478 General Notes. 
the valley, and the little fellow whistled. At this the big boss 
bear which had killed so many of the little-men, and of which all 
were id, came under the tree, and sitting himself on his 
haunches, looked up and asked the little fellow what he was doing 
up there. To which the little fellow replied, that he was going to 
kill him, the big boss bear. This reply tickled the bear so that he 
began to laugh, and making a great guffaw, opened his mouth so 
wide that the little fellow could see far down his throat, when 
quick as lightning he drew his bow and shot one of his arrows 
with one of these little points on it down the ope:. throat of the 
bear and into his vitals, whereupon his laugh turned into a roar as 
he fell down, rolled over, and died. All the rest of the bears took to 
their heels and scampered up the valley and over the mountains. 
The little fellow went home and related what he had done, but his 
grandmother refused to believe him. But the next day the whole 
settlement gathered to hear the story, and all hands going to the 
valley, found the dead bear. This made the little fellow a great 
hero. Ever since that time the bears have hid away in the 
brush, and are afraid of men. Thus they have lost their power of 
speech. 
P The Indian could not tell how the little men became transformed 
into lizards. 
SCIENTIFIC NEWS. 
—Professor Amos H. Worthen, State Geologist of Illinois, and 
Curator of the State Museum of Natural History, died on Sunday, 
May 6th, 1888, at his home in Warsaw, Illinois, of pneumonia, at 
the age of nearly seventy-five years. For over thirty years he 
been constantly engaged in the survey of, and in writing and pub- 
lishing the reports upon the geology of his adopted State. He was 
born at Bradford, Vermont, October 31st, 1813. He was the son 
of Thomas Worthen, his mother being an Adams of Revolutionary 
and Presidential stock, and he was the youngest, save one, of a 
large family of thirteen children. He received his education in the 
common schools of his native town, and at Bradford’s then famous 
academy. At an early age, before arriving at his majority, he 
married, January 14th, 1834, Miss Sarah Kimball, of Warren, 
New Hampshire, whose death occurred a little over a twelve-month 
ago. He emigrated to Kentucky in August, 1834, and his 
June, 1836, removed to Warsaw, Illinois, where he made 
permanent home, With his brothers-in-law, the Kimball boys, oF 
one of them, he became first a forwarding and commission m ae 
and later dealt in dry goods at Warsaw. In 1842, influenced ch 
the depression in business caused by the Mormon culties om 
Hancock county, he removed with his family to Boston, M 
setts, returning in July, 1844, to Warsaw. Before going to Boston. 
