Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-12-23
gIGur WITH GRIZZLY.
I Graphic Account by IA frontiers
man Himself


man Himself
We are permitted to present t. our
readers the following thrilling account
Of a bear-tighi, as written by the par
ty himself to DIR. Josiah Curtis at
WashingtOn.-EDs.l ]:
had been sick, as you know from
my former letters, for nearly nine
months. / raised courage to pack my
horse and start for the mountains on
the I'd day of June was weak and
not able TO stand up 80 my work AS
usual. My sickness haI got to stage
when the least thing ia the world
would excite nv AID make me cross
BY the lime got HE lilly packed the
other h0r t. had got their packs Turn
ed, and 80 had ln pack them all over
again. One of There had got down in
a mud hoe with her PACK, 20 you may
ImHgin" thai | must have been Iirtu
10y lie imc | gat mA tra'n started. ]
Was goiug tor The Teton Basin, aim
ing tn mp az inr juI elton Of Moody
Creek tt,it night. | was in the lead
and had tiaNeied 5 mil,s, Ia within
= nIiie- - tie tluuW Of retOn river
when Dick, jr rode a. to me aud
pointed out three animals, which We
thought were cattle of IA new settler
who was living near the Snu:h-f fork
canyon. "hlle w. acre looking at
them, o',.- uf them sch up and then
! knew Ihal theS We're tear | stopped
the train AMI got my pIst' /, which
William always carrIes on his saddle.
clinchrd my sad il- and started for
them. ] was rldug One-eypd Riley
the little roam mare | rode when mpr>
ing camp in u soon got close
enough 80 that they saw what | was,
and / saw what they were
A sHE-GRIzzLY AND TWO YEARLING
CUBS.
They started for the Teton river, and l
after them on a dead run. | got so
close on them, as they were taking the
river, that they separated. The old
one and one yearling took the river
while the other turned and went for
the rolling hills half mile off. l Lii
out of the saddle and shot the yearling
III the water, breaking his back. The
water was shallow where he was, and
ne settled down in the mud, hollering
for the old one that had got out and
left him. The water was deep and
rapid in the middle, and would have
TO swim to 90 after the old one so
loaded my gun and bounced my saddle
and started for the one that had taken
for the hills. He did not run far; a,
soon as he got TO the top of the first hll
he laid down, watching me and til,
other bear. ] had got to Within tire,
or four hundred yards of him, when u,
started again. | used whip and spul
on Riley, and seOu run on To him
The ground was so uneven that | cDutl
not shoot my gun on the run, 80 run
aim backwards and forwards for hal
an hour until he began to lag
and his tongue began to hang out 81
mis- mouth. / watched my chance
and when within - yards of him
refined up my maze short and quick
and lit out Of the saddle and on to my
knees, for 4 rest ami "a dead shot. Just
as l was pulling my trigger, he made
quick turn to the right, aud my
EULLET PLOCGHED HE DIRT BHHINI
HIN.
At the crack Of tine gun, he stopped
short, and set zap and looked at me fOi
a second or two, and then started on
the run again. Al the crack Of the
gun my mare also run away from me
and went Oh the run for the pack hoTs
6 and my family that were,at the bot,
tom of the hill watching all the ma.
neuver. Little Dick started on the run
with his yellow mare, when be saw
this, aud brought her back TO me. AS
the boys say here when 1 get out %
sorts little,
OLD Beavers GOT HIS MONKEY
Up"
and you may be sure that il was up by
this time. Little Dick had no cart
ridges for his gun, and was of no ser
vice 10 me. | told him to stay wher,
ne was and take care Of my rife, anC
/ jumped into the saddle aud went a +,
ter the bear again. had gone half q
mile, when | saw him lie down, hal
buried up in dirt to cool himself off
for there was no water within his
reach. When he saw me he up anC
started, ] after him. | did not spar,
my mare, for was mad at her anC
determined 10 Kill the bear. He soon be
gan TO lag again, for it was a warm day
When got close enough 1 commenced
shooting with my revolver. / had no
shot pistol IN over a year, and
missed him five shots on Tia
run, ! reserved the last bar
rel until / should run hin