Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1890-02-06
For the Ellsworth Amerlcan.i
More Ino dents Connected with the Liver
more Survey.


townships laid out in Hancock county.
will continue some further fortuitous in
cidents that occurred with those old hardy
pioneers, engaged in the survey,
Robin. the Indian, and the negroes be
came very friendly to each other. He cut
all the wood for the fire and took charg,
Of cooking the deer meat, with which he
kept them well supplied. The surveyors
generally carried their diuDer with them oI
Robin carried 1t to them, and he always
spent part Of each day hunting.
Robin would sleep in the tent only In
rainy weather He gathered lot of leaves
under some trees near the tent the wealth.
er being very warm he perferred to sleep
in the open air, aud the negroes took lodg-
ngs with him, leaving the tent all to the
| white men.
In the latter part of one night they were
all startled from their slumacrs by several
loud yells from the Indian. In a momen,
the negroes we're at the opening in the
tent yelling. 'Loup and Gat;as have come
q y
I Kept lanterns burning in the tent, and sew
erai were taken and the men rushed ont
aud found Robin near the tent. In his
/ right hand he held his sheath knife. which
I was covered with blood. as were his hands.
face ami clothing. They asked, Where
j. Loup, and where are ycu hurtE' He
/ said hc had not seen Loup aud Was not
| hurt much. only his arm and hand, hold
ing up his lef, arm. They then asked,
! How came you 50 bloody (" He re he'd he
had fight with a nasty old bear and She
nad puked blood all over him. They went
into the tent aud examining hts arm, found
IL was bruised badly a. was his band.
Robin then told them of the encounter he
had with bear. He said he was lying on
something rubbing and breathing in h>
face. The moon was shining brightly,
aud he saw a Dear standing over him. The
bear drew her head back. when Robin III
>tAntl, grasPcd hi sheath knife which he
always Kept near H. side lie and the
h'lr stared each other In their faces for
~ytcTai ulym, ut-. the bear seemingly con
>ldrrlus " hat it was best 10 du. and then
moved ruund little nearer the back Of hi,
head. ami again attempted 70 put her nose
Id hi> face. An ACT Which brought the side
" tier neck near his rIgh, hand lie
thought 1t best To commence the tight a.
he had good chance to strike The hr,t
blow and l.e plunged his kuife into her
meek aud gave several loud yrii- 10 wake
up the negroes. who ~cre sleeping about
ti.bt feet from where tie lay The bear
ma> between them. The negroes com
mcnCed >qualinS like scrcech-o"ls and
rsu for the tcut As the bear passed
long hair Of her neck with his left hand
but she went so fast he could not get upon
nj feet. He held his grip upon her with
his left hand aud commenced >tabbinS her
IN her side. which made her 90 faster
Then the hold On her neck broke and she
left him >praw ling nn the ground, After
las few moments to get breath, anu
found she had pukcd blood all over him
She had a cub with her and that WAS The
"th"n il wa> She hear:" "Of course II
wa~, -aid Turner, land Robin j. - hand
some She was irving to Steal ki>> while
be- was sleeping Robin laid Ne thought
She would never try /" steal another The
negroes still insisted that they saw Loup
standing over Robin with his bloody
knife Robin said they were ~ better than
"gui negroes" and had no hight in them, but
ran and hid in the tent, instead Of helpn.
him f-ht the bear.
Ia The morning Turncr and Robin fol-
lowed the bear tracking her easily hy her
blrcdin. He came upon her about a half
mile from tie camp wing down. young
bear about two wears old was with her.
She arose to her feet, but was 50 weak b.
The lo>> of blood She made but little head
way aud vas shot The young bear escaped
into the bushes Robin could not use hi
left hand on account of the injury he had
received by the bear. Turner sent him
to he camp for help to move the bear.
Turner concealed himself among some
small bushes a short distance from the dead
hear, where he watched for the young
bear He knew II would return to IT,
mother, which it did, and was shot by
Turner. The old bear had received deep
wound in her neck but none of the arteries
were injured She had also received ~e,.
eral deep stabs in her side, two near her
yItals either Of which would in short
time have caused her death. After exam
ning the hear they were well satisfied that
Robin had told the truth in his statement
Of his contest
few days later when our party re-
turned at night to camp they found the In
dian much elated. He said he would have
some nice fat venison for supper. They
were all soon seated at the table, which
had bceh made by Robin, with cross stakes
and small poles Robin had few mo-
ments' conversation in a low voice with
uTDtF, WHO Sdlu, Sdy HolhiHS HeH
tin dishes were soon filed with the smuk-
ing yenison; they were all hungry and
commenced ealing with a good relish,
when Milliken suddenly stopped and said
looking at the bones, They never be-
longed to deer They all stopped eat
ing but Turner. Mlliken said, What kind
of a creature have we been eating?" Turn
er said 1T is certainly very palatable; tell
Mr. Millken what it is, Robin" 1T is a
lucifee," said Robin. II shot her this
morning (the name the Indians called
the lynx. 1t will makes us all sick,
said Milliken, And it makes Inc sick too,
said Turner, swallowing pieces Of tina,
pussy cat Livermore said he did not be
lieve in eating those animals. He had eat
en- some of this one before he knew what
it was and it tasted very savory. He
thought it was as wholesome food as beal
meat Turner said he had read in some
good book but he would not pretend tC
quote it correctly, That it was not what
went into our body that defiled it, but that
which came out" Mlliken said he had
eaten small piece of 1t supposing it was
deer meat and ne felt like puking. Turn
er replied, II hope you will not puke or
me, as the bear did on Robin; if you do,
will assure you that l will not treat you al