The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1900-11-30

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arty, When they could SEQ ash t
they were very liberal aud would IN
every case p,int it out to one of our
party. 1t was growing late before
we heard the hounds but at last they
all c>me in bunch and the Wi on
dogs with thcm. Tney passed
through two stands, giving Ike
ISLANDERS the dodge, but when they
reached the stand occupied by F,aak
Coke, Jr., his eye was too keen for The
deer that had escaped many ISLANDERS,
as We were tCld by the Wilson boys,
and after three shots from the riff, Of
Frank Coke, Jr., the old doe. called
Light Foot" was carried to camp,
and after reaching camp we fonud
thSt one of the siauds that she hal
passed through had no stantcr IS
James Bryan becoming discouraged
ha left his stand going with Cu1uing
ham oud the Wilson boys t. make
the drive, while with them the hounds
scared wild turkeys to the trees and
James Bryan had killed one, yet this
was not all he had good luck in, cus.
ting the dogs off on a long leading
ridge aud killed q buck, this was for
tunste for Bryan but had deprived
some of the other stauders Of a sho,,
still they were all CAD that he had
succeeded in killing a deer. Alter
dinner Jack Mckissick left FIR 3
squirrel hunt and as the sun was siak
ing he returned with twenty three
squirrels, one pheasant and a wild
cat that he had shot from a very tall
spruce, pine or hemlock tree, this cat
had been following him all the af.er.
noon but did not get in reach of his
gun until it was growing late and get
Ting dark in the coves. 1 have often
heard that wild cats would jump from
trees on people and this leads roe 70
believe that this cat was trying 10
leap from tree to Jack McKissick.
Our Sunday breakfast was one OF
the incest that 1 have ever had the
pleasure of being seated at, we had
meats Of all descriptions and serveG:
il all styles, and after we had flashed
the party, including tho Wls9n boys,
headed by big Tom" took the trai!
which bears big Toms" name for
"Mitcaelps Peak" and the water falls
where Prof. Mitchell lost his life. We
reached the peak about one o'clock
and after we had eaten lunch that
bad been carried from camp, "Big
Tom" pointed out the different noun.
tains and points of interest and after
telling how he found the body of
Prof Mitchell aud many other wild
stories that actually took place, we
returned to camp, but while on our
way to camp we met runner stating
that child of one of the party was
very i'll, this of course called him
away, this naturally threw damper
over US all as he was jolly fellow
and added greatly to the merriment
of our party. The following night
was very quiet after the depal ture of
one Of Cur number, but after a nights
rest and we had onr breakfast wo
made another drive, the hounds had
run in two deer, one small buck went
10 the stand that had been taken by
Robert Blake and as he Is such a fac
shot it is useless for me to tell you
Only one shot was fired, but the other
was a six prong buck that had gone
below the standers to the river, where
our expert fisherman Fitzgerald was
sitting or the bank fishing, Fiiz gerald
Gu seeing the buck coming to him in
a deep pool he sprang on the deer's
back and taking his knife he soon bad
the deer's throat cut. l have seen
great deal OF hunting but this hunt
had gone beyond my expectation.
Tuesday morning the drivers start.
ed out but when they had reached
diatance Of three miles the bounds
took Il track and after an hour'8 run
brought bear to bay, bat while the
hounds we're nearly mile away and
in the roughs where the master of
hounds Cunningham could not get to
them, three of the finest hounds were
laying lifeleless being crushed to
death by this most powerful animal,
Cunningham followed Oh all day but
night fell and he never succeeded in
overtaking the bear. Wednesday
morning we we're all worn out and
left for Asheville.
While in the Black Mountains we
found the skeleton Of q man, woman
and dog, and further on we found
cave with images that looked as if
they had been placed there for some