Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 94, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 February 1916 — No Haircut in Forty Years. [ARTICLE]

No Haircut in Forty Years.

The death of Bull-of-the-Woods, one of the quaint old Indian characters of the South Half, is reported from Keller by J. R. Sovereign. Bull-of-the-Woods was known as ‘ the man who has not had a haircut for 40 years.” This dates back to a river ride with his bride, when their canoe was overturned and Bull-of-the-Woods' squaw was drowned. The young buck was carried down at the mercy of the stream until hks long, dangling hair caught on a snag and held him above water until he was rescued. Hence his vow never to cut or comb his hair. His four dogs today are mourning his death.—Chesaw Cor. Seattle Post-Intelligencer.