Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-08-17
by q Bear-A Story OF the KeT.
nebec wilderness.

ht am about to relate l heard from
ps of the hero Of the affair in the
! of 1901 seventy years ago. An
4n Of 81, as | now am, naturally
10 dwell upon the legends of his
pr days, especially such as are true,
hth is sometimes stranger than tic-
br Dennis Getchell was an early set.
Sidney, then a part of Vassalboro.
lied on the west side of the Kenne-
(arly opposite Vassalboro Corner.
time OF the affair alluded to, Major
Iii was confined to his home by a
and sent his son Remington, q
Eoung fellow of sixteen, to the West
settlement for DIR. Williams, who
ned to be visiting there. The dis
was about five miles through the
He went through, having with
well trained dog, did his message,
ter resting and taking some refresh
vas about to set out on his journey
EN- he entered the woods the sun was
an hour high. He had not proceeded
ben he saw his dog pursuing cub.
first thought he would help him
te the cub and carry it home with
but he Immediately thought of the
hr, and expecting she would be upon
q minute, he sprang to the nearest
which was q slim Norway pine, run
Pup between forty and fifty feet with.
limb, but the lean, sparingly fed
bf that day could climb trees much
than the full fed lads of the present.
he had got up about eight or ten
saw the bear coming after him. He
| to his dog, which made furious as
bpon the bear behind. she, fearing for
10, Immediately turned back and
D the dog off and around for con-
bile time. Remington, in the mean
|exerted himself to the utmost. She
back to the tree again, but the faith
V was at her heels. She then turned
based him off as before.
IS was again repeated, which gave
hgton time to reach the first limb !;
hold OF it, and drew himself on to it
exhausted, aud stood upon it with
ms around the tree.
Ter awhile the bear, either disregard
)e dog, or perhaps he had been killed
|Rbled in the fight, began to ascend.
} now that Remington began to give
(lf over for lost. The poor fellow had
bans of defending himself, and could
} prospect but that of being dragged
from that fearful height, and torn in
J by the Infatuated beast.
came the fiend steadily advancing,
upon her trembling victim, "like a
ch murderer steady to his purpose. "
loon reached him, and reached for
with open jaws aud glazing eyeballs
|ze him by the foot. He drew IL
and with a convulsion-a supsrhu-
Pffort-he dealt it heavy and rapid
upon the neck and head. This w2s
lptioa she was not prepared for, and
Pas obliged to take IL quietly, not
y the use Of her fore paws A bear
but the use of these weapons is quite
Jess, unless she can get hold with her
Her hold was Immediately broken,
|he lost her balance and fell. This
hardly have been caused by the
Of the blows, considering the
9Th Of the bears grip.
Is the first impulse Of bear, when
ted or resisted, to strike with his fore
Prompted by this instinct, she had
ply let 60 her hold upon the tree TO
at Getcheil, still retaining feeble
BY her hind legs; but her instinct at
proved a failure, for being directly
meath him she naturally swayed her
Pck to bring her paws to bear, and
bw coming ut the same instant, she
the recoil of which quickened her
ment and she lost her equilibrium.
ming somersault, head down, tail
= bearship, in accordance with the
gravitation, soon landed on terra
at distance of about forty feet In .
ndicular line from where she etarted.
y upon her launches for some time,
3 up the tree. ~ though considering
70 do next. She Yves not, probably,
pleased with her aerial excursion,
pom mature ref ction, thought she
not climb that unlucky tree again,
ally climbed another neSr by and
on 1t looking at GetchelI Huasbing
'th and growing.