The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1873-01-31
IoULEr, Pa. Jan, l3, 1873.

Ed. JOCRNAL:-Accolu lulng 10 notice,
u. b. Oyiatt myself ard son ,as team
stert started Monday morning the 9Th,
Tor tie bear hunt. There We're 10 others
from Roulet ready TO go. On arriving at
Couderspott found that cut or the whole
number tiiat agreed to 60, not one was
ready; We dove Oh To Lewis Lyman s.;
there We expected a load; and one man
was there, Mr.. Peirce, the rest had
backed out. We drove to Brooklaad,
had a splendid dinner, worth twice tie
price they charged drove on. arrived
at B. I. Barrows', stopped for tie night,
and were ready eally Tuesday morn for
the hunt. Five men and boys yolun-
teercd which increased our number to
nine men aud Logs, aud six dogs; we
surrounded the laurel patch; and at
half after e.even drove the bear out
lie had nest made OF laurel; when |
got within titte,n or twenty rods he
ten rods, and Oh 10y man within l.
rods. When lie Lad safely passed, tie
man fired a Shot, tie bear thought there
was tIouble ahead and turned back and
walked up the hill some twenty rods III
sight OF where two men were lett stand
ing. Lut report says that the chaps lad
III hollow until the boar had safely
passed back into the laurel; then they
ured three loads and Ii;lIoOtd for dogs.
All OF The dogs were set on but took tie
wrong track and only one overlook the
bear and lie WAS a scared dog. Away
went the bear, we passed Oh after him
one man s.,Id he had three balls in liIm;
we gave up tie chase that night Il. 4
went to BarToWS'. EMly next morning,
the 7th, only tive were ready for the hunt
with two dogs. We followed the bear
north into tie Ross Hollow, left hln
about shutdown without starting hin, /
came III at / iynu's, Staid over night !; I
one man d.opped off. The Sth l hired /
one smith 10 20 and help break track, /
then there were five OF us: sam House,
VIM. Irask, Wm. Smith, j. s. Uyi.tt .
and self. We took a circuitous route .
AID Went around tDe bear, then followed :
inn up AID found Le had gone into a
laurel patch; we placed or''-.'@1r->' ii'o
POSITION, sent sam HouSe around on
,now suocs; tie bear wIndld hm aud
:;,myout wIJuin twenty rods Ofmc, I Shot
i'm through the lS4ts; he ran down
.he hill, set on the dogs, tie lear ran
near Smith, lie fired, lie had two balls
II his gun, tlry struck Linn III tie
shoulder; one bounded out; and The
)ther went III about three inches into
.nc flesh aud lodged; Ovi&tt fired i'm
after, and SHOT Il bah through
lie top OF the neck, only i t!osn wound ;.
le fired another aid severed the biz
,rtery III lis neck; House fred without
.Hect; the dogs came up and attacked /
ne bear, he got Luld or one dog gave
Iim Lug, WAS III The act Of biting,
EHcn tile other dog made desperate
'ass at tie bears ham; which CAUSED
tilu 70 loosen MS Hulu ana go IOI uoS
No. two. Dog number one craWltd oul
# his paws, aud SO escaped death that
Ime. The dogs kept the bear until sam
IouSe came up and tabled him with
lis knife and ended tie fight. lie meas
Irtd over seven feet from tie end of lis
lose to the hind feet. Ii was eighteen
nchtS from the end Of his nose to his
ans. He WAS over three feet high, WCI
:aptUrtd him three-foTths Of a mile
rom the bridge where the road comes
)ut OF the nine mile woods, on Pine
creek. Tie SNOW was from two to
-hree feet deep and had crust or il
)ut not sufficient to hold a dog.
LARoY LYMAN.