Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1908-01-02

TAIN, III ttu years, ne Is stNcut,
eight years old and looks as younG
as the men do in the East at forty
five or fifty. ate my first beai
steak tonight and it is sure fine.
He has two large deer in his camp
and says he has eaten no kind OF
meat only wild game In twenty years.
We will go into the mountains
here to do our hunting. There are
lots OF Indians around here and any
where Indians hunt are good hunting
grounds.
Eighth day. After staying all
night with the old prospector he con.
cluded to 90 with US hunting and we
were glad TO hrve him for our guide
We left our wagon at his camp and
he let US have burros and pack sad
dies as the road was so rough that
we could not travel in our wagon.
There is no road only trails, so We
loaded our beds and cooking outfit
and started. We only had two bur
ros and each of them were carrying
about 500 pounds aud we started up
Red River canyon. The first three
miles We had very good trail to
travel, but the next ten miles We
had no trail at all. We went through
timber and over rocks that would
make a rabbit stop and think how to
get through. We travelled about
thirteen miles today close to the top
of the mountains. 1t is showing
here now. We did not stop to get
any dinner as We came up and We
have just got dinner over and the
boys and old man have gone out
hunting, but l am nearly give out.
| think | can rest now. | think We
will be camped here several days as
bears, deer and elks are plentiful.
Ninth day. | got up this morn
ing and my bed was covered two feet
deep with snow and it made me feel
like lying in bed all day rather than
get out in the snow and build a FIRE
So after breakfast We started out to
see which could get the first deer.
The old man and | went together.
We had not gone far until We came
to two large bear tracks, so we kept
them until they separated,
then he took one track and the
other. | had not gone far until
heard two shots fred and | supposed
be had got the one he was after, so
| kept on after the other, be only
went about a mile and went in the
cool in the side OF the mountain.
Then | started to the old man to
help him in camp with his bear. |
had a hard time in finding him.
When | found him he was lying
,peechless in the snow with blood all
over his face. In about two hours |
had him on his feet and so be could
talk. He said the first shot he fred I
broke the bears shoulder and the
second broke his lower jaw and by
hat time the bear hit him with his
'front.' foot and knocked HIM down and |
tried to bite him, but his jaw being
broken he could not hurt him, then
The bear struck him and he did not
know anything more until | got him
up. The bears jaw being broken
saved his life. We then started on
he bears track and followed it to
The same cool the other one went into. |
Tenth day. We all left camp
early today as it was the second day |
after the snow. Bears most always
wait until the second day after the
snow to travel. There are three
kinds Of bears in Colorado and New
Mexico, the black, brown and the !
gray. The gray bear is the largest
Of all. We have seen most all kinds
of game in Colorado and New Next
20 on this hunt and killed lots of it.
only saw one mountain sheen as |