St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1864-08-25
BEAR HUNT TN
ST. CLOUD. {. .
An Exciting Time.
4 COUPLR OF EINFANTILE BRUINS
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THE OLD ONE ESCAPES, BUT IS
. HVET AFTERWARDS sHoT.T1r
A Lively Race.

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Last Friday: night will be remembered as
an epoch in the history of St. Cloud, when
was the first genuine bear hunt within the
limits, since the land became the property
ofthe White Man. ->s:. ~, :. !. 81.
On that night at about ten o'clock, Mr.
H. J, Fowler was riding down town, aud
y: when in the alley back Of River street. i'm
meliately in the rear of H. z. Mitchell
residence, saw before MIN a she-bear and
her two cubs. Being totally unarmed, he
quickly turned about, and drove to Mr.. E.
NJ. Tobey's. This gentleman laid hold Of a
double-barreled shot gun, and pouring
some back-shot on top Of the small shot
with which it was already loaded, went
with Mr.. F. to the locality Of Mrs. Bruiu
and family. The latter bad climbed tree,
:, and when Mr.. Tobey came up he gave the
old hear which was standing at the foot,
the contents Of one barrel Of his gun, in
the eyes and snout which sent her off -
Mr.. Fowler then started home for rifle.
In the meantime Mr.. Tobey gave one Of
the cubs in the tree the benefit Of his Sec
ond barrel, which SET it bowling and event.
ually brought it to the ground, when Mr.
Tobey dispatched it with the butt of his
gun. At this juncture Mr.. U. NJ. Tobey
came up and lodged load Of buckshot in
the other cub, which let loose the music of
its voice. -.
BY this time quite number of persons,
attracted by the bowling Of the bears, had
collected-Charles Taylor. James B. Mills,
S. II. Norris, James Miller and others-some
armed and others unarmed. All were con-
slderab:y excited, but kept up q fire on the
wounded cub until they brought it down.
Its body was perfectly riddlcd.
Chase was then made for the old bear,
which had been seen lodging around. She
was pursued through the brush on the
west side of the lime yard, near which
place she was shot at By Chas. Tay lor
and E. NJ. Tobey, to the road by James
Doves house. In the roal-in front Of this
house it was that Mr.. James Mills and the
bear, moving in opposite directions, met
almost face to face. The former had but
revolver from which the last shot had been
fired, and neither manifested any dispo-
sition to prolong the meeting.
It was during this search that a clerical
friend, Rev. Mr.. -. who was out in the
brush looking for Bruln, but was unarmed,
hearing the bushes crackle under the feet
of some heavy body, and suspecting only
too truly that it was the bear, turned his
back upon the approaching enemy and
made some incredibly long strides toward
the road. Bruin did not pursue far, but
took her course toward the woods south
west of town. Hounds we're set on her
track and the chase kept up for several
miles. The dogs became quiet after a
while and could not be found, 80 that the
search was given up-the last man, Mr.. S.
H. Norris, returning home about four
o'clock A. N.
1t would be impossible to say who killed
the second cub, but Mr.. f. NJ ~Tobey OBJ
tained possession of one and Mr.. Fowler
the other. We can testify that the meat
was very nice. =
On Sabbath afternoon the bear was start
ed up in the Ravine, near James Miller's
house, and pursued through the brush to
near James Bowes', on the outskirts Of
town, where she was shot by Mr.. M. A
maternal anxiety for her cubs had doubt
lees brought her back to town.
: Bears are quite plenty this season and
have been seen and killed in different por-
tions Of the country. We have heard sew
eral reports OF their having been seen since
Friday night in. town. A, cub was track
ed from Mr.. Tobey's barn, where was nail
ed the skin of the dead cub, to the brush
! on Monday morning. ~ ~ .s---; p
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