Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-11-10
sRulN HAD HER TREEo.
How Three Bears liroke Up Uhe'e
jimmy speuccr's Camp


A correspondont writes to tho 81.
Louis Past Dtspntct from Cranberry
RIVER w. Va: Uncle Jimm Spencer
the bear.hunter Of Powell mounla D.
has had almost seventy years expert
once as a hunter aud trappar IN tue
forests and along the streams Of the
Allegheny Mountains in Virginia aud
West Virginia. aud still is straight as
an arrow and as hardy rs Que OF Tho
mighty oaks under whose branches he
has slain hundreds Of wild animals,
and whose leafg nmbrage has shelter
cd him from the storms OF winter and
heat OF summer A short time since
stopped a few days with Uncle
Jimmy. and as heavy rains mad made
il almost impossible to travel or go
out of doors, we passed most OF the
time around pleasant tire, with the
old hunter telling stories OF his expert.
ences and your correspondent listening
and making mental notes of many of
the most interesting. One story which
he told of his early married life struck
me as particularly unique and interest
ing and will z ye 1t TO tho public just
as got il from tho lips OF the Old man
himself:
1T was away back in tho 41's. when
these woods were alive with the finest
game in the world, that | settled down
at this spot Ny wife aud | had only
been married about year and We lad
been looking about for a suitable spot
on which to build Our home. Ii is
trae / hays always been huuter. but
then always had o haukerng f1r
home-somB place whore | could do
pend upon comfortable shelter gai
rest ug place during this warm weather
when there was no hunting 10 ba dour.
aud tho cold blasts Oi winter. We'll.
we lad selected this spot after some
months search. aud had removed all
II Our earthly possessions. which
cons sted Of bed aud bcIssead, Il few
kitchen utensils. and three o. four
chairs 10 this valley There was not
stove within twenty miles. aud for
that matter there are no. many closer
than that to-day. A. soon as We got
here unhtched The h0rses undsr
tree and tied them up and mhils my
wife was cooking our diunsr / went Ia
work cutting down trees Tor tho house.
BY the evening IT tho second day | had
logs enough cut INTO lengths 10 make
small one-rOomcd log cabin a.
starter. The neXt morning ,t,r,,t
out on a short hunt for ,nug to-,
meat. thinking would Ia aux, IN -,
deer Ia tbs course OF an hour Ia.
somehow the deer seemed mighty will
aud dii no, get shot until Mont Two
hours after Igft camy. whan k8rrEsI
over tino dor. As soon I'd gsa,ff,r., Ma
On my way back with tlr deer SWINE,
over nv shoulder / went winch.
along until got within tw, nv 49,,
unnirci ards Of canlp phsr t.-r.f
some ono screaming aul r,ltfos. ~
me- listened iss1 lam, r,,l,...E, 81.
lind out that the Yelling rane nom ,h.
n,ru, ,vb,p Jr.,,,.t-t VIZ
broke into a ran. fs d.Irtt ~, INV.
long 10 reach n. tr'r L., Ill -,
10 Won think t1nnI5 n w,.
3omical sight. and il [ hain't t,.,r
afraid someth ng ssr.ou, nfph, f,r.,.,
| would have had to Law down and
raugh. There was ths rt,,a a,,..,
enough. and there wers tvo big ,Is..E
bears, bu, where wa. me viG.o tJ,,
hears wero upsrtging eygry thfr. XXI
p1king their noses into ey.,rs 60.
u the wagon. A b,Jgu.f, v,,,tt n,
tossed up into the ar ty ,hrr 80.
and n would fall over If,,, n..,t - -
or other Of the animals vbf.n 80. r'
scramble aud scratch 10 cot MI wt,I.
the other ono seemed 10 eri,y "a. ~,
Then basket was knorEej n,, -, -
wagon and went roll.ng IN L.,, -.
with a black rascal ,f,sT n -.
this time / saw sometblng ~ 80. ~
tree close by the wagon whjrh tn,t"J
very much like ba,Iiv.sc1r,,I -
/ didn't have 10 look second ' ,,,,,l
for the object gave n sl,rilt .rr..-. ''. ~.
called for me 10 como nnI vi 49," "''u
called back to hsr 10 E..r go .a,'I nor;
was coming. s''' ~
Hurry IN. Jim; .her,'s h;,. -
climbing the tregl' sbo retl,J VIZ ''"t
Sure enough. inst Then r a.
big black head of n ,ram~,.ia ~" ,no
Just rising above M limb ave. ,,""s ',, .eat
which nv wife was atttf,a V"' "n
good bead on tho follow ny,t NV
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