The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-10-20
jim CLARK'S BEAR HUNT,
EXCITING CHASE THROUGH,CANE-
BRAKE, BRIARS AND MUD.
Mr.. Clark Tells of the HINT in a Blake
~ Paper, and it Sounds Like a
Story From WOolly West.

bear hunt is from the Southern Pit
Games, published at Blakely. The ar.
ticle was dated from Dawson and was
signed by Mr.. Jim Clark:
On the evening Of July 27th. Mr..
George BreedlOye (knoWn in our camps
as Happy and started from my house
with our pack, armed and equipped
for the fray. | had Lily, Flag, Romeo
and Juliet, Tempest and Stormer:
Happy carried Ola Ned, Young Ned
and Dave, nine of as good dogs as ever
split the wind. About II O'Clock at
night we arrived at the camp ground
and stopped at the house of a negro
who stands 6-6 in his bare feet. and
the best WOodsman IN the country. He
was known among Us as Sam Satan.
Early on the morning of the 2Sth we
sent Sam around the corn fields to hunt
for signs. He was soon back and re-
ported seven bear IN one bunch and
two In another. As we were expecting
Others to join US, Happy and went to
large cane pond to try our luck. We
soon found track and in about haitian
hOurhad the bear up and going. Happy
shot hlm on the rise, and then the
fun began. The bear ran in circle of
about one hundred yards in diameter.
After two hours race Happy swore
he would kill that bear, and into one
of his circles he went, and it was not
long before he fired both barrels again.
then dubbed his gun and made a rush,
The bear had Happy's favOnte dog.
Dave, IN his arms and it would have
been the last OF Dave in spite OF Hap
Ply beating the bear with his gun but
Tor the appearance Of Sam Satan, who
came bounding across the pond with
the speed Of grey hound and pIung-
ed long, keen knife into the bears
throat, which caused him to drop the
dog then with a we'll directed stroke of
the knife Sam finished Mr.. Bruin. We
went to camp, dressed the bear and had
lot Of fine steak cooked and were
getting ready for dinner when DR.. W.
+. Lundy, his son Frank, Captain John
Seay, Charles Lewis and young Reuben
GEESE, called Reckless Rube," drove
up. They had with them the doctors
celebrated dogs, Pomp, Cl1y, Carrie.
Spot, Brisco, Randolph and Buckner.
We showed them what we had done.
and there was great rejoicing. After
dinner we smoked and drank ice wa
ter, and those who wanted something
stronger took it. We had plenty OF
meat and bread, WatermelOns. peaches
ETC., so we lay around camp all the
evening. ate, drank and told yarns.
The next morning we decided to
drive" Potash, terrible thicket and
swamp. sam Satan placed the men on
stands. ] carried DR.. Lundy in path.
When we got to a stand | had known
for years | stopped, and the doctor
went on to the drive When he had
gone about 300 yards Pomp struck a
trail, and IN less than a minute the
whole pack were in. They trailed
about one quarter of mile and Jump
ed due west Of my stand: then ran
south one half mile and turned, and
were coming straight to me when a
- puppy dropped in and turned the bear
about fifty yards que west. He then
took a bee line for the first stand that
was filled by Reckless Rube, and Rube
let him have i with both barrels. On
they went up big slough Of water.
through canebreaks and mud. AS soon
/ could blow the doctor out of the
thcket | mounted Black Sam and put
out after the dogs across corn and cot
ton fields. When | had gone three and
a half miles | heard a tremendous
paying OF the dogs and thought the
yelling Of at least twenty men. II
seemed to me that all the plantation
negroes had Joined the hunt; but wher
hltched my horse and vent to then
found Frank Lundy, Happy, Sam Sa
tan and BeCkless Rube. Rube was sit
ting on the bear, the dirtest and Wors
scratched up boy | ever saw. He haC
followed the dogs through cane-Drake
brIars, and mud and water for three
miles, and when he fired the last shot
that killed the bear he was one hun
dred yards ahead of Sam Satan and
mile ahead of the others in a tremend
Gus Cane-brake. When we cleaned tn,
bear he weighed 297 pounds with hi
feet and head off.
That was plenty of bear for oul
hunt, and as it was against the law &c
XIII deer this season Of the year tn,
Boys amused themselves shooting wa
tertowls the balance of the day. Mex
morning they killed six alligator
from twelve to fourteen feet in length
Ihen came in and had a fine dinner O
pear meat and fish that the doctor haC
caught while the boys were shooting
gators.
We left for home at 3 o'clock. ever,
one Of us proud of Happy and Reckless
huoe. They were the happiest boys
A Valuable Prescription.
Ed,,or Morrison, of Worthington, Ind.