CAPTAIN JOHN MINTER, from Kentucky, one of the early 

 settlers in Radnor, and brother-in-law of Colonel Crawford, 

 who was burnt by the Indians, was, in his younger days, a 

 great hunter, and became famous for a terrible bear fight, in 

 which he came very near losing his life. When hunting 

 alone one day, he came across a very large bear and fired at 

 him. The bear fell, and reloading his gun, Minter advanced, 

 supposing him dead, and touched his nose with the muzzle 

 of his gun, when the bear instantly reared upon his hind legs 

 to seize him. Minter fired again, which increased his rage, 

 only inflicting a flesh wound, and then threw his hatchet at 

 him ; and as the bear sprang forward to grasp him, he struck 

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