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Hunts in Dismal Swamp Highlight Slippery Elm District
A full and graphic account describes the annual hunt in Slippery Elm district on Friday January 22 1904. Cols Halstead White Poppleton Gristle and Livingston led twenty men and ten dogs through Dismal Swamp to trail wolves wildcats and other game. The expedition ended with twelve wolves five wildcats and many other animals dispatched, followed by a communal song and feast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Slippery Elm
A.D
William Penn
George
Democrat
Lake Ontari
Tarsish
Lone
Moses
Kentucky
United States
Yucan
Moran
Potack
Cyrus Monroe Halstead
Plymouth Lock
Smithsonian Institute
Col. White
Nova Scotia
Gala
Hamilton Glover Poppleton
Eugene Dysart Gristle
John de Sota
Logan
Gideon Point
Kit Bullards
Poppleton
Gristle
Cyrus Marmora
Halstead
White
Colums
Old Fort Pickens
Moncineta
Col. Holstead
Knife
Stony Point
Cal. Gristle
Alpine Pass
Cowper's Gulch
Union
Bull’s
Col. Livingston
the Wilderness
Coal Harbor
My Fathers
Sahin
Northwest
Hank Roberts
Sheridan
Wyo
Hank