TRAGIC DEATH OF A DIANA.
But a short time since the New York Sun published an account of the killing of two black bears by Miss Lottie Merrill, of Wayne County, Pennsylvania, a young lady eighteen years of age. Since then Miss Merrill has met a most tragic death. It appears she had on the day of her death killed a fine buck, which she had dragged home in the snow. Six hungry bears, attracted by the smell of the blood, had followed the trail to Miss Merrill's cabin, and is presumed attacked her after devouring the carcass of the deer. The girl is credited •with having made a, heroic defence, as she had evidently billed two of the bears before being overpowered. The carcass of one bear is stated to have fallen against the cabin door on the inside, imprisoning them all, when the cabin took fire, destroying both the girl and her assailants. Within the cabin was found one of her hunting boots, her foot still remaining in it, her bent hunting knife, and the antlers of her last deer. Over 390 persons attended her funeral.
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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3138, 19 July 1881, Page 4
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188TRAGIC DEATH OF A DIANA. Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3138, 19 July 1881, Page 4
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