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to be enjoying themselves immensely. The
hunters had two large dogs with them,
which Immediately set up pow-wow. The
bears left the camp through the place they
went in. The hunters were very near and
both fred at the larger bear. One Of them
missed, but the others bail struck her fore
leg, just below the shoulder, and it was SO
badly broken she could not use it. The
dogs at first attacked the small bear and he
wen, up large tree that leaned little over
the camp. They then attacked the wound
ed bear. Notwithstanding her broken
leg she was giving them hard play. The
hunters had reloaded their guns. bu, the
dogs and the bear were so mixed up that
they could not fire without endangering the
dogs. AT last Joy shot her through the
head. Jelison said, Now for th,t other
scamp roosting up in the tree will bring
him down in half the time it took him to go
up there" He raised his gun and fired.
The bear was up the tree about forty feet,
| eo0 Same 'utboiihS 0o"h, !auueu on ana
vent crashing through the roof of their little
camp. which was covered with peeled hem
lock bark. The bear falling upon i, CON-
pletely demolished the whole roof
II had been raining Q little in the after
noon. and was then raining quite fast. They
dragged the bear from the ruins and, in the
LAM Nf V.lf -
looking at their rootisss camp, and swearing
like pirates." Finally they cleared away
the broken wreck, cut some small poles and
covered one aide of tn. camp with boughs
and broken bark, and then built good fire,
skinned the small bear, cooked their supper
and were we'll satisfied with the change from
deer mea, TO bear s,eak. They fed their
dogs. smoked their pipes and laughed over
| the events Of the day and men, dogs and
all laid down together and slep, con,entedly
through the night.
will relate one more bear story. | well
recollect the time it occurred 1t vas about
three years after my fathers family moved
father KEEP, q small crew of men cutting
logs on the banks of the pond. which al that
time were covered with an abundance of
pine and spruce. Many trees could be
felled into the pond and others Gu, into logs
and rolled in. A few men could soon coll
lee, raft They had a large Hat. bot,omed
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provisions and utensils for camping. Late
one afternoon the men were preparing TO
come down the pond with raft. They had
packed most Of their articles in the canoe
when they saw large bear swimming from
Gov Island 10 the southern shore, near
where they were at work. The crew con-
sisted OF four men and they had no weapons
but their axes. They took off their coat,
and threw them into the canoe and prepared
for a fight with the bear. Soon ihey placed
themselves between the bear and the shore
The bear was within SIX or eight rods Of the
shore when the battle commenced. One
man va. in the stern Of the canoe to steer.
his AZ to do the hitting. When they attempt
ed TO get the bos near the bear so ,ha, the
man with the AZ could hit him. he made for
the middle of the canoe and the men had to
fight him with the oars to Keep him from
boarding them. Finally they broke one Of
their oars. This caused them 10 lose the
manRgeu,ept Of their repna and h-ui
ing 10 know he had got the advantage. at
tempted 10 board them, d la Paul Jones, and
in his efforts 10 get into their boat he turned
it bottom up and for few moments they
were all so mixed up in the water they
could not tell which va. the bear They
we're within few rods of the shore, and the
men we're all good swimmers and struck out
for the land, where they soon landed minus
their hats and coats, and when they looked
for bruin they found he had complete pos
session Of the canoe and was sitting on the
bottom. There Vas gentle breeze and he
was sailing down the pond in very COM
Portable manner. The man who was in the
bow Of the boat had saved his Ak They
cut each Of them club aud followed along
the shore intending to renew the fgh, if
bruin landed, but he seemed to be watching
them and while they had TO follow the shore
around the coves, bruin went sailing from
point to point across the coves in his prize
After sailing along abou, half mile bruin
jumped into the water and swan ashore.
TIE men were within five or SIX rods Of him
when be landed. He did not. however, seem
TO be in any hurry. but arose on his hind
legs and stood looking at them and in the
whom they called Capt. Wild, The bear
stood bowling and laughing at tbem,' and
seemed to say, IF you want anything more
Of me, here | am waiting you" He then
sprang into the forest and that was the last
they ever saw of him.
One Of the men wanted to swim to the
canoe, but they knew they could no, turn it
over in the water and the oars were los, and
they could not manage it, therefore they
concluded TO follow the shore, and arrived
at Maddox sand-beach about eight O'Clock
P. NJ, with their clothes badly torn in max
ing their wa, through the bushes and around
the rocks. A young man named Maddox
lived near the beach. (which gave 1t the
name.) They were cold, wet and hungry
Maddox and his wife did all they could to
make them comfortable. In the morning
they found the canoe on shore about ten
rods south of the beach. Maddox furnished
them with oars and they arrived at the out
let of the pond abou, eight o'clock A. NJ.
After resting short time and changing
their clothing they started for the place
where they had the encounter with bruin,
where they 6shed up their ropes and most
of their cooking and camping utensils, but
their coats and hats were never found.
Oct 26. J. L. NJ
A Little Too Critical.