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CHAPTER IV. 



8«llt hig Rifle to procure a Cow — Procures another, and takes a Bear Hunt — Kills 

 one after a desperate Fight, and stabbing him several times — Author and Mary 

 go for Chesnuts — Dogs start a Bear — Whipped by Dogs, and is shot in a Tree — 

 Hunting for a Colt, finds a very large Bear Trark — Pursues him and kills him 



— Another Hunt — Kills a fine Bear after an exciting Chase — Kills a large Buck 



— Another Hunt, and kills two Bucks — Takes a Hunt on Negro Mountain — 

 Kills a small Buck and a Bear — Hunting Season ended — In February took the 

 Dogs to have a Fox Chase — Finds a Wolf Track — Pursues and kills him — Scalp 

 worth eight dollars premium — False Claimant for his little Property — But, 

 fearing a law-suit, gives it up — Removes to the Glades — Settles in an old Cabin, 

 partly torn down by Hunters — Finds a Rattlesnake in the House — Another 

 found near the House — Mary goes for Water to the Spring, and starts five 

 Wolves — Beautiful Appearance of the Glades — Watches a Deer lick — But kills 

 a Bear — Repairs Cabin — Mary and Sister Jane go Trout fishing — Kills a Bear 

 on the Way — Serious Accident — Col. John Lynn — His noble Character — Wm. 

 Hoye and James Drane, kind neighbors — Goes Hunting and kills two Deer 

 before Breakfast — Hunts again, and is lost in the Woods — Made a fire, and laid 

 between two Logs — Snowing and hailing all Night — Kills a Be.ir next morning 



— Joke about a deviled Turkey — Starts for Camp to hunt — Kills a Bear, but 

 had to sleep in the Woods — Hunts with Hugh McMullen — Dogs tree a Bear — 

 Comes down the Tree, and is killed with the Knife while fighting the Dogs — 

 One of the Dogs crippled — Kills nine Wild Turkeys in an hour or two — Findg 

 Game in the Rocks, supposed a Bear — Sends Dog in the Den, and out bounds a 

 Panther — Threatens an attack, but is killed — Nest day kills a fine Buck — Goes 

 after Coons, but starts a Bear and kills him — Kan a Bear near to Col. Lynn's, 

 •ud killed him in presence of Gen. Lee, a Revolutionary Officer — Kills a Buck 

 asleep — Mode of packing Bear on a Horse — Desperate Fight with Bear and Cubs 



— Killed two — Same Hunt killed two mo-e — Wolf kills a Heifer — Kills the 

 Wolf — Scalp and Skin worth two Calves — Kills a Bear on a Hog — Hunts on • 

 W»ger — Killed three Bears, one Buck, and two Turkeys. 



After several days had passed, without our being able 

 to obtain any milk or butter, except what our two old 

 mothers would send us occasionally, I remembered that 

 there was m the neighborhood a man who had long wanted 

 my rifle ; and although I disliked to part with it, yet as 

 necessity compelled me to do so, I sent him word that I 

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