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Told by the Pioneers to a thicket of salmon berries and salal, the rendezvous of the black bear at that time of y~ar. Kno\ving the country well, we took our stand on the leaward SIde of the thicket, so our scent would not warn the bears of our presence. A bear depends more upon scent than evesight to warn them of danger. We hadn't been there 10nO' when Fr~nk asked, "what is that black spot I see through those fer~s·! I believe it's a bear." Approaching the place cautiously, we soon learned that it was a bear, standing on an old half-rotten log, digging out ants, of which they are very fond. We could not see all of the bear's body, owing to the brush, yet he was sufficiently visible to permit us to be sure of his identity, so we shot. He disappeared in the thicket. It is always dangerous to followed a crippled bear into brush, so we cautiously went to the place we had last seen him, and found evidence of our marksmanship. The bear was making his way to a little bunch of dense brush, probably 100 feet in diameter, and about 100 yards distant. vVe didn't follow him, but went round, watching his course by the motion of the brush. We were traveling probably five or six feet above the ground on windfall timber. Mr. Bear made it to the clump and left us puzzled as to how to g'et him out, as we didn't know just how badly he was injured. 'Ve cautiously advanced, Frank on one side, and myself on the other. Finally I came to an old log about five feet in diameter and 150 feet long, which had stood nearly in the center of the clump of brush. Seeing the log led directly to the stump, near which we had last seen indications of the bear, I called to Frank and informed him I was going up the log and try to locate the bear, I proceeded toward the stump. I couldn't see any sign of the bear, so I jumped back on the log and pulled loose some pieces of bark, then, climbing the stump again, I began throwing the bark at likely places in which the bear mig'ht be hiding. Sure enough, out he came to the stump, and as I had to hang onto the stump with one hand, it left me in an awkward position, trying to handle the gun wtih the other, so my marksmanship was faulty. By this time it looked as though the bear would succeed in trying to climb up, so I hopped back on the log and to my surprise found that in tearing loose the bark to throw at the bear, I had uncovered a yellow jacket's nest, and it was up to me to decide immediately which was worse, a wounded bear or these vicious little insects. My call for help was answered b~- Frank, who had worked up a hemlock tree to a position to get a shot at the hear. I still don't know what I should ha,-e done bad I been alone. 165
Told by the Pioneers MRS. TV. C. GRAY From Her Autobiography and Other Papers, Written By Her During Her Long Residence in Spokane. Spokane County .31y maiden name was Clara Foster Smiley. ):ly parents were J ohnson Foster Smiley and Sarah Ann Smiley. I was born at Benton, Maine, January 20 1854. On September 20, of that year, father sailed from New York for California via the isthmus, which he crossed on mule back. Father remained in California and engaged in a general merchandising business at Indian Valley in Sierra County in partnership with George Dinsmore of China, Maine. In September, 1862, my mother, with my older brother and m:'self, sailed from New York to join father in that little Yuba river mining town. ,Ve crossed the isthmus by the narrow guage railroad that had just been completed. About a year after we arrived father sold out his store and we moved to .3[arysville, where he again engaged in business. I grew up at Marysville and on October 23, 1872 married W. C. Gray. \Ve immediately went to Redding, where Mr. Gray had the previous year built and was then operating the Redding hotel. In 1874, Mr. Grav sold the hotel and entered the service of the Southern Pacific • railroad as a construction superintendent on the line between Oakland and Martinez. I was with him on all this work and was employed by the company as his clerk and telegraph operator. r isited Falls in 1878 vVe had heard a great deal about vVashington territory from friends who had gone there, and in August, 1878, 1\1r. Gray decided to go and see for himself what this country looked like. While he was gone, I stayed in Oakland. Mr. Gray, after making two trips to Spokane Falls, finally decided to buy a lot and build a hotel here. Returning to Walla Walla, he telegraphed for me to come and on the last day of September I arrived at ·Walla \Valla with my two brothers, whom we had taken into our home when mother died. From ,Vallula to Walla vValla we traveled by Dr. Baker's strapiron railroad. The passenger ca I' was a sort of box car with benches along the side and was a tough-looking outfit. A couple of days were "pent in purchasing supplies at ,Valla ,Valla and on the morning of October 2, 1878, we set out for Spokane Falls with two covered wagons, a light Olle carrying the family and a big 166
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Logging in Mason County Told by the
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INDEX Benton, 149 Benton, Maine, 16
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INDEX Cold Spring Canyon, 13 Colfax
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INDEX Engle, A. W., Mrs., 51 Engle,
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INDEX Hays, Logan, 82 Hearn, Lamber
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INDEX Ketchikan, Alaska, 127 Kimbal
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INDEX Montgomery, William (Bill), 1
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