The Crockett almanac : containing sprees and scrapes in the West; life and manners in the backwoods, and exploits and adventures on the praries . ee a young bear, about three months old, which he encountered in thewoods. Mr- II. was entirely alone, and without any weapons, except a small knife : howev-er, taking the lines from his harness, and ascending the tree to the height of sixty or seventyfeet, he there attempted to capture Mr. Bruin, who stood his ground like a soldier, for twohours Mr. Halden thought nothing of the old one, until his victim, too hotly pursnM, beganto call in loud screa
The Crockett almanac : containing sprees and scrapes in the West; life and manners in the backwoods, and exploits and adventures on the praries . ee a young bear, about three months old, which he encountered in thewoods. Mr- II. was entirely alone, and without any weapons, except a small knife : howev-er, taking the lines from his harness, and ascending the tree to the height of sixty or seventyfeet, he there attempted to capture Mr. Bruin, who stood his ground like a soldier, for twohours Mr. Halden thought nothing of the old one, until his victim, too hotly pursnM, beganto call in loud screams for assistance. He then felt himself in a situation that would havemade the blood of a Crockett run cold; but he kept to work with a crotched stick that behad cut for the purpose, until he succeeded in getting a noose around the fellows neck, and,after several severe struggles to unwind the lines from the limbs which the bear would runaround, he finally dragged his bearship down, and placed him in his gig, a seat in which herefused to its owner, for some time. Mr. H. afterwards presented the bear to the editor of| the Grand River [1842, AUGUST. 31 Days. T 8UN ftlSES AND SETS, 8 J .I,?;i *= 2>gH 5 MOON RISES AND SETS. 1 1
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