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town of Jersey Shore and came across to Sugar Val- 

 ley. There the Nippenose crew gave up the chase to 

 Charley Engle, brother of John Engle, and' Sol. Leo- 

 pold, and they pursued the bear and took him through 

 White Deer Creek and across to Penn's Valley Nar- 

 rows. They found him sleeping 'behind a log, and 

 Charles Engle shot it. 



"The bear dressed 550 pounds, and was of -the black 

 species." 



***** 



"A man by the name of John Derr, of White Deer, 

 shot three bears in the White Deer Narrows east of 

 Carroll near the Lick Run Gap. They were coming 

 toward him and) were in a fighting mood, but this old- 

 time hunter ha'd a double barrel or swivel barrel gun 

 and he was equal to the occasion and he first dispatched 

 the large one, weighing 450 pounds, and that angered 

 the other two so much he had to climb a tree, which 

 he only did in the nick of time, as they were coming 

 for him, and from that position, after considerable 

 trouble in loading his gun, he shot the other two." 



Bear Stories by E. A. Schwenk 



Edgar Austin Schwenk, slayer of the famous Red 

 Bear, under date of February 5, 1921, says: 



"Your letter just came. In reply I am glad to give 

 you a brief account of my experience in bear hunting. 



