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THE PIONEERS OF BELLEVUE

On the morning of Saturday, Dec. 4t 1839, Peter Downs, who resided in Convis, came to Bellevue and reported that he saw a bear on his way, and that the bear was making his way west. The alarm was given, and about a dozen of us started out with dogs and guns, Mr. Hill being one of the company. We went into the town of Convis, where we soon struck bruin's track, followed him across section 31 in Bellevue and across sections 1 and 2 in Pennfield, and
 
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