Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-12-01
HUNTING In ARKANSAS.
Report of The Christian County
Hunting Club.
Incidents Picked Up on the Trip and En-
tertainingly Told by One of the
Members.
(BY AUSTIN PEAY.)

a prince and captain has this day fall
len in Israel ?' Capt. Caudle is in
charge, and we take the dogs and 60
away beyond the Murphy house,
five or six miles beyond camp. eau.
die drove the woods in all directions
and did his duty faithfully and well,
and we held our stands like him of
the proud, though child-like form,
and still the deer would not come.
They are too scarce and we are in the
wrong place this year.
"Mother, can go out to swim?
To be sure, my daughter,
But hang your clothes on hickory limb
And don't go near the water"
Lennox, Powers and Warner, the
bear hunters, had no success either.
Squire Jones shot wild goose fly
ing over our camp, high up in the
air, with his rife and brought him
down. VIM. West, the silent man,
instructs me to say that he shot at a
buck swimming the Arkansas more
than half mile off and failed to kill
him. He shot vote at Weaver,
who was further off than that, and it
is the only way to account for a dere-
LECTION of this sort. A supper fit for
the gods and grateful in the extreme
to tired and hungry hunters.
Saturday, Nov. 19.-To-day Ken
lucky and Arkansas divided, and
while Kentucky hunted deer Arkan-
sas went for bear. We hunted the
same ground as yesterday and with
the same result. Jumped few deer
but no one got shot. The bear
hunters went to the cane on Redferk
bayou, and Powers splendid dogs
soon had up large she bear and two
cubs. They divided and one dog
followed the old bear, and the rest,
with the "scatter gang" which Var
ner had loosed, gave chase to the
cub, He was frightened and struck
off through the open woods for
Child's cane, three miles distant.
They had splendid chase with dogs
in full cry and men in hot pursuit.
In Child's cane they pushed him up
a large tree, where Squire Jones
found him and sent ball from his
unerring Winchester through him.
In the meantime the old she bear
had turned on the dog in pursuit of
her and rendered him hors du combat
by biting him through and through
Powers brought HIM to camp and he
is being cared for tenderly, but the
chances for life are against him.
Sunday, Nov. 20.-It is Sunday,
and beautiful and bright beyond de.
scription. My memory of our Sun
days in Arkansas camps, and they
are many, is that they have always
been unusually bright. Man may
forget this hcly day here. Our
Father never does, but always has
smiling benediction for its men,
ory.
Some of the men are hunting in
quiet way, and Others are engaged in
vain attempt to improve some
what their lack of personal pulcri-
tude. The sun is shining brightly,
but not warm, for the air is keen and
bracing. Our lake is not Como, and
Burke's boat lacks the tout ensemble Of
gondola, but the sky abOve-and
there is none other--is of a deep
liquid, italian blue, and the men
with their unkempt looks and I'M
shaven faces could fill the coat as
Italian bandits. 1t would be worth
the price of admission to see one of
these fierce and unshaved fellows
say the silent hunter, VIM. West
march across the theatre stage, as,
sumo a high tragic pose and shout:
"Ha! will marry the dukes daugh
ter, or I'll have b lood, blood"
Monday, Nov. 21-It is pouring
rain this morning, but about 10
o'clock, in spite of the rain, Capt
White and some of the men go to
the woods. Start several deer, and
had some fine chases, but no one had
a shot except Warner, who shot twice
at fawn, but his horse was unruly,
which caused him to miss, for he is q
deadly shot. The boys who re.
mained in the camp killed some
squirrels and ducks, and Pendleton
killed large crane, four hundred
yards with his Winchester.
The wagon from Watson is here
and we are going to start for home
in the morning. Hart has a live
young fawn to carry to his Kentucky
home
Tuesday morning we are up soon, ,fol
visions of home gladden. our eyes
The tents are down, wagon loaded
and II m. finds us on the banks o
the great river anxiously awaiting
the Kate's coming. The Kate doe
not come until nearly six O'Clock
and The boys pass the time in con
suming the remains Of our Tennes
see coin juice, and shooting at passing
geese. They made better progress il