New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-07-31


at all times tout and venios beyond ouI presert
warts, eacu-ing ourselves on the ground that al eI
ccss OF supply was always preSrsbs 70 scsht con-
isssriat More than one deer was .s!srghNret, ii
the Truth mast b. Told for 40 better reason than tha:
given by tn Iri,hman for smsshing bald head he
cbsncsd 30 see at The window ]: presented mark
too tsmptirg TO be resisted.
We started in the morning 10 course deer upon an
island containing perhaps sixty acres oppo i'a AMI
acioss the LAKE from our camping ground. We s,s.
toned two Of our boats between the stand and The
share ntarc-t the mainland, and the Other on the op
pote Ge md sent Cullen upon the a "a to beat for
game. II was scarcely I'VE minutes before the voices
Of the dog broke upon the s.ln,ss OF the morning, In
Simultaneous and fierce cry as II they had started
the game suddenly aud fresh from ais iar. Away
they went in full cry the island tue deer swceo-
ing around the upper end and returning on the opposite
side 10th to take to the waer but true 10 hsr
instincts, tine hour DIS followed, making the hills and
| the OLD woods ring again with the music OF their
voices Presently noble buck broke cover directly
opposite to wh.fe tho Doctor and Smiths boat lay.
A. our object rather 10 enjoy the music OF tue
chase Than to capture the deer ,hsy shouted and hal
and went tearing in huge light through the woods,
| Up the island again. Still the bowling was upon his
tia and. as he approached tle upper end, he again
took 10 the wafer TO be frightened back BY Martin
| and myself, and with renewed energy he bounded
across 10 point stretching into the lake the oppo
site side Here Spaloing and Wool we're stationed,
and they by their shouting drove him back again to
me tLickets: BY This time the poor anna began to
appreciate the full peril Of his position Tor barn where
be would he found an enemy in 'front.' while the cry Of
his pursusrs followed him like his destiny. Thus far
fail d. ard he seemed 10 think as Martin expressed
it, that day was breaking" lie essayed 1t again on
the land side ard driven back by Us. and thus ne
three times round the island until in despera-
ton be plunged into the broad lake AID struck boldly
out Tor the opposite shore, three quarters OF mile
dtsnt. Speldng shouted 10 us, ana when we rounded
| the headland that be and Wood had headed,
and drying toward small island, OF less than
half an acre, covered only with low bushes, half
mile down the lake. We did not propose TO harm
| him, but we intended TO drive him upon that little
island, and by surrounding it, keep him there for
while by way of experimenting upon his fears. or
rather, as Martin said = to see what he would do
As he approached the shore he bounded upon the
isai d. aid tossed his head from side to side, "a if
licking for place Of concealment or escape. Finding
none, he dashed across to the opposite side aud
plunged into the lake. He was met by the Doctor
aid Smith, and turned back. He rushed in another
direction the island to be headed by the boat
in which was seated and again in another direction
TO be headed By Spalding Thus met and driven back
at every turn, he at last stationed himself on nigh
knoll near the center Of the island apparently OK
pecting that beast struggle for life was - be made
ihere We rested upon oars making no noise, and
watching bis ements. The bushes werelow, coming
only up nideide to the aniGnl. He watched US in
tebty for half hour tossing bis head up and down
looking 6rst at one then at another IS if calculating
from which the attack upon his life was to come. At
last, az overcome by WEAKNESS or concluding that
after all there real danger, he laid quietly
Of our Intentions rowed away back to the island
where we started him. We had not reached it, how
ever when him enter the water and swim to
the main land. and glad enough he seemed 1 be when
he bad r. the protection of his native forests
We took our dogs from the Island, and rowed to the
broad chsLntl Of the inlet which enters the lake on
the left-haDd side you look to the SOUTH There
are two of these nles, which enter within quarter
Of mile Of each other each Of which comes down
from little lakes ponds deeper in the Wilderness.
The ore entered flows in tortuous course through
-, hos
forty fifty rods to dense forest Of spruce maple
arc beech above which gigantic pines stand stately
and fall in their pride. Three miles from the lake the
hills approach each other, and the little river comes
plH gil down through gorge, over shelving rocks
and around great powders, as if mad with the OBJ
structions piled up in its way.
AZ approached these falls, Smith, who set in the
bow Of the boat motoned to the boatInan to lay upon
bis oars and pointed to object partly concealed by
some low bushes forty fifty rods in sdvaace of u.s.
step N cut upon boWider, look up and down the
stream and stretch his long out over the water
as if looking for good place TO cross the rapids,
After scratching his with one Of his hind feet and
his side with the other he turned and walked deliber
ate sight into the forest. by this time the
boet with the oogs in sight and we beckoned its
occupants to come to US. One OF the h ounds only
had ever seen game of this kind. But Cullen de.
clared that there was game that they would no.
follow when once fairly laid on: We wanted that
bear. 1t was the only one we had seen; indeed it
was the only had ever wild in the forest
We went TO the spot where we last saw him, and
there in the sand BY the tide Of the bowldc was his
great track almost like human foot. Cullen called
the attention Of the dogs to it and AaloOed them
They took the scent cheerfully, and with united
and fieice cry they dashed away In pursuit. They
had run but short distance when they seemed to be-
come stationary, and deep, quick baying succeeded
the Heightened and ringing sound Of their voices.
"Treed, by Moses {" cried Cullen, as he dashed
forward, the rect of us following fast as we could
"Not too fast" sad Martin, not too fast. There's
DO huiry he won't down unless our noise fright
ems him. Let us go quietly; there plenty OF time
Belcber has got his eye Oh him, and viii stay by HIM
till we come"
We Travelled quietly, and as silently as we could for
near half nile, and as rounded q low but steep
point of hill there eat bruD twelve rods from
us in the forks Of great birch tree forty feet from
the ground, loo king down in calm dignity upon the
dogs bst bayiDg and lespiDg up against the tree
beneath him. Did any body ever notice what meek,
innocent loo bear has when in repose How hype.
critically lie !, ers upon everything about him, as if
butter would not melt in his mouth Well, such was
the look OF that bear he peered out first on one
side, then on the other of the great limbs between
which he sitting, secure, as he supposed, from
Danger. But he was never more mistaken in his life
Is watching the dogs lac hal failed to discover
We agreed that three should fire upon him at once,
reserying the fourth charge for whatever onngency
might Happen. Smith, the Doctor and SpaidiHg
sighted him carefully, each with his rifle resting
AGAR the side Of tee and blazed away, their guns
sOundir almost together. II was pful the scream
of sgODy that bear cent up. 1t was almost human In
its aSguish. Itwent ringing through the woods, dying
away at last almost in human groan. After srug-
Cling ard caspiIg his arms for moment around the
great branch Of the tree, his hold relaxed he reeled
iron side ride ard then fell heavily to the ground,
through biz vals. He larger than mediunl-sized
animal Of bis species, and in excellent case.
Next TO the pleasure Of sharing in the !" fierce
dal;,bfs Of tho MAINTAIN and tia Uildernes il