Once there was a christain camp, and for over fifty years every Thursday night they had a decision service for all the kids. There is a story about one perticular Thursday night. A night that no expected to happen. The night the bear came into camp.
At the end of the decision night two or three staffers will leave early, and place candles along the road so the kids can see where they are going. One of the three's name that night was Mayco, and when they finished putting the candles out they waited for everyone else to come down the mountain, when Mayco happened to notice that all the trash cans had been torn to peaces.
Amditly they knew there was a bear in the camp. When they saw this, they heard all the campers, and other staffers coming down the mountain. As quit as they could they rushed to stop everyone from coming down. They got there just in time, and told the campers to stop, and wait. When some of the other staffers got there they asked what was goin on. When they told them there was a bear, and together they all got a plan together.
The plan was that seven staffers would go before everyone else and make sure the bear was gone. Those who volinteered were scared out of there minds. They had no more than a few pocket knives and flash lights. They also had a radio. As they marched into the darkness they knew they were entering into the bears domain.
As they reached the Activity building, and the canteen they had to split up. They were all making noise hoping the bear would run off if it heard them. When they reached the dining hall the group that stayed on the main road saw the bear no more than ten feet away from them. Without knowing what else to do they all screamed in fear. The bear turned, and ran away from them. the other group heard them, and ran to see what was going on. When they reached the place they heard the screaming, no one was there. They came to find out they had all run and hide in the dining hall.
The second group convicied the first that they all needed to make sure the bear was for sure gone. After they were sure the bear was gone they radioed the other staffers that they kids were safe and could continue to their cabins. This is the story of the brave seven staffers that put there lives on the line for the kids they were intrusted to take care of for that one week of camp. That is a week those seven staffers will never forget.
Friday, January 28, 2011
Thursday, January 27, 2011
The Battle of the Ball Field
This is a true fictional story that we tell at McCall.
Back during the end of the Civil War there was a great battle that not many historians know about. It take place in the mountains of South Carolina, and to be more spacific it was on what is now the ball field of Camp McCall. The southern troops had occupied this field because there was a major northern trade route that passes through it. General Nathan Bedford Forrest, and his men set camp there, and kept the union army from getting war supplies, and other nessacisary supplies. They were very successful.
One of the things that made the General so successful was the face that he befriended the chief of the McCall indians. The chief's name was Chief Agum Bugum, and him and Forrest had an agreement that at night the chief's worriors would watch the camp, and make sure no one could come up and surprise them in the dead of night. The other half of the aggreement was that Chiefs warriors did not have to fight, just simply warn them.
Over a period of time the Chief and the General became very good friends, and they would spend many afternoons together sharing stories of back when. As time went on the northern army devised an attack plan, off of a spy they had, to get there trade route back. The attack was to take place at night on Apirl 17, 1864. The union troops tried the sneak up on confederates, and one of Chief warriors saw them, and warned the general.
As the battle began the McCall indians stepped back and watched as it went on. The battle went on for two days. On the second day the brave General was wounded, and it appeared the confederates were going to lose. When the Chief saw his good friend go down he could not stand it any longer. Chief gathered his man and joined in on the battle. When they joined in it scared the union troops and many of them fled, and those that did not simply gave up. This battle was the turning point of the war and was ultimitly the reason the south won the war.
The End
Back during the end of the Civil War there was a great battle that not many historians know about. It take place in the mountains of South Carolina, and to be more spacific it was on what is now the ball field of Camp McCall. The southern troops had occupied this field because there was a major northern trade route that passes through it. General Nathan Bedford Forrest, and his men set camp there, and kept the union army from getting war supplies, and other nessacisary supplies. They were very successful.
One of the things that made the General so successful was the face that he befriended the chief of the McCall indians. The chief's name was Chief Agum Bugum, and him and Forrest had an agreement that at night the chief's worriors would watch the camp, and make sure no one could come up and surprise them in the dead of night. The other half of the aggreement was that Chiefs warriors did not have to fight, just simply warn them.
Over a period of time the Chief and the General became very good friends, and they would spend many afternoons together sharing stories of back when. As time went on the northern army devised an attack plan, off of a spy they had, to get there trade route back. The attack was to take place at night on Apirl 17, 1864. The union troops tried the sneak up on confederates, and one of Chief warriors saw them, and warned the general.
As the battle began the McCall indians stepped back and watched as it went on. The battle went on for two days. On the second day the brave General was wounded, and it appeared the confederates were going to lose. When the Chief saw his good friend go down he could not stand it any longer. Chief gathered his man and joined in on the battle. When they joined in it scared the union troops and many of them fled, and those that did not simply gave up. This battle was the turning point of the war and was ultimitly the reason the south won the war.
The End
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