The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-08-28
OH1o,s GREA TEST BEAR FIGHT.
Its Last Survivor ~Dead-Story of the ExcIt
ing Combat as He Told 1t.

It's Last survivor D~ead-Story of tho Excit
ing Combat as He Told 1t.
The last survivor Of the greatest bear fght
that overlook place in the State Of Ohio died {
few days ago in Wayne county. Ind" said
George Burton OF the Deer Creek country, Ohio
That man was Franklin Pancake and he must
have been 90 years old. There isn't a bear left in
the State oLOhic. but within the recollection OF
this old hunter there was plenty Of them, and
the hunters hunted them on horseback with
big packs Of dogs. l have heard Pancake tell
the story of what he called the great hunt many
and many a time.
1T was in Fayette county. He and Jesse
Funk and his brother Isaac were boys to-
them 4, / and their nineteen dogs 2 long and ex-
was In a mound Of prairie grass six feet high.
Isaac, Funk was a daredevil OF a young chap,
t ana Is t iSS besr,s his nsst e0f Out at tum a bSeIIq he fbis s6f
and three cubs The pack OF dogs pitched into
t oId b bear ia family IIiyo and In less than a minute the
she was a terror old man Pancake used
be IGA1sYE he'd &q a6S g Up the rs, ddGg r. She tSdg got aa her cubs cubs
her waiting long. He charged Straight upon
her with > BE horse. KNOCKING her over and
as a flash. though, and before Ike's horse got
out OF the way she had him, by. the fetlock
lf 1hhatb wIte hsp b1Sd t and tore b hsli Ibis his leg "a,
ground almost within reach of the angry bear.
The horse scrambled up and tore away over
would have killed him before the other two
Bull This dog had been badly whipped
5P PA me Eo hear "a and; with The others that were left.
astrous attack: But, when Bull saw his master
az dhe mercy Of the bear he jumped, upon her
S Sefv g nnDIss t her b., the tt throat ot' which proved
he was himself, concerned. He should have
grabbed msatee he her in IT. the rear His attack ss@yed his
tore him In tvs, with one, sweep Of her paw.
and mdTEh aitsha had all occurred IN less than a minute.
dashed their horses against her and tn anIbdis
r "sr S ' i Rers Shs " fh asd i f%is ssl1re the see 6eST
10 %, dhisSouragG the bear, and she climbed tho
S S5I2 OF a haSkbeTry tree which stood near, The
nlnt-lock, musket that had done duty in the
var EarE Pf 1 nslis.d and a small tomahawk that jesse
Jesse tried t0 shoot her. but the flint in the gun
wouldn't strike FIRE. Pancake rode up along
ianeake's shonlder. got a bead on tho bear, and
touched OF the printing powder in the pan with
gun kicked Jesse OF his horse and tumblee.d the
pear out OF the tree at the same time.
10 saw Was Re.s stone fe6 deaf three days Pancake used
gun "Je saSs PF yn hea was HpRSrstGs' ~, ,,a,am
the kick Of the gun, Isaac Funk and PAN
cake put IL back in place again and Jesse re-
his horse. The bear law on tn,
E FnnE m GleklnG and bowling ifrlghtfuly, ike
and pitched into her again. She cot ~
neG t h and rushed Ike down once more and
nm ionl when Jesse and Pancake ran their
tept hold of the gun. The bear rose mp
ieainst him, and his horse, set both OF her
IN the horses neck, and made a grab AT
lesse's leg with her jaws, AS She did so Jesse
ahmed the gun barrel down her throat, and
Iapbed her In tho neck with his knife'
The dogs by this time plucked up conraTe
'nough TO tnke part In the fight again, and he
With the gun, and Pancake with the knife thew
hue SeS cSbs a, n Killing the bear They captured
,hased by u pacl; OF wolves. which folloNweG
nom to the very dooryard OF the Funk farm"