86 THE BLACK BEAR OF PENNSYLVANIA 



75 years ago, after his day's work was done, he 

 started clown the South side of the mountain. Be- 

 fore he had gone very far he saw a Mr. Bruin coming 

 his way. Mr. Fox hid behind a thick" tree and got 

 ready with his axe for an attack. Before the bear got 

 very near he smielled Mr. Fox, then he changed his 

 direction and made haste to get away. 



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Mr. George A. Unger, who is in 'his 54th year, has 

 his great-grand father's large bear trap. With its 

 double spring, double claw clamp catchers and the 

 tripple pointed hook, which drug and caught at roots, 

 to prevent the bear's rapid progress to get away after 

 caught. It is a cracker- jack. 



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I have bear teeth that were used by the Indians 

 as necklaces. Some have holes bored through and 

 others grooves cut around. It was said whenever an 

 Indian hunter killed a ferocious animal that he ran 

 the risk of losing his own life, he took one tooth out 

 of its mouth and placed it on Ihis neck as a token 

 of a brave 'hunter. These teeth and other rare relics 

 I found in Indian mounds and have them in my 

 private collection. 



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My father, B. F. Moyer, told a bear story, but I 

 am afraid I cannot recall it any more. Perhaps you 

 can put it together. 



