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History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. II

Scharf, J. Thomas, ed. History of Westchester County, New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York City, Vol. II. Philadelphia: L.E. Preston & Co., 1886. 252 words

One hole of large size started at the creek bed. and came out upon the

bench level at the point where they were excavating. In their work they had dug away a part of the upper end of the runway. Dusk had fallen and the young men were still persevering in the work. The dog started a rabbit along the creek bed and as it reached the lower opening, it darted in with the dog in full pursuit. Up through the hole popped the rabbit and then the dog. Hunt, who was tired and a bit nervous, went straight up the sheer twenty or thirty-foot bank and some distance away before he recovered a grip upon his nerves. The boys quit for the night, but later resumed the work in daylight. A complete skeleton was taken out, and later sent by Smith to the state university museum.

A Real Fright George Gerlach says that there was one time that he received the worst fright of his life, and that the immediate cause was only a doorlatch. He was staying in a cabin in the pine ridges, taking care of some cattle and he had a quarter of fresh beef hung outside on the corner of the cabin. One night he heard a prowler and thinking it was a coyote, he slipped on his trousers and ran outside to scare it away. As he rounded the corner of the cabin, a huge shadow loped around the next corner. It seemed to be as