The Empire County argus., 1854-08-05

After man has, upon the lonely prairie, stood
his watch through the dark hours Of the night mo-
mentarly expecting an attack from hostile Indians,
and his blood has chilled and his flesh crcpt as lie
imagined, or really has seen. the lurking foe
through the gloom, and yet dare not fire. lest he
expose his own person target after man has
gene hroughtb night after night he may imag CINE
he can realize the meaning of anr1ety.
'Al this have undergone but never before did
my heart stand STILL AS it did during that halfhours
combat-knowng as did that with one false step
OF the horse, the riders life was not worth the pur-
chase impressed the more forcibly upon me next
day, when | saw Guy thrown amidst u herd Of buf-
talo, by his stumbling horse.
ION taking off the skn it was found that eight
revolver bullets had passed into vital parts. One
had broken fore-leg: one had made deep wound
i'll the shoulder, and the last shot had given the
dcath-wound in the head.
"of twelve shots fired in the heat Of the contest,
elecea had hit the bear; nine Of which would have
been doath-wounds to anything but a grizzly. We
estimated him to weigh twelve hundred pounds.
Our little mule was loaded down with the best
portions of the meat and driven into camp by our
Blackfoot ally, singing the brave song of his race,
and relating betwcen-whiles how their warriors
kill the fierce animal
"With their imperfect arms, they never attack
the bear in the summer. 1t is only when torpid
with cold that they seek his den in the mountains
before which, they make barrcade Of logs, and
kindling hugh fire by lis light, riddle the yune-
rable parts Of the bear with arrows
Lander became to our Indian guides an object
OF great admiration and was christened by them
'haya. or Bear Of the Mountain which we angli-
clzed by the euphoniOus cOgnOmen Of Old Grizzly.
"a pleasant journey we had towards camp, the
Indian chanting as We went and we admiring the
subllmity OF sunset upon the broad prairie. The
sun was dropping down behind the Rocky Noun.
tains, which, stretching far to the northward with
here and there a snow-crowned peak upliited like
giants, seemed indeed
To sentinel enchanted and:'
There was no speaking aloud awed by the loneli-
ness and quieude, there was something deeper
nober in the very hush Of solitude, than earthly
voices speak.
ave made our camp by the shores Of a low lake
where myriads of waterfowl sported unscared by
the unwonted presence Of white men. Under til.
shadows Of the dark pines the water seemed Of a
steeI-Eke blackness, contrasting grandly with tht
silvely streams that were bounded in by the grassy
banks OF the prairie.
sitting round our campfire at night, and watch
ing the Pickering light shining out upon The lake
i'll The calmness and holiness Of the time when
'The eating cares CT the day
Fold up ,heit tents like the Arabs,
And silently steal away,
It appears sacrilege and profanity to have taker
life in such spot; aid there seems nobility il
the courage with which the poor aniinIl ought fol
his lie
81 tel! you in the quiotude of that night wher
the moon poured forth her rich light over the stun
bering prairie and lit with holy glow the granc
mountain peaks-'
"Well, did you kill any more bcars Billy? Be
cause if you didn't you needn't mind about th'
scenery can see grander from my cabin door any
day"
~Humph ln saya Billy, as he lied IN oA the fire
place E.J. A.
'Ajeas Bl1'm, rear Olympia, ~. IT, jenny. 1854.