Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-08-04
~,n.u,.r story-A Little Girl Three Years
81 Asc C,nrried ID by a Boar-MRr' 81.
Gus Recovery Of the Child aftersearch.
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Singular Story--A LlttLe Gtr. EnrSS honIs
S OF A assc se1.s Of she Child Sferssarcs.
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We have to record q very singular de-
liverauce of a girl about three years old
to her parents, after being carried of
by n black bear, and a search Of 3G
hours through the forest by the excited
parents. The facts, as near as we can
gather them, are substantially rs fol-
lows:
Mr.. Henry Flynn lives 40 miles east
Of this place, at or near tue logging
camps of Mr.. Ludington, and we believe
has charge of one Of the camps. He
started one morning to take O horse to
pasture, about two miles distant from
the house, and as he was ready to start
his little girl appeared and seemed very
anxious to go with her father, who, in
order to please the child, put her upon
the horses back and let her ride q short
distance, perhaps 40 rods from the
house, where be put her down and told
her to run home. He noticed that the
child was standing where be left her,
and on looking back on going o 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
after playing q few moments.
On returning home he made inquiry
about the child of her mother, who said
she had not seen the child, and supposed
he had taken her along with him. On
going to the spot where he had left her,
he saw huge bear tracks in the sand,
and ct once came to the conclusion that
the child had been carried of by the
bear.
The family Immediately gave search
through the forest, which was grown
up to almost q jungle, rendering their
search very slow. All day these
anxious parents searched for some trace
of their child, mol 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 an almost breathless fear to catch
some sound by which they could dis.
cover their lost darling. Morning came
and their search was fruitless.
A couple of gentlemen, looking land,
came to The house, and, being Informed
of the circumstance, Immediately set
ont to help 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 dispatched Its victim they
might then go home with the assurance
that they were never to see their child
again but until some trace Of her was
found there was hope.
The gentlemen alluded to had wan
dered about, and as they were passing
a swampy spot, where the underground
WAS very thick, they either called the
| child, or else were talking loud, when
one Of them heard the child's voice.
He then called the child by name, and
told her to come out Of the bushes. She
replied that the bear would not let her.
The men then crept through the brush,
and when near the spot where the child
and bear we're, they heard a splash In
the water, which the child said was the
bear. On going to her they found her
standing upon q log, extending about
nalI way across tuo kifeA' &He SN"A
had undertaken to cross the river on
the log, and, being closely pursued, LETT
| the child and swan away. She had
received some scratches about her face,
arms and legs, and her clothes were al,
most torn from her, but the bear had
not bitten her, only the marks Of his
teeth being found on her back, where,
10 taking hold of her clothes to carry
her, be 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, and then the
bear would hang his head BY her side
and purr and run 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
"arms" around her and kept her warm,
though she did not like his long hair.
| She was taken home TO her parents,