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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... , J. M. English of Jersey Shore , Pennsylvania , observed Tome pick up a barrel of whiskey and take a drink out of the bung hole at Irving Stephenson's Tavern at the mouth Foreword of Pine Creek . As Tome himself admitted ,
... , J. M. English of Jersey Shore , Pennsylvania , observed Tome pick up a barrel of whiskey and take a drink out of the bung hole at Irving Stephenson's Tavern at the mouth Foreword of Pine Creek . As Tome himself admitted ,
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... eventually named and placed on the hunting maps of his time . His travels frequently ended at Irving Stephenson's Tavern at the mouth of Pine Creek , where in the viii PIONEER LIFE company of other deerslayers and pioneer farmers.
... eventually named and placed on the hunting maps of his time . His travels frequently ended at Irving Stephenson's Tavern at the mouth of Pine Creek , where in the viii PIONEER LIFE company of other deerslayers and pioneer farmers.
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... a supply of cloth- ing . He was six days going fifty miles . He then arrived at the mouth of Pine Creek , six miles from his destination , but could proceed no farther with his boat , on [ 1 ] I: Birth and Early Life.
... a supply of cloth- ing . He was six days going fifty miles . He then arrived at the mouth of Pine Creek , six miles from his destination , but could proceed no farther with his boat , on [ 1 ] I: Birth and Early Life.
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... mouth of Pine Creek to the first fork was called twelve miles . The flats extended four miles up the river from the mouth . On the west side a high mountain , with steep , rocky sides hanging over the river rose to the height of two ...
... mouth of Pine Creek to the first fork was called twelve miles . The flats extended four miles up the river from the mouth . On the west side a high mountain , with steep , rocky sides hanging over the river rose to the height of two ...
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... mouth open , displaying a formidable array of glistening teeth . My father fired , and it fell back dead . The ball had passed through its open mouth , and broken the vertebræ of the neck . We cut it open and left it there . It was ...
... mouth open , displaying a formidable array of glistening teeth . My father fired , and it fell back dead . The ball had passed through its open mouth , and broken the vertebræ of the neck . We cut it open and left it there . It was ...
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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Page 121 - When I was a child, I played with the butterfly, the grasshopper and the frogs; and as I grew up, I began to pay some attention and play with the Indian boys in the neighborhood, and they took notice of my skin being a different color from theirs, and spoke about it. I inquired of my mother the cause, and she told me that my father was a residenter in Albany, t I still eat my victuals out of a bark dish.
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