The Crockett almanac : containing sprees and scrapes in the West; life and manners in the backwoods, and exploits and adventures on the praries . the flying and infuriated beasts -tiie.; tJ Vake both earth and air shake around them ; the chase was formany hours of the most desperate and hazardous character. The w^ay ledover rocks and deep ravines, through long and tangled grass, which wasoccasionally set on fire by the velocity and force with which the plunginganimals struck the earth with their hoofs. At last, after rallying severaltimes for resistance, and being hotly pressed on all sides, a
The Crockett almanac : containing sprees and scrapes in the West; life and manners in the backwoods, and exploits and adventures on the praries . the flying and infuriated beasts -tiie.; tJ Vake both earth and air shake around them ; the chase was formany hours of the most desperate and hazardous character. The w^ay ledover rocks and deep ravines, through long and tangled grass, which wasoccasionally set on fire by the velocity and force with which the plunginganimals struck the earth with their hoofs. At last, after rallying severaltimes for resistance, and being hotly pressed on all sides, and frequentlywounded, the buffalos v/ere observed to herd closely together, and dart for-ward in a straight line. The chase was now swift, noiseless, and a short time the animals disappeared, and the horsemen spurred furi-ously onMard, excited by the disappointment, only to precipitate the fore-most of them over a steep declivity, into a grave of rushing waters. Thebuffalos, finding no other means of escape, had purposely led their pur-suers to the edge of a lofty cliff, whence they leaped into the foamingtorrent. WHALER THE GREAT BULL BEAR TREED BY ONE OF COL. FREMONTS BAND,ASSISTED BY AN INDIAN. , Whaier Bill, of Mavblehead, whose name is well known about thatplace, and at New Bedford, quit the whale service, and became one of themost intrepid of Colonel Fremonts band. Bears were his particular sport,from his having frequently encountered them in the^porthern whale fishe-ries; but he almost encountered his match while crossing the Big rowing along the beautiful Pyramid Lake, accompanied by a fa-vourite Indian, he heard a commotion in the water, which he said wasnoise enough for a grampus, and following in the direction to the shore,his eye fell upon a huge bear, which was in the act of ascending a sprang out of the boat with his gun uplifted, rushed through the water,half blinded by the spray, and was just in the act of cocking his piece
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