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Sam person

born: [1891-01-01,1892-01-01)died/dissolved: [1891-01-01,1892-01-01)🌐 Q12800694id: p_sam_85a595
Probable 70%
Summary:  Companion of the narrator who rescued him from a bear by killing the bear and its cubs.
Completeness: 77/100 Grade B
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killed_by

old she bear
cited from knowed they couldn’t get to me… (1891)
hour before I began to give under that my time had come at last. I couldn’t have held out near so long if it hadn’t been for a little hole in the rocks where I could stick my toes an’ rest my hands. I could hear the old bear and her s…
two bear cubs
cited from knowed they couldn’t get to me… (1891)
hour before I began to give under that my time had come at last. I couldn’t have held out near so long if it hadn’t been for a little hole in the rocks where I could stick my toes an’ rest my hands. I could hear the old bear and her s…
bear
cited from knowed they couldn’t get to me… (1891)
knowed they couldn’t get to me. I guess if Sam hadn’t strayed across the ridge an’ seed my horse and then begun a hunt for me, my bones would now be bleachin’ in the sun on the rocks below. Sam happened to find my pony, an’ suspicionin’ tha…
cubs
cited from knowed they couldn’t get to me… (1891)
knowed they couldn’t get to me. I guess if Sam hadn’t strayed across the ridge an’ seed my horse and then begun a hunt for me, my bones would now be bleachin’ in the sun on the rocks below. Sam happened to find my pony, an’ suspicionin’ tha…
cited from Silver City Enterprise — 1891 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1891-07-03 (1891)
hour before I began to give under that my time had come at last. I couldn’t have held out near so long if it hadn’t been for a little hole in the rocks where I could stick my toes an’ rest my hands. I could hear the old bear and her s…

owned

cited from knowed they couldn’t get to me… (1891)
knowed they couldn’t get to me. I guess if Sam hadn’t strayed across the ridge an’ seed my horse and then begun a hunt for me, my bones would now be bleachin’ in the sun on the rocks below. Sam happened to find my pony, an’ suspicionin’ tha…
cited from knowed they couldn’t get to me… (1891)
knowed they couldn’t get to me. I guess if Sam hadn’t strayed across the ridge an’ seed my horse and then begun a hunt for me, my bones would now be bleachin’ in the sun on the rocks below. Sam happened to find my pony, an’ suspicionin’ tha…

used_tool

cited from Silver City Enterprise — 1891 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1891-07-03 (1891)
hour before I began to give under that my time had come at last. I couldn’t have held out near so long if it hadn’t been for a little hole in the rocks where I could stick my toes an’ rest my hands. I could hear the old bear and her s…

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Narrator rescued_by Sam

Sources (3)

knowed they couldn’t get to me…

1891 · newspaper · public-domain

knowed they couldn’t get to me…

1891 · newspaper · public-domain · details

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