Indiain Cliffs Boy vs Bear

Indian cliff are in a camp just outside of Narrowsberg NY called Ten Mile River is made up of five camps along the river or the river area. although i was not Jewish for some reason the troop i was in happened to go there. I am glad they did it is home to Indian cliffs. This is a bout 2-1/2 miles form the base of camp. As The story has

it young Indian boy went to prove his manhood by killing a bear. He found a bear to fight the fight was a tough one for both the boy and the Bear. With the boy badly injured and the bearalmost dead the boy pulled the bear int a cave and sealed it off. They tried to open it and cant because the cliffs would be lost. So many years latter i returned and had taken some photos. One dayWhile hanging out with so friends someone noticed two things as i wastelling this tale. The picture of the sealed rock was not as it seamed it had the Indian boy in the rock and a red mark that looks like a bear on it hind legs. I have the pictures i will share them.

I felt like a true moron

I was on our first camping trip by ours I mean Jenn and I we are still together 10 years after this story. That's whole other story in it self. I bragged about my camping skills and my Eagle scout credits the whole way to the campground. I talk about how i could start a fire with rope and some spark or with one match. We got wood from the campground store it was raped in plastic. I could not get this wood to light if my life depended on it. After about 1-1/2 hours I thought maybe the wood that was rapped in plastic could be wet or moist form that rap. So with the store close I knock on this mans door a 12:30 Am It was during labor day east coast it was chilly out. I had to do it. He was more then happy to help us on a cold evening. We went back to the camp site and lets just say it got a little freaky and i lit more then one fire that cold September night.

Hail storm from hell

This hail storm that hit me and my girlfriend Jennifer that summer 0f 98 was right out of hell. It knocked down lot's tents we were a few of the people left standing due to the fact we put our tent up in the lean to and it was covered by wood. When we got out to see the ice balls were up to our Kneecaps it's was the craziest sound of thunder that I have ever heard.

I was hanging by a rope from a cliff

My first time I hiked to a place called Indian cliffs I was hung from a rope. I was about 13 years old. I was camping with the scout in upstate NY. Part of what this troop like to do was repelling. So to make a long story even longer. We hiked to the cliffs learn to tie our own harness. And was asked to turn around and walk down the wall. It was so hard at first but when I let it go it was so great. I have still have a fear but love to do these things till today.

in 1986 I seen a boy slaped in the face with a dead fish

This was n the Delaware river in NY while staying in a nearby camp named ten mile river . there was this rich troop name Chappy gate they spent the summer on the hill above us. with there screen nets electricity and computers. we spent two weeks if that we where not poor but not that well off.

So we went coning on the Delaware river and as we where floating one of the older boys in the troop reach in the water grabbed a dead fish and slapped one of the Chappy gate boys in the face with big fish.

This was not because they had more money back then we did not pay attention to money. This was a long time fight between there troop and our as long as anyone could remember.

Eight years ago we got cought in a hail storm

We where sleeping in our tent inside the lean to and the thunder was so load if made me think it was the end of the world. Good thing for us the lean to saved us that night. but those who where in the open got hit by golf ball size hail. When we got out of the tent we where standing in about 1.5 ft of hail it was really insane.


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I alway love to go to indain cliffs at summer camp

The story of Indian cliffs. There was an Indian boy who set out to become a man by wrestling a bear. This boy found that bear and tried to over take it. The bear gave the boy a good fight. The bear died from it's injuries and the boy was on his last bit of power when he pulled the dead bear into the cave he seal it with a rock and then died next to the bear.

I took some picture of the cave where the tried to drill to see what is inside but the cliff was in danger of coming down so the left it alone. Any way in the picture you can see the bear next to the Indian boy if You look close You can see the feathers on the boys head.

PS this is true here are those pictures.