The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-12-22
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me and made as straight for me as
bee line. When she was about eight
feet from me / fired, and happened to
hit her right, she dropped. I was
little scared and ran backstosload my
gun. The dog was " orfying her,
when she got up and knocked him
away. She went about fifteen feet to
a big tree and set herself down be-
lis large roots, her back 10 the
tree. There she sat like person IN
an arm chair to keep of the dog. By
the time / got my gun loaded she
tainted, tumb ed over and gave up the
ghost. She was the most frightful
looking animal / ever saw, as she
came at me, her bristles sticking for
ward, her eyes like balls of IRE and
her nose turned up showing her teeth
furlously. While we were in the tus-
sleifhe other two came down the tree
and ran of. set the dog after them
aaIdlin about mile he freed ONE of
them which I shot and carried back
to the old one. Then ] began to hear
the hornsGnd bells in different direc-
ti0ns and to see the deer bounding
along ahead of the men on the lines.
When they came up / fell into the
ranks and marched up to the ring, or
slaughter pens When it was closed
up there was the greatest sight ever
sawaosTheEe were over one hundred
deer and a large humber Of bears and
wolFesas As they ran around the ring
the gaHs cracked like a battle. The
deer came around in great hOcks like
a storm. It was splendid sight to
see so many deer with their large
antlers.aA The hunters got together
and when the droyes came arouaG
wonld make a gap in the lines and
let them out They ran out In large
hocks and then the gap would be
closed to keep in the bears and wolves.
The iriugEr was kept up till we
thought all were dead but one. He
was wounded and came hopping
around the ring, eight or ten rods
from the line, everybody hollering
.s7Woif, volt, wolf and firing a per-
feet storm of bullets. He was shot
down before he reached us. Philip
Willard Of RootstoWn and Samuel
Curtis of Hudson were standing to-
gether and both fired at the wo.f. He
fell and Willard ran up to the wolf; !;
Curtis claimed the scalp as his and
took hold of the wolf. They pulled
and hauled the wolf around a while,
then dropped him and went at each
other with their, fists. They were of
.abont the same size and well matched.
They made the blood flow pretty
freely, but after a long pull Willard
outwinded Curtis and gothic better
of him. When they got up to look
for the wolf he was scalped and gone.
a wolf scalp was worth seven dollars
"a big pile of fmoney for those times.
The men then went to gather up their
game. When all was collected there
were over sixty deer, seven bears and
five wolves, but number of wolves
got away. esAc esfS Assa
The wolf is the most cunning of
animals. When they find themselves
cornered they hide in tree tops or
under old logs. When we went to
gather the game number of wolves
started up and ran off, We7theught
there were twelve bears and six
wolves killed that day, for many were
David Gfier, DR.. DeWolf, VIM. Fra
zer and others followed ON horse
back behind the line, and what was
killed they put aside and went on for
more, or it was SO said. The same
game was played in other directions
and it was not certainly known what
game was killed. 1t was divided in
TO four piles, ,one for each of the four
townships, when they cast lots for
choice and each took its pile and
marched away. Franklin township
sold theirs for whisky and had a high
time benefitingI the body by the de-
struction. of the game. Many FAM
lilies suffered in consequence whose
whole dependence for meat was in
the Wild game Nof the forest. This
country could not have been settled
if it had not been for the wild animals
to farnish meat and their skins for
clothing for us. The beaver, otter.
mink and muskrats supplied us wit b
hats and caps.o When came to this
country in the spring of 1909 it was
an unbroken wilderness filed with
wild men and wild beasts. The lat
ter were elk, deer, bear, wolves, pam
theirs, wild cats, woody nigs, beavers,
otters, minks, gophers, porcupines,
raccoons and great variety of other
small game. Those of the feather
tribes: turkies, geese, ducks, and
mud hens with which the small lakes
were filed. There were bald eagles,
grey eagles, ravens and a great vari-
ETY. of smaller birds. Those noble
birds OF the forest and the wild In
dians have disappeared to return no
more.
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