The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1891-12-31
ONE OF I VANISHING RACE

H. Hunts over Wide Areas and l. At
Home wherever There Is Wilderness.
The professional hunters and t~rapDtrs
who at on" time comprised the whole Of
the white inhabitant class in this sec
ton are becoming 50 few that a real old
time solitary wOOdsman who plunges
into the forest and divests himself Of
human cOmpaniOnship is becoming a
rare sight. Joe Thomas is one Of the
best examples that remain Of these men,
and a study of his characteristics is in
tcresting.
Thomas is a ma Of about forty. He
Is slightly below medium height and is
not heavily built. He appears like a full
bloOGed negro, although he says that his
mother was a half breed Indian. He has
sparse, tightly curl@d whiskcTs and does
not look like ii Nilnrod and Il mighty
man among coOrs and deer. Thomas
follows as near the life Of the red man
as n II can in these days, and has an
antipathy to human society, though he
Is nothing Of a m~lsanthrcpe, and talks
we'll to any one who questions him.
IN tne sulnIner time Thomas works #
whatever ie can get to do about the
Ci':SS III tl"7 EICi"I'E ana through to
DH!o' "Htl IhE Sq"IrLel season opens
'i' , III OHi"' an" puts Ill Ihe HrSt few
"eehS Oh 'l'o autumn shootlhg squirrel.
= 49, 'pcli9' ne ehll8rates
nOrthWard, and for the rest Of the win
'i0 H10 Vi t'ie sollIafy h"nter,
o'U'iitin7 human H"pItdIioilS anu Sleep
ing IN the wood III the most inclement
"I"'Ii7I' ms "oihfstlc oulht consists or
q I" '''1n0'o Al! d 9il"1 9to'e' ana
n0 HECTARES MAJ IL Is more c~ontente1 In
we "oou9 IMAM he WouI1 be III town.
Hi!0' tHe li5"' - colu lie H3nts MS IRE,
Cn"lIl7 MS ooS up III tlle tent ana sleeps.
me tl9 "eer run Hopkins follows
t,A uiei9S'S an" Nnel might over
I"A'" iHnl Oh II3 Ii"Il ne Hes Down III
,H0 "o"'' L" Steep c"hhdeht that the
u00t j do urea DIS lie ana VIII not
''"1IH5 Ille night unless disturbed, and
III 'iI7 lI"Inlh5 WIZ Oes 50 sun that the
9eoo"H va! > ch''Se VIII be a co1npara-
'l'eIS easy matter
Ai'el We deer season IS over thomas
0''i' L y 'iIG "I'S"' ana traps ShuhhN ana
OIteI ana all othrr Iur bearing animals
lor 1He rest OF TIE winter. At All times
lIV - le''E III c'Nc nli zap Coon comes
l"CAlA6 "I"''h'' ana MS do5 ne alleges
DC one Oh lile O"SC coon dogs III the
lhe animal Is a liver and
"il'e houlld' silShtIy larger than a fox
Io'lld, ana with 30 more fat on him
man Is require" 10 grease h!5 JOINTS.
h"ma5 S"ld tHat the doS got him more
nan hIy o"ii"f2 worth or co0A~EInS III
ne season. an" he W"uId not part with
INN lor 'hrce tlilleS ltaC ";AoIhf. Joe
ems d story 70 Illustrate the @a5aclty OF
1T oo9'
lie says 'laI one winter Tie cog freed
| coon III " Dig Tree. gee anyways carries
lIHl"1n5 lI"iS' ana ne SAihheb up the
rec ne lo!lo"ea the coon ont on a
}ri'ncfl ana SHOOK nm OH and ii" heard
S4'F'l DIS 'ne "o@ hahDed l
' li0A '0o so ~ III "'tlolli OF 'le Tree
icy ""7 Ky -" /" H!5"' ana III 'lo5.
le Ale"l" ''8 '''9 i"hl'liS ana called 10
llll' we "'3 '@ii1e OUT OF the onShes a
io.'9 !" ,l'I " "'GA' ''e ioi-
: 'NN COW ~ '"t' - - """ i"N-
+ 80 l"1o HISIi'@ l'o'n
,oli9 - - i0t = ~ "a" E"I
' ~ II 10 t'oSelE ouI
ne Sh"'N was n'' sure u t1a'' anu ne
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