The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-10-10
An Exciting Adventure with . Grizzly
Bear.

Mr.. Jameson, the young Irish Baron,
who, for the past several years, has
jOurneyed from the Green Sod to engage
in hunting and fishing sports in Mon
tana, was unusually successful this sea-
son, his wagons returning loaded with
the antlers Of elk, moose, deer, noun
tain sheep and antelope, and the pelts
of grizzly and black bear, mountain lion,
lynx, wild cat, and other splendid tro-
phies of the chase. These valuable pos
sessions, carefully preserved and packed,
have gone forward to the Old Country,
while Mr.: Jameson, disbanding his par
ty of four, and accompanied by his body
servant, starts soon on journey around
the world, sailing from San Francisco
for China early in September.
In this connection an adventure, in
which Mr.. Jameson and bear were the
sole participants, is worth relating. One
night last month, while bivOuacked on
Cascade Creek, east of the Muscleshell,
well defined tracks were left about the
camp, indicating that while the party
peacefully slept the premises had been
invaded by huge grizzly. The follow
ing morning, while breakfast was pre-
pairing, the young Irishman, armed with
his trlsty rifle, started down the creek,
trailing the beast half mile to q point
leading into thicket of underbr,lsh
skirting to considerable width the
stream on both sides. Making slight de-
tour, Jameson pushed his way cautiously
into the thicket, the slight noise of his
carefully picked footsteps being muffied
by the rOllicking waters leaping and
trmbling over successive falls. Hating
suddenly and parting the bushes, the in
trepid hunter espied his game, leisurely
at rest, scarcely thirty yards away. He
concluded the bear was his, and with
steady aim at vital parts, sent two bull
lets in rapid succession into the broadly
presented side of the beast. There was
fierce growl, and the wounded animal,
parting the brush and saplings like grain
stalks, pushed vigorously towards his
assailant. Unable to get another unob-
structed shot and understanding his
peril, Jameson, with great presence of
mind, quickly retreated towards the
creek, the bear pursuing and close at
his heels. There was no time to halt or
turn aside, and reaching the bank the
hustled sportsman, holding alOft his rifle,
leaped for the water, landing in pool
to the depth of his armpits. A moment
later and the enraged brute, bursting
through the willows and sapplings, con-
fronted him on the margin Of the brook.
Jameson, prepared for his enemy, with
promptness and precision put two more
shots into the great beast, who, in the
very act of taking to the water after his
prey, tumbled to the ground, dead.
Jameson, scrambling out of his unpre-
meditated bath, rsturned to camp, in
tercepting on the way two of his COM
rades, summoned by the report of his
rifle and Fastening to his aid. After
breakfast team was hitched up, and
strapped to poles the huge carcass of
bruin was hauled up to the camp and
skinned. The heft of this monster was
placed at 1000 pounds, and the pelt, ex-
hibited to number of men esteemed Ia
be good judges in such matters, more
than sustained the estimated weight Of
the beast.-7Helena (lont.) Herald.