Note: [kucareys2.ged] "Asa Ballard Carey was quite a character--tall, handsome, curly white hair and blue eyes. Af ter three marriages, he was still much sought after by the ladies and we used to have quit e a time with him. At 74, he rode a horse bareback in a race on the beach at the Coos and Cur ry County Pioneers Meeting. It used to mortify my mother. On a dare, he jumped on a wild bea r and rode it down the mountain through the brush. Another time he rode a sea lion off the ro cks into the ocean. I used to ask him about grandmother, Martha Millis Carey. All he would say was that she wa s a southern lady. He also told me that he was raised near an Indian reservation and was a fr iend of the Indian "Whitewater," whom he helped to escape. He also said he shot Jesse James a nd his brothers when they tried to steal his outfit. Once he mentioned a town named for the C areys where their log cabin was fenced and kept as a monument to them. I wasn't very old at t he time or I would have kept at him until I learned more." -From a letter from Majorie Carey Dana about her grandfather to Thelma Carey Matthews [June 2 4, 1943] -"Branches" "The following poem about Asa (Ace) Carey and the Bear was contributed by Lottie Carey Belsha w, Myrtle Point, Oregon Ace Carey and the Bear You have heard the story, though strange 'tis true as well, And not one fancy painted like I've heard others tell. But really a true story story, a fact I will declare and emphasize with firmness- Ace Carey rode a Bear. This happened down in Curry County, a part of this fair state Which now seems forging to the front, a coming out though late. Like a blossum on the sweetest rose, but really I declare, I quite forgot my story, Ace Carey rode a Bear. Ace went and set a bear trap beneath a spreading oak. Trouble there was brewing for Bruin- this was no joke. And to a limb suspended, he placed a bill of fare, I think he called it "Macwich Bear Meat" And Ace caught a Bear. He caught it by a hind leg- well up and thus secure. He went and called a neighbor to have a witness sure. The neighbors came and saw him throw a rope that landed fair around the neck of Bruin; To this tree he snubbed the Bear. Horatious at the bridge is naught Thermopylae is tame, This ursine ride of terror entitles greater fame. Ace stood there like a spartan erect, serenely fair Then bowin to his audience he calmly rode the bear. Bear with me just a moment, my story has been told There was no tragic end to this I should ne'er unfold. Ace rode this one for pleasure Next time he'll ride a pair The Hall of Fame should claim the name of Ace who rode a Bear. Asa Carey was the son of Joseph Carey and Mary Jane Willis. Willis White, one of the oldest Masons in the State [Oregon] dedicated this poem to my fathe r David Carey. He was a member of Curry County Masonic Lodge Willis White." -"Branches"
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