Sam person
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…
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…
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…
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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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knowed they couldn’t get to me…
1891 · newspaper · public-domain
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1891 · newspaper · public-domain · details
Silver City Enterprise — 1891 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1891-07-03
1891 · newspaper · public-domain