HISTORY
OF
WILFORD WOODRUFF.
-[FROM HIS OWN PEN.]-
—Mr. Jerrew gave us a
good breakfast, put us across the Osage
river in a canoe, and we started upon
our long day's walk, it being sixty
miles to the nearest house. We had
not anything with us to eat. Most of
our travels through the day was
through prairie; before dark we en-
tered timbered land; as we approached
the timber, a large black bear met us;
we had no weapons. When the bear got
within about six rods of us, he rose upon
his hind feet, and examined us a short
time, and went off. We were soon
enveloped in such thick darkness, that
it was with great difficulty we could
keep the road, and surrounded by a
large drove of wolves, which kept up
a continual howling, and would fre-
quently rush to within a few feet of us.
We travelled about two hours in this
situation, feeling that we were in
danger, and concluded to stop and
build a fire, and wait till morning.
Accordingly, we built a large fire,
which drove the wolves off; and as
we were about to lie down, we heard
a dog bark, and a bell. We felt
assured we were near a house; both
of us took a brand of fire, and on going
about one quarter of a mile, we came
to a log hut, which was occupied by Mr. Williams, who had been in Jack-
son county during the mobbing of the
(Continued from page 200.)
HISTORY
OF
WILFORD WOODRUFF.
[FROM HIS OWN PEN.]
—Mr. Jerrew gave us a
good breakfast, put us across the Osage
river in a canoe, and we started upon
our long day's walk, it being sixty
miles to the nearest house. We had
not anything with us to eat. Most of
our travels through the day was
through prairie; before dark we entered timbered land; as we approached
the timber, a large black bear met us;
we had no weapons. When the bear got
within about six rods of us, he rose upon
his hind feet, and examined us a short
time, and went off. We were soon
enveloped in such thick darkness, that
it was with great difficulty we could
keep the road, and surrounded by a
large drove of wolves, which kept up
a continual howling, and would frequently rush to within a few feet of us.
We travelled about two hours in this
situation, feeling that we were in
danger, and concluded to stop and
build a fire, and wait till morning.
Accordingly, we built a large fire,
which drove the wolves off; and as
we were about to lie down, we heard
a dog bark, and a bell. We felt
assured we were near a house; both
of us took a brand of fire, and on going
about one quarter of a mile, we came
to a log hut, which was occupied by
Mr. Williams, who had been in Jackson county during the mobbing of the
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