The daily gazette., 1879-01-10
A Prinsely Msl inter.

Some Of the Adventures of Messiter, the
sportsman, in the Judith Basin
From The ST. Paul ionee -Prets, Dec. 81.
Messiter the celebrated English sports
man. left Bismarck, u. T., ON the day
after Christmas, for the East. He has
gone diIectly to Harrisburg, IA, TO
spend the winter and spring. He lives
near that city, bu. gets his wealth from
England. tie Is the proprietor # 1900
acres OF land and three small villages.
His income is princely. He h as hunted
everything from an elephant to jack
rabbit. He was three years the chief of
q band of Arabs in Aratia. His object
was adventure and a knowledge of the
people. He Is by far the most accomp-
lished gentleman who has evei travelled
this way AZ hunter. His rough life
simply refines him. He is an artist in
his line.
When Messittr and Colonel Pickett, of
Kentucky, started into the Judith Basin
on their fall hunt their first experience
WAS ith big grizzly, who suddenly
| charged them from IA words. The hunt
crs ard their two guides were all on
horseback, The horses were frip htened,
and the riders unable TO take aim. The
bear would charge one horse ami then
another. Volley after volley was fired
at random. The horses pitched about
and the bear entered into the fun with
all the spirit of his great nature. The
crack OF he rifle amused him. ii wsuld
run back into the wood and then bounce
out again, taking after the nearest horse.
A rifle shot rom his side or rear would
make him turn and charge in the dlrec-
tion of the enemy. The fight was kept
| up for four houis, when darkness Il trmi-
mated the Unsatisfactory contest. The
bear was safe. Hunters disglisted.
Messlter saw fine grizz y run into a
very heavy ticket. He pen uaded his
pointer dog to go iuto the ticket by
| throwing stone into IL. The dog We mt
in to retrieve the stone bat came out
| with his iail belwe II his legs, and on "A
clean run that never Stopped until he got
,nio camp. The b, ar fullowed him To
The edge uf the Ticket, wheeled about
face aud disappeared. Just as the hind
quarters were passing ont of sight Mes
sitter discharged both barrels OF his ex
press tie. They were loaded with e..
plosiye bullets. The bear got them
They hut him, hut didn't kill. Mr.
Me sitter was now in a quandary. The
shell OF one barrel couldn't be removed
AMI the bear was too cunning to make
fight. Messiier threw Il cart-load OF
stones into the tlicket, hoping that the
bear would take oifcLse and come out
take the chances of being hit by the
stones. Messitcr could shoot straIghte
than he could throw. He told the rest
of the story in about the following K word,
"Gentlemen, am sorry To say IL, but
deli be rated an hour and IA half b. fore
decided to go in after that bear l knew
that he was wounded, and that in al
probability he would die before morning
aud his meat spoil. II was getting lat
in the afternoon and l must decide
Having but one useful barrel of my riff
made the situation all the more interest
ing. l got down on my h lnds and knee
and crawled into the ticket a few hun
dred yards, when saw something jus
in front of me moving up and down.
was the lower jaw Of the grizzly. II
was wetting his appetite. l placed III
rifle 10 my shoulder. The beai began t
raise up. 1t was death 10 one OF us.
fired. The bear fell back. The bulle
passed directly through the ball OF hi
left eye"