The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-06-03
IN AN UGLY TRAP.
while Chasing Deer II Hunter Find
Himself Walled In BY CIin.

Lawyer II. Z. Highton is the only
member OF the San Francisco bar, and
probably California, who goes regal
larly on camping and hunting trip
every year. He never spends less
than month and he often spends
two months in the woods His camp
Is always good one.
For over forty years--for he is one
OF the earliest of California pioneers
he has kept up this custom He
has hunted with Captain Bridger,
Jim Beckwith and the brother of
Kit Carson, and is well acquainted
with all the arts of the sportsman.
The distinguished lawyer, in his
handsome Office in the Mills build
ing, the other day, paused to recount
briefly an interesting and thrilling
experience in Northern California.
ut was in the summer of 1871" he
said. 81 had gone to II point some
sixty miles this SIDE OF lakcport,
where | had been hunting deer
had been pretty successful had got
two or three deer, and was feeling
pretty well. i wanted to get over
the mountains toward the geysers, SO
one morning set out
'In about an hour | had climbed
to height of about 1000 feet.
was young and strong and wentright
along. Finally came to the edge of
deep creek in the mountains. 1t
was exceedingly rough, with precipi-
tous sides, apparently fifteen or TWEEN
! ty feet down. ! carefully examined
the margin, but could find no place
where | could safely get to the creek
bed. AT length came to a peculiar
shelving rock, the nearest place to it.
1t was long distance down, however,
and the only way could get to the
bottom was by grasping the limbs OF
an overhauging tree.
Taking my Spencer rifle in one
hand and the limb of the tree in the
other, / let myself down and dropped
to the earth. Then got into deer
track and followed it, and soor
brought down the deer. saw con
siderable smaller game and got some
of that. BY this time it WAS growing
! Il
| the peculiar mountain basin Twas in.
ITO my surprise | could find nc
outlet ! was walled in every way.
| could find no paths. no trails,
| Everywhere / went the prccipitou,
cliffs shut me in | knew exactly
where / was, but could not get out
II concluded to make one more ut
tempt before nightfalL In climbing
cliff my feet slipped, and in bring
ing the stock of my gun down hare
to prevent my going over my ritl'
was discharged, striking me. in tn,
under part of the arm and cutting al
ugly hole. m
al bled fearfully The artery hat
been severed. As quickly as possibl,
| took out lot of ooiled silk hand
kerchiefs that hal accumulated il
my pockets, tore them into stri ps M,
bound up the wound as tightly as
could, Then | twisted up the bard
age with stick till il held the AFTER
firmly together. It was only in thi
way, rs the doctor told me artcrWarj
that escaped bleeding tOdcath
II had had nothing to cat, and q
| could not get ont llau 10 make
night of it. ] wandered about 20
three days and four nights Wur,
had gone out from Masons that wa
lost or dead, anu about 200 men Wer
out hunting for me. In desperation
j while this was being done. | fo!luwco
the track of Il grizzly bear that ha'
seen. thinking it might take me ont
! | climbed through the chcmisal AT
manzanita up rocky dcfiic. and va,
making my way slowly, when NJ
jumped the grizzly, with opcn mouth
and came toward me. ] stood for
moment, and then backed away Il
well as could till got out Of reach
Meantime a Canadian over on tn
other side of the mountains came il
on a trail that had been cut over tn
ridge. but not down the side. a gun
shot was heard. signaled t. him
and SO, after three days and fou
nights with no food, 1 finally got on
to the geysers. A big crowd ha'
gathered there, aud doctor ha'
been summoned from IIcaldsburg.
took hot bath, went Immediately t.
bed, and in a few days was all right
| had told the Canadian where IL
would find the deer had killed, an;
he and others went right To it anC
brought it out. had, also, when
was following the bear trucks, takci
my handkerchief. measured the grca
track and tied knot in ii tolt
the Canadian hunter about the griI
ely, and said if he would go up a
there no would find it, He did 81
and killed the bear, and his foot wa
exactly as large a indicated by m,
handkerchief, showing that it wa
the Same one from which had cs
caned.