Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1886-06-24

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% Wayne forthwith prokedsd
with the following, which Ipressnt tc
the reader as nearly as possible in hi.
own words:
"a party of US, resumed the mar
rator, accompanied an expedition
across the great prairies to Fort Nc
Henry, during the Summer of 1874
with the intention OF spending tht
Fall md a portion of the Winter in
hunting among the mountains West.
ward. We numbered six in all, in
cluding a French trapper, our guide
who had spent great portion OF hi:
life in the wilderness. Six mules took
out our camp baggage and provisions
and whatever else we though raight
come in use during sojourn Of seve-
raj months; and each man, armed te
the teeth, and with his rifle carefully
protected from the weather in a leath.
er case, rode out on high spirited
horse. We finally pitched our camp
upon pleasant plateau among the
hills, near which was clear noun
tain stream, and capital grazing fol
omr animals; and sallying forth from
our headquarters, We secured the
country round for many a mile. Game
was plenty-bears, deer, elk, ante.
lopes, mountain goats, occasionally a
buffalo, and wolves without number;
and there was scarcely an hour in the
day, for long period, that some of us
we,e not taking a crack at some four
footed heasA.
Now to my story:
"One evening, as We Were sitting
around our camp fire, taking our sup
per, Francois our guide, who had been
off through The day on business of his
own, came running in, his face white,
and his teeth fairly chattering with
terror.
What Is the matter? was our ca
ger inquiry, as each mar started to
his feet, and grasped his rife
80 sacrc eotood IL, Garn.' ! was
seen him, By gar
Seen what who ? where Speak,
man, and not stand there chattering.
Are We in danger here Are there
Indians about .
mo Indian. monsieur, mas m, d.
a6}t-lone devil, you was say O
sacre
"A devil! You have seen the
devil, then p said |. If that is all,
suppose YOU Just sit down and take
your supper, or little whikey, first,
to bring up your courage. You need
have no fear of the devil here; We are
all good fellows, and owe his satanic
majesty nothing
All mais Monsieur Wayne, YOU
must not, for must understand him
one grand two-leg Beelzebub, by gar
tonnere ct lighting, you sail know
him me four foot beast, as re diable
was snter-eh =
30 yes, / understandjyou saw a
hog-for the devils, you know, went
into the swine.
Here the little FrencAman came
down upon me with tremendou,
oath, and assured me ii was not a hos
he had seen, nor yet an ass at leas
before he got into camp, but ,a, te
roc, carcagial, whose father was a de
vii, and whose mother was bear.
This was an animal whose name
had not before heard, pursued tn,
narrator, and, like my friend, Mr.
Wade here, felt not a little curiou
to learn all | could about it. Half
pint Of whiskey settled Francois
nerves; and large tender steak will
accompanimeuts put him in good hu
NOR: and then he condescended to en-
tighten US on point in natural or i
his word was to be taken, in unnatu
raj history to which our attentiO,
had never before been called. II
said the carcagieu which he and al
his friends believed to be cross be
tween the devil and a bear, was terri
/ bly ferouious animal, which at differ
ent periods had been seen by mountain
GERS and Indians. It was black, he said
20 black as ze stack of ze tom cats; bu