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Fight Between Friday and a Bear
Iwaslothtospendourlastshottoohastily; soIcalledmyservant,notmymanFriday,forhewasbetteremployed,forwiththegreatestdexterityimaginablehehadchargedmyfuseeandhisownwhilewewereengaged; butasIsaid,Icalledmyotherman,andgivinghimahornofpowder,Ibadehimlayatrainallalongthepieceoftimber,andletitbealargetrain. Hedidso,andhadbutjusttimetogetawaywhenthewolvescameuptoit,andsomeweregotupuponit,whenI,snappinganunchargedpistolclosetothepowder,setitonfire. Thosethatwereuponthetimberwerescorchedwithit,andsixorsevenofthemfell,orratherjumped,inamonguswiththeforceandfrightofthefire. Wedespatchedtheseinaninstant,andtherestweresofrightedwiththelight,whichthenight,foritwasnowveryneardark,mademareterrible,thattheydrewbackalittle; uponwhichIorderedourlastpistoltobefiredoffinonevolley,andafterthatwegaveashout. Uponthisthewolvesturnedtail,andwesalliedimmediatelyuponneartwentylameones,whomwefoundstrugglingontheground,andfella-cuttingthemwithourswords,whichansweredourexpectation; forthecryingandhowlingtheymadewasbetterunderstoodbytheirfellows,sothattheyallfledandleftus.
Wehad,firstandlast,killedaboutthreescoreofthem,andhaditbeendaylightwehadkilledmanymore. Thefieldofbattlebeingthuscleared,wemadeforwardagain,forwehadstillnearaleaguetogo. Weheardtheravenouscreatureshowlandyellinthewoodsaswewentseveraltimes,andsometimeswefanciedwesawsomeofthem,butthesnowdazzlingoureyes,wewerenotcertain.
