn from the bone on
his shoulder. He continued: f..o.,
" Il was little faint when his teeth went
in. 1t was unpleasant, and / had time to
think of dozen other ways of dying, any one
of which | would have preferred to that, had
a choice been possible. The wolf apparently
didn't like the hold he had, for he tore out
his teeth, and tore out my coat, shirt, and
flesh, too, and seized my fur cap. 1t was
lucky mistake for me. I felt his wet lips
on my forehead, and had just time to let go
my hold of his throat and clutch my kniye,
when ne shook off the cap and made another
attempt to get mouthfu, but his throat was
in no fix to swallow it if he got it, for my
knifeblade was working desperately across
his jugular. and the point of it was feeling
between the VertebrR for his spinal marrow.
He was dead wolf and gave it up like one
fairly whipped
had bled considerably when | rose, but |
wasn't weakened particle. The whole had
passed in less than half minute, and was
ready for the other two, that now came at me
both together. gI a aH
l seized my rife and met one with the bar
rel across the nose and f1oored him. AS he
picked himself up, seized him by the hind
foot II the first wolf was SCARED when fell
on him, this one was more SO. | shall
never forget the howl which escaped him as
swung him into the air and struck the 9TH
er blow with the body of his comrade. The
other one, the first had wounded, frightened
at the novel fight, vanished in the woods, and
Twas left with this one in my hands He SEEM
ed to let out his voice with tremendous force
as he went round my head twice. The cen
trifugal force, as they used to call it at school,
forced out its wind, but as let him fly his
scream was fairly demonical. ~
He went rod from the bank, and the howl
stopped only when he reached the water. l
was faint and weak now, and my visit to
George was Of course out of the question so
seized my rifle loaded it with difficulty as
ran, and following the water, | at length
saw him come up. Hestruck in for the shore,
but seeing me, did not dare to land. teased
him so for two miles, and each time he ap-
preached the shore / showed myself, and he
kept off saw he was getting tired, but
din't want to shoot him yet, and followed
him till he went over the rapids, and into the
deep hole by the Haunted Rock. Here had
to leave the river bank and so watched him
swimming along the edge Of the rock until
he found little shelf, on which he crawled
out and shook his hide. But he couldn't get
up that rock-that was pretty certain, and
while he was discussing tall alone with
himself, helped him to settle the question
with rihe-bah in his side He gave mad
half6ark and halfyell, and sprang into the
river, but didn't rise again. SIS aalc -oG
How got to my canoe l don't know. I
managed to paddle over and get in here half
dead, with my blood all over me, and my
wounds frozen dry 1t was month before
was well enough to hunt again, and have
! been shy of wolves ever SINCE" e44I.4.4.
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