Pioneer Life, Or, Thirty Years a Hunter
Known as the Pine Creek deerslayer of the Alleghenies, Philip Tome was a pioneer farmer who turned to deer hunting for survival. Hunting the headwaters of the Pine, Kettle, Sinnemahoning, and Allegheny Rivers, he shot with a .45 caliber Kentucky-style Flintlock rifle and practiced fire hunting, stalking, hounding, and stand hunting over salt licks. He also captured elk and hunted panthers and bears. |
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... feet , knocking him prostrate . I asked him if he was hurt , and he replied that he was nearly killed . I pushed ashore as soon as possible , and took him out of the canoe . His face was bathed in blood and presented a ghastly ...
... feet , knocking him prostrate . I asked him if he was hurt , and he replied that he was nearly killed . I pushed ashore as soon as possible , and took him out of the canoe . His face was bathed in blood and presented a ghastly ...
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... feet long with eleven points on each side " to bay on a large rock and promptly anchored the animal to surrounding trees . Tome successfully managed to get the elk alive to the Allegheny River in sub - zero weather . He then floated the ...
... feet long with eleven points on each side " to bay on a large rock and promptly anchored the animal to surrounding trees . Tome successfully managed to get the elk alive to the Allegheny River in sub - zero weather . He then floated the ...
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... feet high were left standing in the middle of the house . On the first of November my father started for his residence , and loaded a keel boat with provisions sufficient for one year , irons for a mill , and a supply of cloth- ing . He ...
... feet high were left standing in the middle of the house . On the first of November my father started for his residence , and loaded a keel boat with provisions sufficient for one year , irons for a mill , and a supply of cloth- ing . He ...
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... feet of the children , and stood looking at them . Another boy cried " It isn't a dog ; it is a panther ! " At that moment a cat came out of the house , and the panther made a spring at her , when she ran up a tree , followed by the ...
... feet of the children , and stood looking at them . Another boy cried " It isn't a dog ; it is a panther ! " At that moment a cat came out of the house , and the panther made a spring at her , when she ran up a tree , followed by the ...
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... feet from the tip of the nose to the tail . Two miles from that place , up Big Pine Creek , lived a family consisting of a man and three females . The house stood on a flat lying between the river and the rocky bluff , which rose to the ...
... feet from the tip of the nose to the tail . Two miles from that place , up Big Pine Creek , lived a family consisting of a man and three females . The house stood on a flat lying between the river and the rocky bluff , which rose to the ...
Contents
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Face of the Country continued | 25 |
Danger from Rattlesnakes | 31 |
Wolf and Bear Hunting | 38 |
Another Elk Hunt | 42 |
Reminiscences of Cornplanter | 121 |
Indian Eloquence | 128 |
APPENDIX | 139 |
Who Was Philip Tome? | 141 |
Tome Miscellany | 149 |
Tomes in Warren County 1850 Census | 152 |
Short Sketch of Cornplanter | 153 |
Cornplanter Indians and Their Schools | 155 |
ElkHunting on the Susquehanna | 51 |
ElkHunting continued | 61 |
Nature Habits and Manner of Hunting Elk | 67 |
Elk and Bear Hunting in Winter | 71 |
Hunting on the Clarion River | 80 |
Hunting and Trapping | 87 |
The Bear Its Nature and Habits | 95 |
Hunting Deer at Different Seasons | 102 |
Nature and Habits of the Panther Wolf and Fox | 108 |
Rattlesnakes and Their Habits | 112 |
Distinguished Lumbermen ETC | 117 |
Lycoming County | 156 |
Potter County | 157 |
Tioga County | 160 |
Warren County | 162 |
Gazeteer of Towns etc | 163 |
Gazetteer of Rivers Streams etc | 164 |
Biographical Index | 166 |
Tome Land Warrants for Lycoming County | 168 |
Bibliography | 171 |
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Allegany Alleghany river Allegheny river animal antlers arrived bank bear Big Pine Creek brother buck built called camp Campbell canoe chase Cornplanter Corydon Corydon township Dauphin county deer hunting dogs dollars early east encamped father feet fifteen fire fish fork George Tomb head waters hole horse hundred hunter Indians Jacob Jacob Tome Jersey Shore Kenzua Kettle Creek killed land Lick lived Lycoming county McKean county meat miles distant mill morning Morrison mouth of Pine night o'clock panther Pennsylvania Philip Pine Creek Pioneer Potter county proceeded rattle-snake returned road rock rods rope Round Islands season settlers seven miles shore short distance shot skin sleigh snakes snow soon started stream Susquehannah thirty three miles Tioga Tioga county told Tomb Tome's took township tree twelve miles venison vicinity Warren county West Branch wolves woods
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