The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-01-24
SOME PIONEER HISTORY
Front II. Haymonds History Of Harrison County, W. Va.

! fork, j saw some deer, landed and pro-
ceeded after them. Coburn shot a ibuf-
falo on the bank. The dogs jumped
out OF the canoe and ran the buffalo
down the river, and stopped opposite
to me, but i still kept down the river
and left Coburn to kill him which he
did. He was a very large bull We
landed at the mouth OF the West fork
where we barbecret bean. meat, &C.,
and then proceeded down said river.
About mile below The mouth OF
Spring creek we saw deer standing
near the river. Cobufn landed to
shoot 1t, when about half up the bank
we heard a gun up Spring creek Said
Coburn, Shall l shoot? ?" AT that time
the deer ran. We heard dogs bark
and then though it white man,
though with some doubts. We started
and got near where the gun was fired
and ilailooed, and the man answered,
and we went to him. He had killed
, O fine bear. He thought when he heard
US, or ! suppose he would have broke
ground. that 1t was his two compan-
ions who had left him twenty-sfx days
past, for Meals station. He had been
canped about three miles below
i Spring creek, had killed and jerked
some buffalo. We took his bear and
carried 1t or part OF 1t to our canoe
and started again, before we got to
his camp we found a fine canoe 'iodg-
ed on one side Of the bank, which we
launched and took with us.
| While there Launching the canoe,
Cobutn shot a large otter, the skim
OF which we afterwards sold for four
or five dollars. We stayed at his
camp that night consulting whether
to go up the river again to the mouth
OF the West Fork to hunt. But Co
burn, having a family, was opposed to
returning, and having so many dreams
suppose having once dreamed true,
thought he had done so again. SO We
gave 1t up. l am not aware that these
hunting trips will be Interesting to
you | write them merely TO show
how venturesome people were in
those days.
Yours &C., =
+ WILLIAM RAYMOND.
Letter No. 3. -.
Palatine Hill. Va, April 10, 1912.
Luther Raymond:
Sir:-In my last letter / think i
stated that our trip on Kanawha was
IN l791 1t am not certain whether
II was in that year or 1892, not Inn
portant- In my last letter we were
as far as Shepards' camp. shepard
was the name OF the man We found in
1.-THE woods, The next morning after
we got to his camp we loaded the
meat In our canoe, that is the one
we found We left our ffrst made
canoe and descended tiie river, had
not gone far before we met two men
going UP the river to hunt, each in
q separate canoe. Shepard went back
with them and Coburn and n,yseiI
proceeded down the river having first
exchanged otlr big canoe with one 81
them for less one. We landed al
I Meals Station safe with our load
Stayed there day or two and then
\ proceeded up the river to Marietta.
The river was very high and we had
I nafd days work TO get up not be,
Ing I'm the habit OF working. AT Mar
\ ietta we sold our skins, bear meat
&c, After staying several days al
I. Mrs. Wdlliams's we started home
When about six miles We. met Isaa1
Richards with about 10 or 90 mnen
going to be stationed at williams's and
Meals Stations. 2
I C0buin would turn back with them
I to Williams. This opposed, hui
/ yielded Back we went. StayeS
y three or four days and then started
I again. By this .time. our company mac
Increased to 10 or 10 men. an,ofS
i whom was. a Frenctman who coSiiS
asnot understand English. He Was moi
4 able to keep up and Richards hired
J,liim his horse to hide to CiarksbJry
4 where we arrived safe some Time