The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-12-30
FerOcious Attack by = Grizzly bear In
California.

Oalb1OrLta.
The following exciting story is told by cor
respondent OF the Sacramento Union, writing from
Diamond Springs
/ saw yesterday about fifteen miles from this
point, on the road fro n here TO Carson Valley, .
man who had been most horribly mutilased By
grizzly bear. On Wednesday mo mig last, Q man
hy,pg near Sly Park Creek, on the emigrsn. road,
vhtle hunting, discovered . she bear with two
cubs, about the sixe OF q common dog. coming up q
rsviIe within qua shot Of where he vas staading 10
the road As the bear had net discovered him, he
determined to give her shot. The bali struck her
back of the shoulder, bat too lo~ to prove fatal.
she imnedistsly raised upon nar hind legs turning
her head from side TO SIDE, to discover her assAi-
ant He had commenced loadirg, bat before no
got his powder down the bear discovered him. He
toek 10 tree, sod barely escaped, Gs the bear Wal
60 near tsat he kicked her head with his feet before
he 60. out of her reach. She vas enragsd. aud
kept him in the tree for over t@o hours While
there ne shouted for help and succeeded ia attract
lug the attention of some men in the EN- D o. of
Braoley, Borden j. Co, who went to his relief !;
but when they reached the tree .as bear had been
gone about ten minutes They tracked her into
a thick chsppaial covering about three a,rss, and
there left her
After dinner they mustered double barrellsd guos
and rifles 10 the numSer Of fourteen saot,, and
started for the chsppsral. Upon reaching it, tho
men very imprudertly scattered soae venturins in
to see they could start Der, while Others climbed
uees, TO be 10 place OF safety; and to get view
of the ground. Among those sho took = tree was
man by the naae Of Charles "a Packard, Who
had gone short distance into the bash, and as he
hso 10 CUR, placed himself ia 4 sapliag about ak
inches through. The tree forked about six fest
from The greupd, and Pac ard went up one Of the
branches = distance OF about twelve feet from the
ground, snc in reply to enc of his com paaioss said
be considered himself safe.
At this moment he cried out, g Here's the bear
within a rcd Ct me!" but hardly got the words out
Of bis mouth, before she made towards hin fu-
rcusiy. jun ped az and caught the tree 70 n feet
below hin, AND, with her tremendous weighs, splis
IL at the fork, carrying aud tree both with her
TO tie ground He teli upon mis- back, and the bear
ss'z.6 KIM by TIE lsfs side 81 his head and Ease.
tore bis left ear completely from his hsad laying
bare his skull Enc then seized him by the osher
tioe Of BIS face, cutting deep cash in tao upper
hp, and tearing me f.sh from the right oornsr Of
the mouth 90 near the lsge artery in the nack then
by the fore arm, laying bare the endons, breaking
soEns OF then And tiipg his right hand through
aIs through Sac than left tao upper part sf sue
btSy, and Maos az effort see p1iugiy to tear oaeo
biz bowels, abe eft some fftosn cssrc wounds
OF BIZ body, bat rene Of them deep "a TO enter
the cavity, ana finished her hsrrible work by
ont shout NO pounds 81 Gcsh frea his right ss,gh.
BY tbis time Packard was so nearly exhausted tust
he lay ~ il dead, s1d tho bear iefs BIN. Sons OF
the company were witnio twenty Hicps Of the
wounded nan, but were unable 10 render him any
assistance Taey saw the bear break down ths
tee, heard bis cries for helr, bat aftec he stru,k
the ground Stey couid s8e neither bear aor man,
20 thick VAS tas ohspgsral around tssm.
Mr.. Psnkare was carried TO the hougs. sad not
tair wsy to rscoEsr he said this morning sast he
thought he wsald be Up in few weeks D-.
S.aug steT, Of Pleasant Valley dressed his wouu5s
This BEARS scd 70 Dc one OF the asgsss kind. sod,
10 constqCSaco Of sslsG wounded, had become to
ricus Shs has no. been captured.