Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1854-03-03
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of Delaware and Sullivan counties, New
York. The story is as follows give
il in his own words:
II must relate the adventure that !
met with few days since. As | was
trudging along one afternoon, in the
town of Fremont, one of the border
towns of Sullivan county, | was overta-
ken by what. at first supposed was a
young man, with rifle on his shoulder,
and being well pleased with the idea OF
having company through the woods, L
turned round and said "Good afterooon
sir" "Good afternoon" said my new
acquaintance, but in tone Of voice that
sounded to me, rather peculiar My
suspicious, were at once aroused, and to
satisfy myself | made some inquiries in
regard to hunting, nhioh We're readily
answered by he young lady, whom |
had thus encountered. She said she
had been out ever since daylight; had
followed buck nearly all day, got one
shot and wounded him-but as there
was little snow, she could not get him,
and was going to try him the next day
hoping that she should get another shot
at him, and she was quite certain that
she should kill him. Although | can
not give very good idea of appearance
/ will try to describe her dress. The
only article Of female apparel visible was
close fitting hood upon her head, such
rs is often worn by deer hunters. Next
an India rubber hunting coat; her nei-
Their limbs were encased in snug tit
ting pair of corduroy pants, and pair
of Indian moccnsins upon her feet. She
had good looking rifle upon her shout
der, and brace of double barreIed ps-
tolls i'll the side pockets Of her coat, while
most formidable hunting knife hung
suspended by her side. Wishing to wit
ness her skill with her hunting instru-
ments, | commenced bantering her with
regard to shooting. She smiled and
snid that she was as good a shot rs was
in the woods-and to convince me, took
out her hunting knife and cut ring,
about four inches in diameter, in a tree,
with n small spot in the center. Then
stepping back thirty yards, and drawing
up one Of her pistols, put both balls in
side the ring. She then, at eighteen
rods from the tree, put bal from her
rifle in the very center We shortly
came to her fathers house, and gladly
accepted an invitation to stop there over
night The maiden hunter instead of
sitting down to rest, rs most hunters do
when they get home, remarked that she
had got the chores to do. SO out she
went,-fed, watered, and stabbed 4 pair
Of Young horses, yoke Of oxen, and
three COWS. She then went to the saw
mill and brought slab on her shoulder
that | wouldn't like to have earned; and
with an axe and saw soon worked 1t into
stove wood.
Her next business was to change her
dress and get tea, which she did in Il
manner which would have been credita
. BE to more scientific cook. After ter
she finished up the usual house work,
and then sat down and commenced ply
ing her needle in the most lady like man
ner. ascertained that her mother was
quite feeble, and her father confined to
the house with rheumatism. The whole
family were intelligent, we'll cducatcd and
communicative. They had moved from
Schoharie county into the woods about
three years before; and the father was
taken lame the first winter after their
arrival, and had not been able to do any
thing since, and Lucy Ann, as her moth
err called her, has taken charge OF, plough
ed, planted, ard harvested the farm :;
learned to chop wood. drive team and