The Arkansas banner., 1846-12-30
For As .arkansas Bannv.


 liMncy that winters morming eoslla desire :: the snow whiIeaed the earth, is laF, uaiFo,l- den, in bleeching sheets befnee she minds eye, which naturally calls fs.rsh tse hunter. to fsass In the revel of ths chase. oFa hloody bear Gght. Soon my iascsits eUaxeaaina is. baicheiorhnud. awoke ta tie bsaaiy of the scene, and saw, in each familiar dos'a face, that impciaant desire E0r cnse-hrake war with naassesIy ks, which every good bear constantly desires. My xun vas ordered. and my pony Fisged, Rig Js al ny heels, we put out fur the cane to search of fghts--- We winded our way towards the rough Wild Cat bend on Iislle Black, aud, e we rode along, Big Jo smiled, feI, glad Ghas Twas alive, and felt glowing esaasisas of lieoly hope for glorious day with she masterly bear of the forest, while every dpg danccsl and capered ia lively spers aroand the fpoi of my pony, and, in reality, showed as ssncls. ! jny and hspe and was thea seelliA tAe sidr cf my happy feelings. AIier an hours tsases through the green maiden cane, we had the happy fortune to intereer. Call, in one of his tall glees, and with his masterly host oi beaF-fgh,ers. We consulted and prophcsied for moment oti the most favorable spot 10 burst up racket, after which, we let tn to counting noses, and found that oui army Of forest invasion consisted of seventeen foot and three horse; and each individual of us, on that suspicious morning, was fuii team and maic', for anything in the wide west Then discussing the sterling worth and in- tlomlable courage and bravsFy m each Ia- vorcd dog iu his turn, Call Tagged forth his vine-wrappcd dimmy-john of wee drop of precious rye, and, after swinging gill of it's divine contents, each braced himsetf upaa his saddle, and, with yell of ga,l,lening sport, bounded forth, dog and all, through the drifting cane in search of i'm, fight and blood. No time elapsed before we beard Vineyard cut thread al a distance of half mile. looked al Jo, and saw fun and gla,laess heaming in hts face. Call yeIped aloud, fer he knew that Vineyard was never testing on such occasions. We pushed ahead and soon the whole team was in open lunl- ber. listened as they bounded through the thickels, horse, dog. hear, and all, and they produced music and cracking, that is only known and felt in the breast of bear-hun- ter.
 We drove forth with killing pace in ho, pursuit, to form more intimate acquan- tance with our nasterly enemy. Alter bay- ing and chasing. alternately, for time, we came in sight of the prey, and, depend ul an 1t, he was sowser ou all parts of the ground. The cane being SO thick our view was bad, and we could no, get fair clip al his ribs !; though Gull finmixed up io try his courage, wssieh gave hnr fright, airi hs raa ad. ess-i sY gsg sx Faass &gas anaa his baek as sss8
 yG., u eissaxy '1srss I, s.s g. >sin A3ous sIss4 a,e asy polsey slsaged iltsie ifapsateace, ill nol haieiF4s cluster of sg.4,N hriag, asssl was sFleasen sa ss,a feaf. quite out of humor for moment. But soon 1 heard Big Jo cry out. :. To the neck, to the neck,n and otT numbered with high hope, and had scarcely puiIed of the ex- ci'emeni of haste, and prepared my rifle, ,ill here they come. bear in front, Fiasyard aud Pete close in with the animals rear, and every dog in perfect action on the occasion. The old son of watchfnlness rolled along in the majesty "f his seeming awkwarlness, care less, as 1t were, of the danger inst lurked in his passage tlnough the neck. As he whal- I"ped along, I levelred my TiTie, and, m ttre- distance of forty yards, fired. He threw himself into kind of body pncker, and over, aud over, and over he rolled, like A big truck wheel, and when he recovered from his new mode of travelling, his head was tarned from whence he came, and he fairly numbered. When saw this, began to feel for my dogs. fos knew il was line sho, which would just tickle him up to the real mad point, and make him fight and kill with out discriminating between dog and man. ! elasped my gun between my leg and saJdlc, and lit in ,o loasling as hard as could. By this lime, ,Jo and Gull asei him returning iB- to the hurricane bend. lo lambered old Sweeiiess al him as he run; tut the shot was too far iu the rear to fetch him to bay. He turned from them, and came again to the neck. My gun Gaiied, aid brought sqaal! al him, and he turned down the bank, and got into some water to pant, and keep the dogs from tickling his dignity eene- By this time was re-prined and picked, and was in the act of re-charging him, when Gull and Jo numbered forth with that disregard of prli- dence which gave him a fright, and olr he .addied, with Vineyard a. his side. From the neck the briers and bran.bies was so thick that common .shone-spun" conld not stand a nasty trip through the bend, and being the only one with backskin linen oa, aud want ing the honor of killing the bear, persue- ded Call aad Je to lead my pony roaiud, aud lei me knock out the frolic alone. pushed on, and soon casne to the overflow. The cane wss SO thick tha. Icoald only judge the distance was from the animal by the bark ing of the dogs. mounted large Syca- more log, and ran upon it io the end. and leaped over ihe bulge of the root. and lad no, iis till found l was right in the midst of bear fight: for down come, r'gh, strnddle of the old whelp sf darkness; and, as was a visiter unexpected a. that moment, Ee lost his presence of mind, and, instead of lighting under decided advantage, he started with . vengeance, threw his rider, raa aver half a dozen dogs. killed one. carried olT one in his mouth, and Isfi me the worst whipped bear- hunter you exer saw for five minutes Hut.