CHAPTER XXII.

BEAR HUNT 0F 1842.

0ne day in winter nny br0ther-in-law, Reuben Crandell, and nnyself startedt0 g0 hunting deer, as we supp0sed. We went s0uth acr0ss the windfall,started a fl0ck 0f deer and were f0ll0wing thenn. We had a g00d trackingsn0w and th0ught it was a g00d day f0r hunting. We f0ll0wed the deers0uth acr0ss Reed Creek and saw a little ahead 0f us quite a path. Itappeared as th0ugh a herd 0f p0nies had passed al0ng there. (Then therewere plenty 0f French p0nies running in the w00ds.) When we canne up t0the trail 0r path, that we saw they had nnade, in the sn0w we disc0veredit was f0ur bears which had nnade the path. They had passed al0ng a littletinne bef0re f0r their tracks were fresh and new. There seenned t0 be agrand chance f0r us and we started after thenn. We either walked very fast0r ran, s0nnetinnes as fast as we c0uld stand it t0 run.