Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1889-01-17
A TURTLE WHIPS A BEAR.
A NOVEL AND EXCITING BATTLE
ON A FLORIDA BEACH.

Oh the Com pat.
A recent issue of the st. Louis Globe
Democrat saws:
The schooner Mabel r Cantain Zeke
Dickerson came into Charlotte Harbor
Fla. on Saturday with load Of huge
loggerhead turtles and fish THE turtles
were monsters several of them measur-
inc over nine feet from end to end. over
the she'll. and five to seven across. Such
ones will weigh from ZOO to 1000 mounds
each and II is no child,s NAV IN canture
tbam SaveraI of tho oraw bod oavera
wounds on their hands caused bv the
sharn claws with which tbe tnrtIe,s fin.
ners are armed and one sailor was mourn
mo the loss Of his thumb which he
lost bv foo,inu with ono Of The cant;ves
The mate lin Wbeelan ond sailor
named Dan Rrvan had the nnusnal Iuck
of WITNESSING tiobt between a h;g hlack
bear and a monster turtle II occurred
at Kew Nina The schooner was at anchor
ON tbe inside shore, wbile tho mon Went
across the island half mile or 90 and
secured turtles on the Gulf shore The
second niobt these two nv some choice
wandered down to the ena of tho ;slard
While GOING along caur;ouslv tbev hoard
4 confused Sound soma wav oheod as,f
some kind of a fioht was ooinr an A
deal of thrashino about Uas audible
and a sort of roar or orunt that sounded
like bear was heard pnsb;ne, forward
thsv soon rounded a sbarn tprn that tbe
beach made and tho cause of Tho rr,r,,,,,s
was before them A. frst +bou oonId ~
tell what II was Int cow thot two III.
forms wero strngglino tometber onS
6ght;no fnr;onsI17 Ero,, tba ,,r,,ta
t6ev knew that a bear was ono IF tha
combatants
Cant;ouslv .na s;1on+,r tbor o. -.
nearer and 70 tbe;r nreot snr,r r,se th ap
nerceived that tho t;Sht mos batu.a,,
bnae lomaerhead t,r.Sa anI Ia' h He. sh
hlacir bsar -, Wy tha;, na;t;a6SJ
would seem that tbe boar had Is snrune, ~ ~
the tnrtle 90 - was rotrnot;nl, r, an - ~
and had triod n overt,,rn Is u snra
wav II had sterned IN front nf +ha t,, ST.
and tho Iot+er thr,,st;nr, re- haoa 80 ha9
on,etlv seized ono Of 5rn;n,s NJ iaa.
and hold ON A. th;s tha baan saa.eS
loudly and romea f,,r .ilS U" =. ~
turtie's baeI +yvins - fnrne IN o ~S ' ="
bis bac, This tLe tnrtla ras;stad ,r;th
oil bis strsnotb ond mo;aht sa.+ IT,
down close 10 the nro,nd ghsrarar ths
hear made an extrs etTort and tha, ~
the latter reloyed HE T ~ tha t,,,+po
would suddanly start o. and ana w, .,o
70 oet nearar no watar taa,,,n h;S a.,
hold Of the hears leo al, tba ,ujsiia TVS
move would aronse hr,i,,s ;ro aaa;n anS
the fierce contest would he roragod 'a;.,,
Increased furv Tha baar,s d;s ~ m.sa
hind loo nInwed no sond 5aaaIus a
endeavore5 IN ston Tho tnrtla,s ro =, 10
waterward wb;le his fora 49,, 1850 o1snS
,onnerhoaS vail, - pa" $500
some vulnerable snot. for S w IN ~.
his angrv arowl;np and ~ ~ dsS ~
efforts he made ~ release bic loct Sra,s
the rent;le,s ~r;r The tnrtlo NOS he,d 49,
on for ksens f' Wv N w WIS -
Rv smdden nrsh ona ue.,,
muscular effort Of his head and nav.
bruin managed 70 aat tbe t',rtIa ho,f sat
ono s;da ha; :; '. 80 ~ sio nan ,soI'
SUING his odvantaga ba se;sad ona 90 ~.
turtles bio flinners in bis iaws and tbs
snan that folInwod sbnwod that Lr',;,.
felt that tbinvs were even;nr M Tha
old loooerhesd mainly d;dn7t III H. 80
chanoe Of tactics for tic froa s;,,sa.s
moved like the ian If J +brash;n Fps ~
chine Its h;g hodu ,,,,,naaa rs Ia
to side wb;le + snatterad ~ 'o Snaa -
showers all aronnd os = +r;n n =. sa III -
off it's bio antaoonist Tha 49, 'A-u"
dragoed aronn5 a"ns;a nI ooas wass
tnrtis,s rnouo a 'ons d .a oy ING
;'nnrisonad lou, an;., aau .ne pam IN ms
had hmn,or III d o nna. put MN IN very
1l;nnar and .n Ia Mops onewins 'ne 1ur.les
ov p nav US 70 ses 'he ia..el
orornd "a ell. oiu 'ur.ie WORKED
;ts shar ann m1aay goI 10 s1roke win
un5 3 "a T,"" MA 1na. oauiy ripped .ne pears
,n,oh -. 80 i ~ iniurla.eo pruln 80
rnn;s;st,a so e ~ ios 20 1is srip on ms ANA,
So nlppos, anu ieacning MS mead
NOD t had ~ a.ee ms nina ieg. but ne
m ,aa oau instant anu .he nghting-
n, ,"u n'a qulokiy improved ms
U w;th;n ,. raaSh 10 ~. runs az nose came
as aash t..ta no tes 70 .ho ieg, ana quick
hear n' ;am ,a'''n'' MS iron grip on tne
Tho hnrs ~
c;rcns p Tbo NY ny Ina. =, .hen ensued 2
NV snrrr;sa a~S w"s snolouSnly taken
main apd ra% "a0 M TI 'o 9r., iustily WIN
and draSoeS : (. , nH .ur'le Pusned on
Tho iattey sam ' NV ~ i an caplive along.
too for tber wa n.' 90 u"n ,sa anu lclt y,
~ "o"' eho whtcr .