The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-01-10
FERoCIoUs ATTACK BY A GRIsLY BEAR IN

FERoCIoUs ATTACK BY GRIsLY BEAR IN
CALlFoRNIA.-The following exciting story is
told by correspondent of the Sacramento
Union, writing from Diamond Springs:
saw yesterday, about fifteen miles from
this point, on the road from here to Carson
Valley, a man VINO had been most horribly
mutiated by grsly bear. On Wednesday
morning last, man living near Sly Park
Creek, on the emigrant road, while hunting,
discovered she bear with two cubs about the
size of a common dog, coming up a ravine,
within gun shot of where he was standing in
the road As the bear had not discovered him,
he determined to give her a shot. The ball
struck her back of the shoulder. but too low
to prove fatal.
She Immediately raised upon her hind legs,
turning her lead from side to side TO discover
her assailant. He had commenced loading,
but before he got his powder down the bear
discovered him. He took to a tree, and barely
escaped, as the bear was so near that he
kicked her with his foot before he got out of
her reach. She was enraged, and kept him
in the tree for over two hours. While there
he shouted for help, and succeeded in attract
ing the attention OF some men In the employ
of Bradley, Borden 81 Co., who y ent to his re-
lief but when they reached the tree the bear
had been gone about ten minutes. They
tracked her into a thick chapparal, covering
about three acres, and there LEFT her.
After dinner they mustered doube-barreled
guns and rifles 10 the number OF fourteen shots,
and started fer the chapparal. Upon reach.
ing it the men very imprudently scattered,
some venturing in to see if they could start
her, while others climbed trees TO be in place
of safety, and to get view Of the ground.-
Among those who took tree was a man by
the name of Charles II. Packard, who had
gone short distance into the bush, and, rs be
had,no gun, placed himself in a sapling about
six inches through. The tree forked about
six feet from the ground, and Packard went
up one of the branches, distance of about
twelve feet from the grou"d, and in reply TO
one of his companions said he considered him
self safe.
At this moment he cried out, @Here's the
bear within rod of MAJ" but be had hardly
got the words out of his mouth before she
made towards him furiously, jumped at and
caught the tree few feet below him, and
with her tremendous weight split it at the fork,
carrying man and tree both with her 10 the
ground He fell upon his back, and the bear
seized him by the left side of his head and
face, tore his left ear completely from his head,
laying bare his skull. She then seized him
by the other side of his face, cutting deep
cash in the upper lip and tearing the hesn
from the right corner of the mouth TO near ihe
large artery in the neck, then the fore arm.
laying bear the tendons, breaking some 0.
them, and biting his right hand through and
through. She then left the upper par. oi .ne
body, and made an effort seemingly 10 tear
open his bowels, as she left some fifteen severe
wounds on his body, but none Of sneln 80 oeep
as TO enter the cavity, ami nnlsned hes horrible
work by taking out about TWO poohas o' heSn
from tis right thigh.
By this tine Packard was so nearly ex-
haus,ed that he 10y as il dead, and the bear
left him. Some OF the company were within
twenty steps OF the wounded man, but were
unable 70 render him any assistance. They
saw the bear break down the tree, heard his
cries for help, bu. after ne struck the ground,