The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1883-01-20
Lost In The Pine Woods.

j, IL. M correspondent OF the
Forsyth Enterprise, gives the follow
ing account of an interesting little
adventure in tins section many
years ago:
In tho year 1888 there was L, S.
weekly mail route established from
Springfield, VIA. mouth OF Swan, 10
CarrolIton, Ark 50 miles, aud il
being 30 miles from Swan to Car
roIlton, aud no road. Well, one
night early in October of the same
year, here came the mail rider on
horseback, "a little Old man named
Kennedy with Col, Curouth, the
stractor, who was resident Of
Homestead Co, Ark. A road, or
way, to Carrollton was wha: we all
wanted so l.. NJ, Doyle, who re-
sided on the south side of the river,
aud the writer, volunteered to ae-
company the mail through to Car.
rulItan. So we four struck out
south from tho river through the
hills on horseback, with one day :
rations and two guns, and Travelled,
rs we thought in the direction Of
CarroIlton bat | think we went IN
every direction except that, and to-
wards evening found ourselS es com
pletely lost in the pine hills. Di.
rectly night overlook us, and we
camped in deep hollow as well as
VI eanld, tar away from any human
habitation, right among the wild
beasts of the woods Next morn
ing, early, we wero up and travel
ing, not knowing whore we were, or
which way to go, and MS for myself
| did not much care, as was young
and thoughlless. SO on we Jour-
neyed all that day, about and about
among the hills, and late in the
evening we dropped Oh to creek ;
following that up few miles We
came to Carrollton, and found four
little log huts, and that was the
town but no people were more hos
pitable received, nor entertained,
than were we. Honest, open, and
kind-hearted people occupied all
that country in those days. | hope
the same can be said now. Well,
the next morning we started blck,
Col. Carouth here leaving us for his
home in IIemstead. We engaged
10. Stephens to accompany, and
show US the way back home but in
place of that we got worse lost than
ever for two days and two nights,
among the timbered mountains.
We came across three bears, one
large and two small ones. The old
one was standing with the fore feet
on log at the root Of a tree, and
the two small ones were up the tree.
Before we could get to the tree the
old one and one of the small ones
got away, bat we saved the other,
shot him while up the tree, used
what we wanted and took balance
along, together with the skin. This
was the second day out still lost on
the head waters of Bear creek, in
Ark Well. the third day we struck
on to small stream as we thought,
Turkey creek, which empties INTO
white river below the mouth of
Long creek. Well, we Travelled
down ehat creek, or stream, many
miles, not knowing for certain what
stream it was; Doyle conlondrng
that he knei0 it was Turkey creek,
and | thought not. 10. he wouldn't
say, and tho mail man was mum.
W ell, late in tho evening Of the
third day out, we came in sight of
the river, and settlement; and
where do you suppose we were?
Well, mt Lon Coker's, az the mouth
OF Bear creek, near Elbow shoals
5r LII IN ARK, instead of on Turkey
creek. SO you see we were over 30
miles from whore we thought.