settle the matter at once, so raised his Springfield rifle, 
carried always in these wilds, and shot the beast in the fully 
exposed chest. The bullet, his last cartridge it happened, 
must hare gone directly to his heart for he was dead in a 
moment. When the story was told in camp the boys volunteered 
to go bach wi th Holmes to the log and skin the bear.” The only, 
note regarding the adventure found in my report of the day's 
doings was "my bear skin is a beauty.” 
****** .*• Jf jr .... Jf. :-r X -7 4 * * 
Typewritten 54 years after. 
Mr. Chittenden visited Washington again during the 
holiday season cf 2928 and added to the above story a most in- 
te resting incident. - 
One of the young men ‘ho had joined the bear skinning 
party borrowed Chittenden* s silver mounted pistol which was in- 
scribed with his own name , thinking it might possibly be needed in 
the deep woods « While the bear skinning went ' on he laid the 
| pistol on a bi ; log and forgot it and it remained there for a long 
period. Years later it was found by a hunter in the wilds who 
i gave his attention to the task of finding the owner. In 1927 
or 28 he finally located Chittenden and the return of the weapon 
was in process during the present holiday season (1929) 54 years 
