The Crockett almanac : containing sprees and scrapes in the West; life and manners in the backwoods, and exploits and adventures on the praries . coloured with the blood of the vanquished, l-,c ...,!.....-inquires of the inhabitants of the neighbourhood j . any iiner<, which may have occurred there, will be tolJ. .nc •., nolo i,\ -,.this ajphuscade, and will be shown the Bloody Run, a na^ie which thislittle stream has borne ever since. ENCOUNTER OF KIT CARSON WITH THE ROOT-DIGGERS. There is a tribe of Indians in Upper California, who live on the rootswhich they dig out of th
The Crockett almanac : containing sprees and scrapes in the West; life and manners in the backwoods, and exploits and adventures on the praries . coloured with the blood of the vanquished, l-,c ...,!.....-inquires of the inhabitants of the neighbourhood j . any iiner<, which may have occurred there, will be tolJ. .nc •., nolo i,\ -,.this ajphuscade, and will be shown the Bloody Run, a na^ie which thislittle stream has borne ever since. ENCOUNTER OF KIT CARSON WITH THE ROOT-DIGGERS. There is a tribe of Indians in Upper California, who live on the rootswhich they dig out of the earth, and any stray piece of carrion they maychance to find ; they are most wretched beings, going perfectly naked. Aparty of them once stole a valuable horse belonging to Kit Carson : he pur-sued them, and caught them in the act of eating i,t. He was so enraged,that he dashed in upon them, singly and alone, caught the ringleader, andliterally flayed him alive. The rest escaped as fast as they could. ^ iM,,,f-».^.»~M.| III ! ?Ill -11 ?-??? imiiMmMiiiwiim? iiiiiiwi fm^mm^mm THr^THUNDER BEAR OF CALIFORNIA DEVOURING A WOLF. ]. Among the many formidable wild beasts of California, there is one de-nominated by the Indians the Thunder Bear, from the terrific and sonorousgrowl with which, it is said, he shakes the forest for miles. In length andbreadth he equals the buffalo, while his strength and ferocity render himthe terror of the fiercest animals. An Indian hunter, in one of his excur-sions, was startled by a most hideous roar among the hills, which appearedto be the mingled cries of a whole herd of wolves, and which fairly shookthe earth around. The farther he proceeded, the more loud and violenttlie yfVls became, till in a few moments even his experienced sight wasarrested by a most terrific scene. The Thunder Bear had attacked ahuge she-wolf in her nest, while guarding her young, upon which, tis said,this beast delights to prey, and they were now in fierce contest for the
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