New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-04-28
THE TAKING or" SAMSON"

Dellah didn't do II, and there Philistnes 10
the case. Samson biueslf we not consulted in the
mstter and there foolpg with green withes or
with untrisd cords, nor did he ever sleep 50 soondy
that sny maiden Of TmDsth, how skillfa Width loom
.oever, could bsye woven bis shaggy hair into the
web Thoogb 10 his mighty strength ne would indeed
have pcofed 81 all the green wi.hes thar ever grew,
ana all the new oorcs with which thoso sturdy limbs
could have been bouDd would indeed have become -
Tag in the fire. when he chose 10 iss in his might and
CARY terror amcpg his foes. How many thousands OF
bis enemies be has killed. he cannot tell though GER
tsn H. that in bis dealings with bic advsrsariss he
did not use the jawb bone Of ass but trusted rather
to bis which served bis purpose TO mach better
advaptage And when at last he eA into the tolls OF
the enemy through the tn, acherous wes Of no
betraying dasel; only the carnsl appetite Of bis own
nnooupdsd stomach was to blame. For the Samson OF
this loaded inion column Ia not the gentleman whose
cad story ia told 10 the great primer pages of the old
Family B be- but horse Of quite another coor-in
fact, Bear species Grizzly. And the Grizzly Bear,
called Samson is for strength and size quite no'ed
character among bis sine kind, as WA the elder
Ssmson among men, being by far the largest and
siroDgsst bear that ever was captured alive, Hnoe
bears have besn product of our pobe country.
The story of his taking s as follows: Most of the
rsvnes about the foot Of the CALIFORNIA; fountains
the habitat Of bears Of almor every variety and in
the latter part Of the year 1853 the eS settlers in Tuo
lumpe, Cslsveras, Msrposa, and San Joaquin Coun-
ties, California, became unpleassDty aware Of the
presence in their vicinity of bears than they had
in mediate occasion for. The lunters who Get forth
on the tack Of persuadiDg these unwecome neghbor,
by the gentle arguments Of rife ball and keen long
knife 10 abdicate in their favor and to to
other and more distant DOMINION net with much sue
cess and got decidedly the beet of tbe argument with
the Grizzlies. Many Of tho latter suecumbed TO the
moral sussion of the rifle, and their skins changed
owners; Others retreaed and e the hunters matters
of the field In the curse Of their work the fre
qoeI,ly tss hear distpgused above sl his fellows
for bugepess and feFocy and though ois particular
animal was short intervals for more than year,
no hardy bunter had yet cared to venture enough
70 administer certain leaden quieus In the sourso
OF months the "big Grizzly" became we'll known by
sight 10 s4vera aud by reputation to many, and many
pes the shot thrown away upon bis tough hide, no
bullet being fortunate enough 10 find vulnerable
point So well protected was the life of the "big
Grizzly" by thick hide and shaggy hair, that he was
entirely uphurt after shooting acquaintance OF fifteen
ponils with his eo.inhRbitanis, toe whiies In doe
Of time tie fame Of the grim and grizzly quad
ruped reached the eoast, and he was talked of ia the
cies Of the Psec shore. The most interested of
all in the foar.lssged hero was one J. C. Adams, Of
San Frsncisco the proprietor OF large menagerie,
q man mighty as hunter, and famed az tauOr Of in
tractsble wAd beasts The ttcres Of the unusual size
Of the Tuoluuns bear and the difficulty the local hunt
found in dealing with him raised the ambitious
thusssm Of the animal tanner 70 60 nigh pitch, that
be determined 10 organize purity pursue the big
grizzly" with tie determination, not Kill him, but
TO accomplish the infinitely nore difficult undertaking
of capturing him alive.
In February, 1864, Mr. j. G. Adams, accompanied
only by neiau and boy, set ouI ca thsr 'aTHey.