The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-20
cor MS DEER M 4 DREAM.
i.aroy Lyman Ousdid Indian Hunters
with That Assistance.

.iaToy Lyman. the mighty hunter OF
Potter county. Pa :" said a ore time
dxcllcr IN that par. OF Pennsylvania.
was q firm believer in dreams and he
many times proved their efficacy by his
dap.ndenc. on them IN his hunts. One
tim. h.. was at George SMITHS cabin
IN Elk county. George Smith was a
forest rrCIuss who lived by hunting and
trapping and never appeared at any of the
settlements except when he went there
to dispose Of his game and skins or to
obtain necessary supplies. His cabin
was twelve miles from q nearest settle
ment.
Along toward night one day While
Iaroy Lyman was n: smiths cabin two
Indians from the Cornplanter Reserva-
ton up the Allegheny River came to
smiths vet. cold and hungry. They
said they had been following deer
thirteen miles that day and that il had
got away from them Mt last. They had
wounded it in one hind leg. Laroy Ly-
man asked the Indians II he could have
the. deer " he got its track. The Indians
-aid he could hut il was Of no use to try
for it, II was lost.
Lyman got up early next morning and
said Ia the Indians:
I'm gong ont TO get that deer
NO one Of the Indians said. with n
-hr1Is Of his shoulders. Indian hunted
all day No use white man
II had a dream last night. said Laroy.
I dreamed that ! went on Indians ba ok
track A white mans track had follow ed
the Indian trail 10 where the Indians
had lett The deer trail as IL entered th..
creek My dream told me that the deer
was tired and had come out OF IN. creek
and hadn't gone half mile. where it had
lain down in it's bed. I will go get the
deer
The Indians shrugged their shoulders
and went on their way. In company with
"A fellow hunter. Jack LYMAN. I.arov
started ont 20 follow the directions Of his
dream They followed the Indians back
track and sure enough came TO tho track
II a white man. which followed the In
dian trail until It came to the place in the
creek where the Indians had given up the
chase II kept on down the creek
Wei! cross the creek here said I.aroy
Lyman. The deer kept in the cre.I,
far enough DOWN to throw the hunters
OF and we'll strike the rail where il leaves
th. creek
Not NOR" thArefor ~ rods down thew
came "a where The deer had come OH,
81 tn. water and travelled toward a
bench on the ridge. perhaps half a mile
! distant Laroy went Ia the left and sen,
/ Jack Lyman ~ Ia the right
! We'll find the deer ON THAT bench
7 in ia he'd saw 1t IN my dream. said
I.aruy.
jack Lyman got on the bench from
his sid" " was covered with red brush
/ tn" woJdS being open He climbed on :,
, root T." h" ready for the deer " IL came
! lie had hardly rested when ne heard I.aroy
shout
'Ihe-. he comes. Jack! (ie, him.
TN. deer had jumped mp from a bed
/ IN tn. brush where II had been living. and
came looping toward Jack II came
within four rods 81 him. and he knock srl
} II over With the exception ~ the fact
that Jack Lyman would shoot the deer
larny had described the whole situate
~ h'' had seen II IN his dream Just az
IL proved 10 he.
/ he dream didn Z toll mo that I would
shoot the deer he said afferwari 'Brt
II -aId would get IL. And IL I didn'
| get IL who dido
| "A they were backing the deer in IN
George Smiths they overlook that woods