The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-07-30

TOO important, however, to be passed wit
D out a s'eouncil of war" In this case Il
result negatived the proverb that ''coul
J ellis Of war never fight" The Chepeys d
diers they carefully considered their meal
Tor aggressive and defensive warfare ,
against the enemy before them. The
were found to consist Of one common sh,
fowling gun, Of single barrel, with tolel
able supply Of powder, aud that size ,
shot used forshooting cartridges; one sma
cur dog, and two men, one Of them. Johl
the writer knows from personal acquain
ance, OF rather less than medium size, wit
such weapons a. natures God gave them
viz, their fists, their feet and their teeth
And with these thu two brothers deter
mined to give battle. This they proceede
to initiate in the following manner. The,
doubled the quantity of shot in their gun
and at very ''short range poured tn
whole into the side Of the bear, while hi
interest was chiefly bestowed on the littl
dog, he being up to this time the mos
noisy OF his new acquaintance. But tn,
dlscharge Of the musket changed all this
and reused him to a sudden and wrathfu
sortie from his quiet and hitherto peaceful
hole. He gave fearful and angry grow
as he came out, and made direct for oul
friend John. evidently intending to show
him before the close Of their acquaintance
ms pEescr1ptlye rights and privileges.
The bear was really large-he was very
large-the steel-yards decided that. He
was so large-John at once recognised il
9im the historical character Of the Orange
hunt, and all his own fire was at once in q
oiaze.o He thought his neighbors of Or.
ange We're scared. He was not. Thought
was quick, but so was the bear, and on he
Came, his huge jaws wide open, and his
great white teeth too apparent for comfort
or assurance, and in the act Of a direct as
sault on his little antagonist ne was foiletl
in manner he had not calculated on. and
which probably astonished and d;sconcert-
ed him.
! As the bear was just about to close in on
his foe the active little man sprang sud-
denly to one side, and then TO the rear Of
his enemy, Selling him by the hind leg
with both his hands, and at the same time
uttering the most positive assurances that
ne had none OF the Orange boys to deal
with this time.'' Neither this new mode
of attack by flank and rear" nor the as
surance seemed agreeable to Bruin, for he
ct once set about doing his best to get away.
He ran down the side Of the mountain, over
rocks, brush, logs, knots, sticks, stumps,
and whatever Of rough there was on the
side Of this rough old peak, till he was tir-
go q 1t. John, in the meantime, kept his
hold on the leg. and kept up the repeated
and it il said, even with curses,
that he had "n0ne Of the Orange boys to
deal with this time" Notwithstanding, in
his descent, he was rapidly parting with
his garments, portions Of which could now
be seen hanging to bush and knot and tree,
till that which remained to him of them
was but sorry spectacle.
This was continued for some time. till at
last the bears patience gave out. He
would stand this no longer. It was evil
IDENTIFY losing game, this running away
from an enemy from whom there was no
Escape. And now with increase Of wrath
be stopped-he turned on the PROSTATE rag
ged man, who evidently, whatever was
true 10 some other respects, had the advan-
He sprang TO his feet, and when about to
be taken in that embrace by his foe, which, I
with those more civilized, il sometimes
practiced and received as evidence of the
.fuest affection, he showed his utter want
IF appreciation of this demonstration on
he part OF his new acquaintance from Or
ange by knocking him down with his fist.
srai times, as often az he was threatened
with the hug" till his little dog appeared
N the scene and laid sharp hold OF bruins
reels with his teeth.
This was too much. Two upon one was
evidently one too many, and 90 retreat was
gain resorted to, but with no better sue
;ess than before. John renewed his old
lttack. He caught the retreating beast
gain by the leg, and again cried out no
orange boys, and again he was dragged
Town the mountain side a. before, till,
probably from the same considerations as
lecided the termination Of the previous re-
reat, the bear stopped. John sprang to his
eet again, and again knocked Bruin down. |
This. IS before. he repeated. But now he |
vas becoming exhausted by this extraor-
linary course Of battle. His strength was |
ailing, while his enemy still had : large
upply Of this necessary element Of sue |
essful conflict. And, as il like to be the |
ase, superior strength began to show its |
'alue sin protracted fight. The bear had
low the best Of it, and was not satisfied |
With mere embraces. He threw his ad- |
'ersary upon the ground. and having it all |
us own way, he proceeded to break bones
rould probably have been the end Of the
lucky little man had it not been for the
imely interference Of his brother, just
7hen Bruin was best satisfied with the |
curse the fight was taking. He had not |
3rsaken his friend in the strife. But the
progress OF the two combat
nts down the side of the mountain had |
cen 90 rapid that, up to this time, he had
cen left quite behind and out Of the calcu-
atoms Of both. Now he came up, armed
nth his empty gun, with which he pro.
eeded tOSgive such blows over the sensi.I
I've snout Of the ugly beast a. soon brought
Inn to terms. With this slight weapon he
ctually Knocked out the brains' Of the
ear. s9 E3afa .sf s#f@a
There was now opportunity to look over
he battle field and ascertain the extent Of
amages to the parties engaged. John was
,und with the bone Of his right arm bro
en- above the elbow, and the flesh Of this
art was much lacerated by the teeth Of
IL enemy. He was also bitten through
- right thigh, the flesh Of which was also
ably torn.
These, with the many bruises received
! his rapid descent, were the sum of his
ersonal injuries; but his clothes It may
ell be doubted whether their parts were
yer all seen again. There was but one
ophy Of the 6ght-the body Of the van
uished; and It gives pleasure to the wri-
Y TO be able to add that this was found,
ssh and hide, Of sufficient value to pay
70 surgeons fees for his attendance Of the
roken homes and wounds, end that for
lese services It was received. It weighed
etween four and i've hundred pounds, as
as ascertained by actual weight, and be-