Go Down, Moses, 303 (Event)

Submitted by sfr on Fri, 2016-08-12 10:13
Text: 
Go Down, Moses
Location: 
Logging Company Railroad in Go Down, Moses (Location)
Page Number: 
303
Order within Page: 
3
First 8-10 words of event: 
and there was the story of the half-grown bear:
Page Event Ends: 
304
Era: 
Reconstruction (1866-1889)
Characters Present: 
Uncle Ash
General Compson
Major de Spain
Cass Edmonds
Walter Ewell
Boon Hogganbeck
Narrative Status: 
Narrated
Date: 
Thursday, November 1, 1877 to Tuesday, November 30, 1880
Summary: 

The first trip the logging train went into the woods, it scared a "half-grown bear" so badly that it didn't come down from the tree it had climbed until for "almost thirty-six hours" - and after Boon and Major de Spain had each made efforts to protect and rescue it (303, 304).

Chronological Order: 
115.00
Indeterminate Date Range: 
Keywords: 
Development, Conservation, Animal:Bear
Actions:
Movement›Train
Cultural Issues:
Land-Use›Loss of wildlife
Themes and Motifs:
Animals›Bear | Story-telling›Hunting
Relationships:
Intergenerational›Hunting party

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