Bear Hunting Story Is Related
(Editor’s note: Following is
he second installment of the
jjjperiences of Hobert Wiseman,
■mployee at the naval base, bear
Hinting during the time he was
eaching school at Afognak.
fin's episode recounts the death
)fKewan, gieat native hunter.)
Kewan’s son told me i,he story
if his father’s death. He stated
hat his father had seen some
iuge Kodiaks on Uganik island
ne time while passing in a boat
nd decided to go back there
unting. He got a friend Black
and one morning they set out
y dory to get one of the big
nes Arriving at the island they
bded and pulled the boat up
lit of reach of the tide and set
at.
They had walked only a short
istance when Kewan saw three
:ars, a mothei and two cubs, on
hillside. He and Blackie began
leaking up on them through
le tall grass that thrives on is
ntls. They approached to with
a few yards and raised up and
w the mother bear, but not the
b-J Kewan didn’t want to risk
tting any closer, so he fired at
e bear from where he was.
The bear, wounded, wallowed
the grass and tag alders, and
the same time Kewan saw
at. he had shot a huge buck
ar, and that the mother and
bs were still at large and mov
5 away. He sent Blackie after
e mother and cubs while he
termined to get the bear I e
>unded.
Blackie followed the three
bears for some time and kept
them in vi w constantly, but
could not get close enough for a
short range shot. It began getting
dusk, so he decided to give up
and go back to the boat where
he knew Kewan would be wait
ing for him with his bear—and
probably a record-breaker.
On his arrival at the boat he
was surprised to find Kewan not
there. His first thought was to
try to find his partner, but in
the quickening darkness he knew
it would be useless. He decided
to start for home, and as he
pushed off he sighted a small
sail boat drawing near the shore
seeking shelter for the night.
Black ie rowed up to the boat as
the anchor was being cast, and
told those aboard about losing
his partner. They put him up for
the night, and as the next morn
ing brought no sign of Kewan,
Blackie started back for help.
He had only gone as far as a
nearby fishing camp when he
met young Kewan and four men
who had formed a searching par
ty, knowing that Kewan’s delay
meant trouble of some kind.
The party soon arrived at the
point where Blackie had left
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