The Arkansas advocate., 1832-02-29
No. IT..

some U stance from tie cantonnlents. to look iof q uear, oi which there was t great number n the ncighhoihood. ] may herr mention, that those which have been killed here, have always been iound unusually large and savage, andin several instances have commenced the attack without being previously modest. cd. Alter beating nullah for sona llme Mitaou; success, iic was s,idsis,ts. ''ii',.ked by III enormous bear wilIca rushed from thick patch of jungle T lew paees from him.
 lie had just lime to raise his rifle and 10 lire. before the bear was aboard q. him. he missed, inc beaiers boiled. nud the only resistance lie could make wnS to charge with the muzzle of bs rine against tic tbraI breast as s,c Teartsi ai him. This he did with so much force. as 10 wrench up tho elevation rib iron. the barrels, it was seven barreled ri- fle) and quantity of ti,c animals hair was afterwards found sticking to ii.-- The bear directly seized him by fhe arm, and was left without bottle-holder, or second, tn mill hr,.te " h V as not likely 10 fight fair, at' least according to the ralesof modern pugiIism.
 The Malor is man of immense. strength, and hits with the impetus ofn sledge hammer: with one hand he bat- tered Bruin between the eyes, and witl his feet kept up most vigorous cannon ade against lis bread basket. The hear constantly shifted his hold from one arm 10 the other, but the iron knuckIes of his antagonist prevented him iron. retaining his grippe iong enough tobreak the bones, and n, last both fell together, Bruin uppermost. The gallant resis- tanee which the Major had hitherto made, was now getting more feeble It. felt the ho. breath of the bear glowing on his face, as his grey muzzel ua< thurst forward endeayoring to seize hiu. b, the head, which he defended as well as he could by repeated blows on tl.e bbfates nose. Iii the souifiic, they i.si m Il both rolled to the edge of the roarne, and the final act of the tragedy seemed ap preaching, when the Major gathered himself up for one last effort, hit right and jeff s,i ;;,is friend ilead, and at ti,e same moment drawing his knees to his chin, kicked out with such strength fhHf he fairly canied the bear into the nul. llah, and had the satisfaction of seeing him roll to the bottom. UpoE raisi,e and shaking himself aticr so cxtraord- nary an engagement, Major R fes.s! that he hadescapedwith much less dam age than he had expected; his arm
 were terribly torn, but he was able t., walk some distance to his palankeen, and is now perfectly recovered.
 As to Brnn, although the cross but. tock which decided the day might have been rather rough one, l do not suf pose that he suffered much, at least I.4 was never more seen or he; i'd Of. Extraordinary and almost incredible as the above statement may appear, there is net the slightest doubt Of iss. truth: it certainly sounds like a irayel- ler's tale. but ] pledge myself for the yt..
 racity of the principal facts, although perhaps may not be perfectly correef ! in some of inc minor particulars. T feel that an apology is due to Major K. fos publishing this account without his per- mission, but it ought to be made public | fit be only to show that good hea.I and strong arm may save mans if. when seven barrelIed rifle has failed.
 Dhorupr, Feb. 7th. D.