Ask the Scholar

Page 32 of 64
I can add historical knowledge about this page.

Page image

Page 32

OCR

between rage and dejection for over an hour. Once we lose him--he - breaks the rope--then Captain Bob puts a loop over his head at arm's length while his front claws come into the edge of the launch. I hold the 30:06 in his face with one hand and run the engine with the other. This happens three or four times and he now has found out how to slip the noose. When he stops fighting, the tow rope drags him along on his back, with head up and all his feet motionless straight up in the air--a comical position. Finally he is towed alongside and a heavy loop slipped under his middle; the winch then hauls him to a position suspended just above the deck. The raging fury of this eight hundred pound mass of frightened, desperate bear makes it impossible to let him down on deck or even to get within reach to put him over the side again, so he is killed there with two shots. He is young and powerful, with a beautiful white coat. His power is forcibly called to our attention where, with one snap of his teeth, he has taken a piece over a foot long and at least an inch and a half deep out of our fore boom. How he would crush any human bone! AUGUST 4- Thursday About 10 'clock, we sight four husky boats coming to us from the coast; and in an hour they are in tow and we have about thirty natives on board, devouring the mush, coffee and hard bread.

Page data

Page
32
Source index
0
Type
photo
Media ID
9afd41985548965d
Size
unknown

Document data

ID
77451601
Core
doc
Type
document
DTO data
{
    "id": "77451601",
    "sourceUrl": "https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77451601",
    "contentType": "document",
    "title": "401 (28) Pope Typescript - June 22 - Oct. 4, 1927",
    "citationUrl": "https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77451601",
    "collections": [
        "John A. Pope Papers",
        "Diary and Related Records of the Morrissey Expedition"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/dc-metro/coll-xjap/22368054/22368054_Box1_Folder03/22368054_Box1_Folder03-001.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/dc-metro/coll-xjap/22368054/22368054_Box1_Folder03/22368054_Box1_Folder03-001.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/dc-metro/coll-xjap/22368054/22368054_Box1_Folder03/22368054_Box1_Folder03-001.jpg",
    "imageCount": 64,
    "hasImages": true,
    "source": "import",
    "hasTranscription": false
}

Context sent to Scholar

Document identity
{
    "localId": "77451601",
    "label": "401 (28) Pope Typescript - June 22 - Oct. 4, 1927",
    "core": "doc",
    "dtoType": "document",
    "citationUrl": "https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77451601"
}
Document source metadata
{
    "id": "77451601",
    "sourceUrl": "https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77451601",
    "contentType": "document",
    "title": "401 (28) Pope Typescript - June 22 - Oct. 4, 1927",
    "citationUrl": "https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77451601",
    "collections": [
        "John A. Pope Papers",
        "Diary and Related Records of the Morrissey Expedition"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/dc-metro/coll-xjap/22368054/22368054_Box1_Folder03/22368054_Box1_Folder03-001.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/dc-metro/coll-xjap/22368054/22368054_Box1_Folder03/22368054_Box1_Folder03-001.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/dc-metro/coll-xjap/22368054/22368054_Box1_Folder03/22368054_Box1_Folder03-001.jpg",
    "imageCount": 64,
    "hasImages": true,
    "source": "import",
    "hasTranscription": false
}
Document source extras
{
    "url": "https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77451601",
    "naId": 77451601,
    "levelOfDescription": "fileUnit",
    "recordType": "description",
    "ocrSource": "nara-archive"
}
Page context
{
    "seq": 32,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/dc-metro/coll-xjap/22368054/22368054_Box1_Folder03/22368054_Box1_Folder03-032.jpg",
    "mediaId": "9afd41985548965d",
    "ocrText": "between rage and dejection for over an hour. Once we lose him--he -\nbreaks the rope--then Captain Bob puts a loop over his head at arm's\nlength while his front claws come into the edge of the launch. I\nhold the 30:06 in his face with one hand and run the engine with the\nother. This happens three or four times and he now has found out\nhow to slip the noose. When he stops fighting, the tow rope drags\nhim along on his back, with head up and all his feet motionless\nstraight up in the air--a comical position. Finally he is towed\nalongside and a heavy loop slipped under his middle; the winch then\nhauls him to a position suspended just above the deck. The raging\nfury of this eight hundred pound mass of frightened, desperate bear\nmakes it impossible to let him down on deck or even to get within\nreach to put him over the side again, so he is killed there with\ntwo shots. He is young and powerful, with a beautiful white coat.\nHis power is forcibly called to our attention where, with one snap\nof his teeth, he has taken a piece over a foot long and at least an\ninch and a half deep out of our fore boom. How he would crush any\nhuman bone!\nAUGUST 4- Thursday\nAbout 10 'clock, we sight four husky boats coming to us\nfrom the coast; and in an hour they are in tow and we have about\nthirty natives on board, devouring the mush, coffee and hard bread."
}