Bear Carries Off
Dead Man's Body
A most gruesome story comes to
Rudolph Peterson from Andrew Gros
vold of Sand Point. It is the story
of the drowning of two men up *hat
way last Spring and the carrying
away of the body of one of them by a
bear. The following is the letter
from Mr. Grosvold:
"Sutnl Point. Alaska.
“August 30, 1010.
“My dear friend Peterson:
“Well, l am sent ling you a deer
skin that l found in your old partner’s
cabin, at Canoe bay, old C. 1.. Ander
son, that got drowned this spring
along with Mike l ttecht. Roth o!
them seemed to have gone out in a
small skill to Mike’s boat, probably
to attend to her anchor, as it was blow
ing a gale at the time, and they found
both of them on the beach not very
far apart. Mrs. Uttecht walked front
her place and up to Canoe bay, which
is lt» miles and when she found the
skitl and then Charley, she turned
back for home again, making it 32
miles on one stretch, without any rest
or foot! ami she was heavy with child
at that; some tramping, eh? Well the
next day she was too sore to do any
thing. but the day after she and a
Native started off again, and they
tramped ten miles past where Charley
laid. looking for her husband, but did
not find him. so they turned back and
with the twart of the skitF dug a hole
in the frozen ground, lim'd it with
clean straw and placed Charley in it.
and then covered him with some more
straw and then earth, and turned the
skitr over the top.
“Then they rested at Charley’s cab
in for the night, and the next day they
started orf for the head of Canoe May.
another 25 miles looking for Mike.
“At the head of the bay they found
Charley’s dory, so they launched her
and rowed bark to the boat that night,
and the next day they started oil for
home again with the sloop, intending
to make another search later on. As
you know she has four small children,
none of them old enough to look out
for the rest. After staying at home
for a day fitting out the boat she took
all her little one> to Kink Cove, and
placed them in the care of Jackson,
the storekeeper, so she could devote
her time to hunt for her lost husband,
which she did spending nearly a
month hunting every nook and corner
in Canoe and PovlofT bay, without
finding am trace of him, finally giv
ing it up.
A few days after a native from
Me nos Creek came over to Sami Point
and reported the finding of Mike’s
body on the beach, stating that he
had dragged him up in the grass and
cvercd him up. 1 immediately sent
word to the coroner and the next day
the coroner and marshal with six good
men started on my launch for the
scene of the accident, and we found
Charley's body and bunt'd him prop
erly, but could only find where the
native had placed Mike, but his body
has disappeared, and do you know that
we traced a bear from the place where
Mike had laid up through the Alders
for miles, and we came to the conclus
ion that tlte bear had taken the body,
and packed it up in the mountains, as
we found several places where He had
rested, and fund pieces of his cloth
ing hero and there, that Mrs. Uttccht
identified as her husband's clothing.
After we were through we look
Mrs. I'ttecht and her children and be
longings to Sand Point where she now
is. There is a gritty woman for you.
eh ?
“You can show this to the Gateway
if you like.
Yours,
A. GROSYORD.
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