The Portland daily press., 1868-07-15
Miscellany.
A Strange Incidental Little Girl Carl
cd off Inv Rear. Ees

A Strange Incidental Little Girl CarrI-
ed off by Rear. ,so'
The Ludington, Mich, Record has this
story: -Fa
We have to record very singular deliver
ance of girl about three years old to its pa
rents, after being carried off by black bear,
and a search OF about thirty-six hours
through the forest by the excited parents.-
The facts, as near as we can gather them, are
substantially as follows: Mr. Henry Flynn
lives about forty miles east OF this place; at
or near the logging camps of Mr.. Ludlngton,
and has charge of one of the camps. lie
started one morning to take horse TO pas
ture about two miles distant from the house,
and as he was ready to start, his little Girl ap-
peared and seemed very anxious to % with
her father, who, in order to please the child,
put her upon the horses back and let her
ride a short distance, perhaps forty rods
from the house, but in plain view of it where
he put her down and told her to run home.
He noticed that the child was standing where
he lett her, and on looking back after going
little further, saw her playing in the sand,
He soon passed out Of sight, and was gone
about an hour, expecting, of course that the
child would return to the house alter playing
a few moments.
On returning home he made inquiry about
the child of its mother, and supposed he had
taken her along with him. On going to the
spot where he left her, he saw huge bear
tracks in the sand, and at once came to the
conclusion the child had been carried off by
the bear.
The family Immediately made search
through the forest, which was grown up to
almost jungle, rendering their search very
slow. All day these anxious parents search
ed for some trace OF their child, nor did they
stop when darkness came on, but remained
in the woods calling the child by her name
and with aching hearts would listen with al
most breathlesS fear to catch some sound by
which they could discover their lost darling.
Morning came and their search was fruitless.
Two gentlemen looking at land came to
the house, and being informed of the circum-
stance, Immediately set out to help to find
the child. No doubt existed as to the fate of
the little one by all, and if they could only
find where the bear had despatched his vic
tim they might theu 90 home with the assur-
ance that they were never to see their child
again, but until some trace of her was found
there was hope. saa
The gentlemen alluded to had wandered
about, and as they were passing swampy
spot where the underground was very thick.
they either called the child or else were talk
ing loud, when one of them heard the cbiId's
voice. He then called the child by name and
told her to come out of the bushes. She re-
Piled that the bear would not let her. The
men then crept through the brush. and when
near the spot where the child and bear were,
they heard splash in the water, which the
child said was the bear. On going to her
they found her standing upon a log extending |
hall way across the river. 5s 81
The bear had undertaken to cross the river
on the log and being closely pu1sued left the
child and swan away. She had received some
scratches about the face, arms and legs, and
her clothes were almost torn from her body. |
but the bear had not bitten her to hurt her,
only the marks of his teeth being found on
her back, where, in taking hold OF her clothes
to carry her, he had taken the flesh also.
The little one says the bear would put her
down occasionally to rest, and would put his |
nose up to her face, when she would slap him,
aud the bear would hang his head by her |
side and purr and rub against her like a cat |
The men asked her if she was cold in the |
night, and she told them the old bear lay |
down beside her and put his EARNS" around |
her and Rugged her up to him and kept her
warm, though she did not like his long hair |
She was taken home to her parents.