Cheboygan County MI Archives News.....A Terrible Conflict [Devereaux/Bear Fight] 1883
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The Waukesha [WI] Freeman, Sep 20, 1883 1883
A Terrible Conflict
Detroit, Sept 17
The body of a man has been found in the woods eight miles from Cheboygan, and 
identified as Frank Devereaux, a homesteader, who lived near the locality. The 
surroundings show he was killed in a bear fight, which resulted fatally for 
both, as the animal's body was found, near that of the dead man. Devereaux's 
body was in a sitting posture, braced against a log where he had evidently 
placed himself after the combat with the beast. The evidence of a terrible 
struggle was plainly visible all about, but those on the body were the most 
prominent. His left side, cheek, and legs had been gnawed nearly to the bone, 
one shoulder dislocated, and eye gouged out, his stomach almost torn open, and 
the marks of the bear's claws were discernible on various parts of his body. 
The bear had been shot through the shoulder and aggravated by his wounds. A 
terrible struggle evidently ensued.


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