The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-12-27

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Drea he GaA Francisco Examiner.
w. =. Mills and Henry Eckharto Of Colusa
county who recently returned from q
camping hunt among the coast mountains
Of Aendocino, tell Of u remarkable md
among tlse great dwo forests of that
part Of IN state; u STORY which, Tor
thrilling. weird, woodland tragedy exceis.
In the part of the county,
late one afternoon, just before sunset,
while the hunters were making their way
Co Camp, they noticed that the rays of the
sum in the trsctops of a dense grove fell
on and lighted up q white object up among
che branches of ~ large madroua tree.
Approaching the foot of the TREE for the
purpose OF getting n nearer view OF the
s Enns' o S1} sss. v unsy T: al the foot of the tree.
the remains of an old Kentucky rifie-bar-
rel, with part Of a much-decayed stock
The hssrrci and lock were covered with
rust. indicating IL had lain for years i'm it's
ancicnt o,n. and locking for further evil
dencc around the foot of the tree. the sun
had so far declined as To throw the white
object i'm the branches in ~ deep shade.
making il impossible to make out what it
was.
the trcr, they concluded To return in the
morning and make further Investigation.
Marking il ny placing poles and fallen
limbs against Sho trunk they returned To
Next morning they returned tn the tree,
and in the bright morning light had no
difficulty i'm making out the white object
TO he the skeleton of n human. being.
Mills climbed the tree and found the skcl-
eton tn hs hat of quite - large man, rest
ing across two large limbs and tied by the
thigh tn the same.
There was not u particle OF flesh on the
homes and hut few dangling rags. Near
the skeleton. living across one OF its limbs,
was the fraycd remains Of an old coat.
Throwing the coat tai the ground. Mills
descended. il having been decided to let
che bones remain whcre they lay i'm the
tree rather than throw them to the ground
10 he scattered by wild animals.
There was nothing tn indicate how the
man had met his death. or why his gun
should he ON the ground and his skeleton
They conjectured that the hunter might
have hssen chased by n bear aud had
dropped his gun. which: istriking, the
ground. had exploded and wounded the
tied himself to the limbs OF the tree to
prevent the animal from destroying his
body. This. they thought. would account
for the broken stock of the gun.
A search was then made i'm the remains
Of the old coat, which was nodded and
An old moidy note book was found. In
the book vas pencil writing. which was
still eGibl i'm places. though the leaves
exposure tn the weather. On the first page
there was part of ~ name ending with the
na@e was oSIis"ras.si by mold and stain.
There was writing ON the next two or
three pages, hut ii could not bs. ~deciphcrcl.
clean and the writing perfectly lcgiblc. 1t
was u record of his last days i'm the tree,
and read:
He is gone again, but she sits at the foot
of the tree. How long will this
last? For three days ! have been kept an
aud thirst. One of the bears always re-
mains, while the other goes away for
h .ss sh.,, + d;n VIII hillis they nI Tsr , leg, e. the he
eaten by them: -. iii only had nv
rifle again or a drink Of water. / have
snsfs sh mS' nre no S% si sss leaves q r; Tn. tr rsn
is nearly down and the male bear has ~
turned. rhey will both r;,maip All night
was eating. in the slight dreams last night.
No; 1 am dying Of hunger and thirst. I
~sp. III there are s no moro tears. / f" "aSi
myself. trying Ia get out at the tree last
=; n,T ns . s%s sse hears er%TT hs and ! : cn nme
der the tr.'e. The ground is covered witt
them: There are hundreds of them. l
hungry now. think I'll get out of this
vet IL all those hears will go away. .
Tbs sun IL going down again. I WON'T
The following was probably written the
same lay. or !, might have becn written
lines, and they are incohercnt:
had hard work To get the book out Of
my coat. 1 have tied coat over limb. tied
my legs To limb with s~usIcnders. .
won't write any more soon, as il will he
two weeks to-Inorrow-
Tilly-last night Tilly hcre--Shc
here all time now as will he too weak
in the morning last night lc-Tilly-so
are thc bears. So mauy-fln1 mc-fnd
me-only i think-whcrc are thcy-I
will put put put the book in pn,k, I
god night i'll moi bo gone -
Here ended the writing. of which the
above il IL correct copy. There were no
dates To the pages, aud nothing To indi-
cate that the writing might not have been
done all %" the same day and at the same
time.
The writer retained the writing for
some weeks before he gave il for pub
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