Bears I Have Met - and Others

Bears I Have Met - and Others

By

0
(0 Reviews)
Bears I Have Met - and Others by Allen Kelly

Published:

1903

Downloads:

1,867

Share This

Bears I Have Met - and Others

By

0
(0 Reviews)
A number of "true" bear stories by a noted hunter, "accumulated and written during a quarter of a century of intermittent wanderings and hunting on the Pacific slope."

Book Excerpt

ine finally recovered, but he was shockingly disfigured for life. He afterwards told how he came upon the tracks of Broadus, and on reaching the spot where Broadus had received his death wound, he was suddenly attacked by a huge she-bear that was followed by two small cubs. The bear had evidently been severely wounded by Broadus and was in a terrible rage. She seized Jabine before he could turn to flee, and falling with her whole weight upon his body and chest, began biting his face. He soon lost consciousness from the pressure upon his chest, and remembered no more.

The poor fellow became a misanthrope, owing to his terrible disfigurement, and was finally found drowned in the river near Coloma.

In 1850 a number of miners were camped upon the spot where the little town of Todd's Valley now stands. Among them were three brothers named Gaylord, who had just arrived from Illinois. These young men used to help out the proceeds of their claim by an occasional hunt, taking their venison down to the ri