The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1880-12-25
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1'f'%'' "'r <ygarsf''f Ills II
! me Cam,iaatiia Of Episodes osd
|, Infiaents that Led to the Csa,.a
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T. InfIaents that L.ed to the CSa4n
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I" Hon.fsaale,'a pal.,,t. !ti:,pree.,i
l.Si.e9 Mlests fsr G'eNf ,"SiP fAst,
ne7 ,s,,nmri1 hiy iasincaJti,l y!
tSuti'" pei,i,.iI! hrz ssbiie ni,fi,
! MS fd!t a.,;fnf nrvttl stt. Ills shsi,
a:.r HgaM til Garfil f6ofs hiSi 81,
I,,s..; al, ileafh..' ,N'liiE' 'hrz'i,,t.nI d
'trapljin'fui. him fur bi'ttri.n tsixt,
$50. III. m.in, i. ..unI liza ijHiih.
F'rsi: ,!s't c.sne- dav,Imi . A.ssifti Il,
a.n'Atbr OLE nn,n.; hrz got .i,.
] o'> On Y ,.cip, Bill Lony at las
tell sou, boys. ,hey ant no hun,
'rr ike F.;l.erTinnr. He" nev..
siv's "''thet.aii, a"'I he's 'ls,n,nl
10 get his gang. Hes Il lr,,,i.iu
dawn the old frilrrs, rooty, blame
fa>t, jnSs now, and I'm sunln,e.l
III don't begin 10 feet as If he
were G:'liin' ',.:I'ly to draw bead
"n me, "nd let lire .llave,a slug
'"'iAd 'he. fole, shoulder ,afo,p
almng. .,a.l Y4n s..l ~
Bill Long" II famous hun
;tr ut tlie Su>;Irhailill Valley,
.ilr'! IN Cieal iieid County. rece,,
tlN, aged S3 YEATS. IL. hau iol
t"Nr.t ah.,.,i!uy sau,l irapin: ~.
",.rl s'xty Xe.'rS.g 'rhe O.d SGT
IIrF' .';t.l Ae,owa him Well. and hi I
lea,A taking in cs,..-,ac:iol viii,
ii sass.i ;S!,e Reeves. wi0 Was, xii,
,ed a te" lGpnlhS ,a.,3y i f,lIns'
AREA, in.1Otsr C"nntA ;iSut. ,Pell
tAsll, Nh" WAS .acctnal;y >I,u,
.'sA q e.,n. n.lihlon Ia liz: woods vi
Forest C.-nnty. last win,tr, AMI
Sid Ca... WiiO wrnt aS usual, il.
thr Ida. Of 1914, 10 his Gbln in
tar w"":> OF Elk County, and
whose boIe>, ". IT, found scattered
about one 81. Ills BEAR traps III ,hv
-spfi:.::, set The OIL H,au to think
ing about Ibis Iauer end, and
.ma,'!e him low spili.rL A glass
of 'um and niS.rr ioe," how
ever, lu.nrd his thought III IA
more chrt1 I'll ci,a,itl. 3'sn .tslf
' '.Uhc.e Bin died in M.d," con
tih"sh the Oal Settler, .that
must II 'a'hrr .,disaptoin.eL him,
l,r ailns saia te waut.d to have
his .ut> ,u' ned up Sy i bar or =:
palmer OR Snhlthln' o. the sOr,.
Blu b. i,l'n,, and he was more
10 !,,ine for it than anybody
else IN them parts. FIR il man
copld'.lt hardly exl,e:t to have
u a.ar COME IN c,iaw him up, or
Il psinter 10 slice him utter fish
oa,I. arter he'd gont ard cleaned
ont every sIufn b'a' there was III
the. wou,>, .an,l made it 50 hn,
fur a,iilite,s / hat they had TO parA
up aud cit. B.lpS mi>.al,e was
that ic di.i'nt keep hsar. aud II
painter Vi, hand To civ. aim n ,as
SIS. when he fr;, like campin 'on
the u;i,er side - tie river. 81
~ never tbi k y Bill Long
W, lln,t haviH 10 .an,li a ,ou,'a
,;.rn he tui,l hue oi,crt, When I
w..> c..a.l,in' win iIm. over on
,he TionrsE,, ,lo.g il 30. The
wool,s w;.s ie>s u hnmriT, thr;r
l:civeS wh b game !hep. They
Was sonatlys ds,r ;ha the settlers
u>tly ha.s,O wa,Gh .lheira gam
fields to keep .tae deer. iiD;n ra,ii,'
u.sthsifssyesan.l oats; and I've
l'rrra ,;hat ilwo odd ylsacss made
up vp!M,, once, ~ paSler on u las
ni..rss rye OF here. an j;.~t vat.
zep lnIer two men hat was Il
Wa t.l,in;iie ti.'i;i, :tud made '.'in
talss. 10 The to., o,.a ci'r~'nHt tree.
T:,,.u ;il. bpca> fe.l 'ro,ni ~ c,Ol
~ il .llclM snwrsl fl,.t rye their
st1veS, md |, mo,mly.s 'hn>in.ss
Nh hey wante, 4 70 cnt It tore
'twa- ripe. Every time the 'arn'.l
,,,:ake a move to git :rOn his rOOsI
one or t'oiher o. the bucks'l MAXI
FOR '+m with i bk,t that n skt,r
,h..lE.I,ers M,tsn their wits d ai.l,ost,
and ID seud 'em back IT, the top OF
the tree like jampin' jacks on, Il
stuck. Tie deer KEEP the men on
the tree dunn ni-h el,aif n day,
ah, then walked of tO the woo.is
rz inrerceut ~ lambs. f.ta
"Onp night Bill! and me WAS &
teliin' s,o,;e< IN the cab u, an h.
ax-d mr if kiiuw''i now long a
deer w"n,d Iike. ,'urvislel biu'
:,,as sn. w;,na u huniin' in I'll,
woods where tlsr deer w.s iMtiin
up. l SAID mr, siI.l.lt AMI ht
said he did, ut neither. But, say.
BIZ 4 know i ttiier that h'-.i.
| yes that deer lives tn be ,nores,
two ,iols.n Year old,' Coul-s' ",
liaL 10, laugh, al this, AMI thei
i Bin tells me what made Iii. lei
ieI thlnk 81. -
s.sThe III et's name.'f says IL.
is joel Price. aud M's ~ i,ai |
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