, 1873-11-30
BEARS.
Bruin In the Rocky-Mountai
Region.
Oinnamons and Grizzlies --- Their
Fighting Qualities.
How Fairplay Miner Lost His Scalp
and Got "Ci'awed Up"
! Generally.

Var Between Slleep-Nrcn and Cattlo-1lcn
'--Tlc Murder Of 1fr. and Mrs.
Richardson.
Correspondence NJ The Chicago Ttib,ns.
CANON CtTr, Col Nov. 1e, 1873.
Deeply Impressed With the Idea that many Of
Jour readers havs morbid curiosity upon the
subject Of
BEARS,
and Following that this region can turn out a fow
Of the above "varmints " that will ra!cr cclipno
thoso OF Wall street, have determined to opon
this lottor with short cllaptor descriptive Of
the nature, habits aud paculiaritloa Of tile uobla
animal.
The mountain-ranges Of Colorado arc worry we'll
supplied with bears, and, during tho fall Of tho
year, when tho plums md grapes arc ripe, 1t ID
nothing unusual to stumble upon a dozen or 90
Of tho brlltes in hnlf-an-hours walk. Thero aro
thrco distinct species tho common brown or
black bear, who still maintains prccarious foot
hold In many OF tho Enstcrn Statos, and ia
huutcd with much ceremony; the cinnamon, and
tho gonuino grizzly.
THE CINNAMON CHAP
is about the color Of brick-duBt, aud his fighting
wcfrht r.nrca al, tha ,vov from ann ~ mn
nouYae. Tia ia !. surn,o aclivo hr,,to md ,rc,,n.
ed to 10 genuine coward Moot him in 60
cluled place, and he will sku1k OF with his tail
between his logs, like q coyote; but 10 il npt to
prove dangerous customer when wounded aud
brought at bay. Then he assumos the offensive,
and truo rifle and steady nerve arc required on
tho part Of the sportsman, or his boarehip will
proceed to form an acquaintance moro close
than auroeab1o II n oood troa !. ~ h,w,,
H1 -. s0a s'..'s. soou s1oo 40 ~ nAha
aao INC hunter Gun 6cAlo II, so muoh
the better, a. tho clnuamons do not climb;
and knowledge Of this fact tends TO restore
confidence Tho majority of mon hnro oon-
-, Iii .-.s.INt9 w. 49, .Nn "'o W.
Voibaa WIZ pfeter TO nnns thom IN this nay. In
aoHo INSTANCES INC CINNAMON, a1tor being badly
hit rllsheB at tho treo up which Lis antagonist
has shinued tor denr Nfo. geizes IL IN his teoths
>. ~ ~. .-,5 ~ 4N@' ~. .es,n'
c11soal 1uncture II III oest Tor tae hunter to pro-
servo bis composuEo, and not fly OF the handle.
THE boar may keep him imprisoned An hour or
an !, INT nrr;, ~. a,,,o11 ata,1, - -.
a. ,Dha phs p,ulu nas sinaIl b:0ck o. pa'onco'
ana' "nen ne aaeofsa'ns tna1 tno position Is I'M
preguable, he gives up tho job In disguat, and
retires in good order. i,
THE GRIZZLY.
ho,vav,r .,anau ~ t,,o ho.5 - IL, h... x.,:,.
nosesel, s ssanaa ., quo neaa OF ta0 pear 1amny'
M anu - molo ,oateu anu 1eapecsea 'han all otnora'
he is 5, traaohorous, sullon, malicious. despcr-
sa!.h who stunDosny resIs.a all advances toward
trlenasnlp' and is ready At any tmo to dfo In tho
Iase o'ton. Llko tho immortal Old Guard"
OF Napoleon, your genuine gr1zzly mover eur
tonders, but IL game to tho lust. The grizzly
hua % lordly, Independent bearing, and, on lug
nativo mountain-sides or in tho forests, will
hardly deign to make room for man himsolf. II
you meet one in the road, tho chances nre that
he will not bulge m inch, unless ho happens to
trot out one siao few yards, roar himself upon
his enormous haunchos aud gracionniy wait for
you to pass., No matter whether you IRE armed
With ereeeeh-loadng e Ballard, neelle;gun Win
out in tho open country. ' '
is on the back Of good horse, Or ia the limbs of
= cottonwood tree. Many persons, diHrogardng
hs aa matter xbess sbsf sery so Soo g
box, he mover givoa up the ghost without =
strugele, and will fight AZ long as he Gnu LIT a
pay. D. o,..n,, ,,,,,o.u..,. H.. s-,,,
Of tho gfizzly are to bo soen In theso ntouutain-
ous regions nearly every day. The other morn
lns, your M correspondent encountered minor
from sas, Falrplay' WHO had come dorm to tho val
snce was, to say tho least, peculiar. He carried
his right arm In sllng; ono ego was twisted
upward; his face WAS scratched, snd
torn, and indented with ridges; while his
head Wan as guiltloHs Of hair us
billiard-ball. At first supposed
that ho had beon invited by somo Of tho fricntl-
~ Indians to sca!ping picnic Al chief per-
former but, in CONFORMATION, y turned out
that ho bad received each and nl these griov-
GUS wounds from the claws Of q grizzly. A So
sial glass Of the ardent warmed up tho heart Of
tho miner, md ho rolasod
THE D1snA1 TALE
o. MS adventure IN almost the following lan-
You zee, )" said our hero, planting hlmaelf on
"a dry.goods box, and inserting M enormous
! quid Ut virginia natural next to his molars, I
'camo OUT TO this region at an carly day, aud,
Denver q few weeks, mud loaing every