The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-10-16

Is IN TIE bushes Just opposite you. In
another moment a huge animal stepp-
ed out into the road; they thought for
an instant that it was an OK, and to
appreciate that, you should see one of
these Montana oxen. They are i'm
mense. GAS big rs a house" as Pa
used to say of anything unusually
large. Mr. Miller spoke to the SER
geant, and the animal turned towards
them, and stood on his launches; then
they saw in the dim light of the early
morning that it was "a grizzly bear.
They both fired, and the magnificent
animal walked majestically away.
MIR M. and the sergeant waded the
creek, and rushed after him. l think
the bear inspired them with considera.
BILE respect. Mr. NJ. wakes eloquent
when he describes his magnificent
proportions, the majesty of his move
ments, and all that. l noticed that
they are careful to keep respectful
distance from him, and not to disturb
the majesty of his movements. l OBJ
served, also, that the next night they
watched for him they selected the
largest trees of Beaver creek to sta
tion themselves in. Several officers
had joined Mr.. Min the bear hunt.
They explained to me that they could
get better shot from the tOpmOst
branches of a large tree. | wish |
could send you a sketch of Mr.. NJ. af-
ter he had arranged himself to watch
for the bea1that second night. He had
his Winchester rifle across his shout
der, belt full of cartridges around
his waist, huge revolver stuck in it,
and murderous looking knife. l
thought he was well-armed, hut sug-
gested that to be armed cap-a-pie, it
would be best to put ON his cavalry
boots to keep the rattlesnakes from
biting him; he said at first that he
would put them on, but he quickly
changed his mind and said no, he
would not because he could run faster
with his shoes on But they did lot
get shot at the bear that night. The
sentinels haveseen him several nights.
The deep quiet of the night has been
broken several times by the sentinel
calling for the corporal of the guard"
when the bear had walked majeslical>
ly past him.
Did | ever write you that we had
had two alarms Of Indians? One |
night about eleven o'clock, when the /
whole garrison was in bed and asleep,
and the deepest quiet reigned, l sat
reading. Il heard the sentinel near US
challenge, "Who comes there?" he |
yelled out as they always do. | sup !
posed 1t was the officer Of the day, or !
the officer of the guard, or the relief, !
but in an instant, Il shot rang out and
startled the echoes from the hills, aud /
the officers and men sprang from their
beds. Mr. NJ. sprang out of bed and,
dressed in a half second, more or
less, seized his sword and ran over to
his company in a few seconds. Every |
was out. The officer of the
guard had his guard out, and every
thing was in battle array, but no foe
The sentinel said that two
Indians had ridden past him; he chal.
lenged them and they did not halt, he
fired, and they disappeared. The 9TH
er alarm was soon after the regiment
came. The sentinel fired at an In
dian. The Indian ran, but dropped
a mysterious looking bundle of colored
sticks, which some the men to con-
strue into a declaration of war, but
the interpreter here said they were
medicine sticks" and that they be-
longed to a Sioux, and that the In
dian was frightened, or perhaps
wounded and dropped them as he ran.
NJ.