The weekly Butte record., 1866-04-28
A Night With Grizzlies.

The following story of an adventure with
grizzlies in the Rocky Mountains, throws into
he shade the most wonderful of hair breadth
escapes of Col Crockett and his companion,
Den Hardin. The Montana Post, in which
we find it, vouches for its truth
John Adams of Bannock City, a thorough
ard unpre,ending gentleman of varied expert
enee ard travel, and one OF our most substan-
tial miners, has been the hero of an adventure
among the ferocious animals of the Rocky
Mountains, that borders On the miraculous, 10
escape from personal peril, and the fictitious IN
its thrilling details. Some two weeks since he
went to the head of Salmon river. in Idaho, on
a prospecting aud hunting expedition, in com
pany with three or four others. In his desire
for game and adventure-of both of which he
finally got sufeit-he frequently left his com
panions and took a circuitous course. One
day he travelled in search of grizzlies. finding
deer; the next day, 10 searching for deer. he
came in contact with huge grizzly. Undis.
mayed by the formidable size and hostile dem
onstrations of bruin. be leveed his Hearys RI
tle IA l6 shooterl and fred. The fierce mon
ster simply growled in response TO the report
OF the gun, and rushed toward his assailant
with vengeance flashing eyes! The shot was
not fatal. With nerves still equal to the fear
ful emergency. the brave man again leveled his
piece, fired, and the grizzly fell, and soon lay
lifeless before him. Starting toward his tro-
ply, his attention was arrested by cracking
noise near by. Looking in that direction, be
beheld another huge grizzly, about thirty yards
distant. Quickly aiming and firing off his rife
the bullet, like the first only inflicted mad
dening wound. The speed with which the
bear made toward Adams prevented him from
making a second stand as he had done in the
case of the first one, and be ran at the top of
his speed for tree. When he reached it the
bear was not more than twenty feet behind him.
Ascending about ten feet. he cast hasty
glance below; there was his mortal foe, stand
ing upon its hind legs, with its paws against
the body of the tree In breathless suspense
be looked not down again until be had ascend
ed further, and strapped himself to a limb.
Imagine his horri6ed sensations when he then
looked below to see the second grizzly joined
by third Being then in position where
be could use his rife with deliberation, the
second and third bears were soon stretched 10
death at the roots of the tree. Darkness was
now closing around the scene, and the hunter
was about to descend. when troop of half
famished wolves, attracted by the scent of
blood, gathered about the dead bears carcasses,
and there held a high carnival until morning
dawned, amid such bowls as ears unacquainted
would suppose coald not be sent up outside of
regions Plutonian. Up tree, on a high
range of mountains, without o coat, with wet
feet, the situation of Adams during this event
full night can be imagined more easily than de-
scribed He reached camp in the evening,
having been thirty six hours without food.
He came TO town to replenish his stock of
ammunition, and is off for Salmon river again
for more grizzlies.