The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1871-09-30
NOTES on the WAY 70 WONDERLAND,
n Ride % tie Infer,sal Regions.
~ c, c. CLAYTON.
fContjnued from lest week.

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(Cootinued from lest week.
We found good bridge here, built by
Mr.. Sswtell for his own use, - believe
no wagon but his has ever passed over this
part of the country. In many places he
has taken pains to make good grades, and l
saw M place between Virginia City and
Henry Lake that . loaded wagon could no,
pass over with apparent ease.
AwoRD ABOUT BEARS.
Bear Creek is well named, for there is no
other SUCH haunts for that animal 10 be
found in g:cat scope Of countIy-its un-
der,,rush furnishing them with ample and
secure hiding places. Here berries grow in
abundance, and the industrious ant rea,s
her ingenious palace. Bruiu 10 fond of
both. Trsmpled bushes snd fresh.torn ant
hills denoted his almost immediate presence
He il = root cater, slso. and the ground in
many places leaked - though y drove Of
hogs had been u, work an it. While The
cubs are yet small, the mother takes them
out with her and gives them lessons in the
art of digging and gathering substance for
themselves. thereby teaching them to earn
their own livelihood. In the human fam
lily We find it the s,me-the good. practical
lrss,ns taught by the mother are Of more
help through life. il followed, than Ill that
may afterwards be learned)
An old bear, when out on the prairies
with her young ones usually two) foraging,
is very imposing sight. and are Oh.
jccts worthy "f admiration-''to man up
tree" In California the grizzly is con.
sidere.l lord of the mountains. and no other
animal tlares cross hrs path. Owing to the
abundance and richness Of the berries. with
plenty If wild honey in rearh, they often
grow to The size Of = freight wagon. l am
told. When running wild. he is n moving
wonder, no doubt; but person can take
more real comfort in one minute looking st
him in IN iron cage from the top seats Of a
managerie than in whole hour on the
naked prairie. But in this country, where
there Is little mast. and long winters, our
grizzlies do DOT Mt ain TO an extraordinary
size-seldom larger than cart
After the horses were unsaddled and Sc.
cured. in Company with the dog and my
gun. / took stroll up the creek to see If
We couldn't Tag Bruin before the eagle
hunters came up. As we advanced, the
''signs" became more and more numerous,
until I was satisfied We would soon be
rewarded with
BEAR FIGHT.
The serviceberry bushes were dreadfully
mangled-some places they had becn pallsil
down and the delicious fruit eaten OF; in
others they he'd bssa tsanPseasnd waI'owed
over Is though dozen bears had been there
ut once. I sent the dog in and watched,
hut M he started nothing, I soon forgot
everything. and wandered on. gathering
and eating herries, which hung in great
clusters on Ill sides. Ait Ut = suiden, how.
ever, was brought to my senses by ter.
riblc noise in the bushes ahead of me, rs
of the rushing and snorting Of wild ami,
mails Of course It was bear out berrying.
and he WAS coming directly towards me.
Nearer and nearer he come. and could SCI
the tops Of the high berry bushes bending
before him. Now 1t occurred to me there
might l,e two-twO hears are . good many.
I would have whis,led for Mig, but to ut.
tract attention would prove ruinous, for the
bear WAS GINNING plenty fast already. II
the gun Ia Bxllard) should fail, there would
he no alternative but IL trust to my knife.
and that would bring me face to face will,
the enemy. Old hunters say bear can be
successfully handled lin an emergency by
waiting till he rises on his hind feet, and
then smiie him under the fifth rib till he
dies. They never tell how the bear amuscs
himself In the meantime - whether ht
throws up his hands" or goes for his foe
tooth and toe nail" These things have Ia
le considered. considered them. I re-,
collected that had never seen but one man
who stabbed u bear; that was down In the
Boa. River mountains, several years ago
We had 10 take two horses to get him (nol
the bear) to camp, he WAS too much scat
tered ~ carry 0n one. and the best surgical
assistance never could make anything els<
out Ut him hut torn up man, al h"ush ht
lived. Chser and closer come the bears;
thought | gotx glimpse Of them through
the bushes; there was drive Ut il,e,n-twt
abreast. rushing On me; another minu,,
and the hght would begin. There was n.
tree in reach. ! held . council Of war; ,
change Ut base was considered in order;
Immediately stepped behind . point Ut rock'
half mile down the creek, and after wait
my reasonable time for the enemy to ap
pear. l walked into camp. dcmoralized, bu
not .ia,nsged. The dog som followed
I'anti;;g ~ th ugh be too. had had race TO
life.
In short iime the eagles hunters mad
their .ppe.rance, with their hats bedecke,
with trophies in The shape Ut eagle feathers
and M eagle hanging 70 the horn Of cscl
saddle, while the wings dragged the ground
The old one showed fight when she saw th
hunters approaching, and settled down b,
the nest to pr,tcct her young. After sev
essl shots frOm . rife, she was disabled
and NJ. Raymond climbed The tree y far =
pOssible, threw rOpe over the limb, m
shs,k the tw.. young ones oul, then br0ugh