154 F O R T Y - F O n R YEARS OF 



CHAPTER VI. 



TisitR the Camp — Exciting time with Wolves— Kills one — Kills a Bear at the Hol« 

 — Buys fifty acres of Land, all in forest — In the mean time, parents and four 

 children live in a house ten by twelve feet— Mahe Sugar from the Maple — Mary 

 has a Paralytic Stroke — Gloomy prospect — House to be built, ground to be 

 cleared, and Mary's case pronounced hope'; ss — Colonel Lynn calls to see them — 

 Through his kind aid, Mary is restored to health — Noble act of generosity by 

 Colonel Lynn to an enemy — Sets a Bear-Trap — Soon catches two Bears — has a 

 severe attack of Rheumatism, lasting three months — On recovering, is off after a 

 very large Bear — After a desperate fight, kills him — Had to camp out — Found a 

 Bear in the rocks — Smoked him out, and killed him — Hunts with four hunters 

 in the Olades — Makes a bet to kill two Deer — Decoys a Deer— Kills five Deer, and 

 wins the bet. 



The hunting season being over, and the bears having 

 retired to their holes, Mr. William Hoye proposed that we 

 should go the Big Gap and rout some of them out. Ac- 

 cordingly, we sat out for the rocks, but got no farther 

 than the house which had been put up for the preacher. 

 It was called Wirsing's house ; but he was afraid to oc- 

 cupy it, on account of so many wild beasts being in the 

 neighborhood. Being a fine place for hunters to sleep in, 

 we took our things inside and made a fire, around which 

 we seated ourselves — the night being cold. 



Just as it was getting dusk, a wolf howled very near 

 the house. I told Hoye to keep all the dogs in, and I 

 would go and have a shot at him. I had gone but a short 

 distance from the house when all the dogs came after me 

 at full speed, passed me, and jumped at the wolves ; though 

 not one, except my old dog, would fight. Almost imme- 

 diately, five worthless dogs came running back for life, 

 with six wolves in full chase after them. One old one ran 



