A TERRIBLE ORDEAL

Opunake Times, Volume XXX, Issue 3134, 2 August 1927, Page 4

A TERRIBLE ORDEAL

CHAWt FOR FOUR MILES. A dramatic story of the Fair North was recounted at Ponce Coupe, in the Peace River Country, when Mor.is Pacquette, Frcnch-l Canadian trapper, had a bullet removed from his shoulder. . V Pacquette was making the round of his traplines four miles from his cabin in the Hudson Hope district, Northern British Columbia. Pausing at a running stream, he bent down to take a drink.. His revolver fell from its holster, exploded, and the bullet entered his body just above the heart, ploughing its way to the shoulder. He managed to crawl to his cabin and lay three days, awaiting the return of his mate, who had gone out to the traplines in the opposite direction. In the meantime, a big grizzly took possession pi the camp, and the wounded man had to fight on his hands fevery day to keep the bear from enter- ' ,ing the cabin. Had it not been for his dogs, lie said, he would never have succeeded,*

Pacquette’s partner returned and shot the bear. He conveyed his mute bv dog team to Hudson' Hoik?. Pacquette was in a state of delirium. After first aid had been rendered they took the train again at Pouco Coupe, a total distance of eighty miles, where the nearest hospital was. The man is recovering.