The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-02-13

The bull held himself drawn up with hea(
lowered and horns just visible in the huge
mass of his shaggy name. He looked like O
lion, thus arched for fight, and with his tai
standing out behind.
Neither the grizzly nor the bull uttered q
sound; but when the bear had come within
ten feet, perhaps, the bull charged him.
expected now to witness a grand set-to
But the onset was over i'm an instant.
| The bear gave one sweep of his paw. The
bull fell. His thick neck was broken. He
scarcely seemed to stir where he lay, feet up
| That one quick, sidewise stroke had done
its fatal work. Yet from where | was il
| seemed to have been pat
| The bear shifted the fallen bull once or
twice, then advanced toward the other old
| bull, who was paving the earth and booing
in deepest bass. The latter stopped when he
saw the grizzly coming toward him, and in
silence, as the first had done, awaited the on
set.
The encounter was but a repetition of the
| other. When the bear was within few feet
the bull charged. With one stroke the grizz-
| ly laid him dead on his back
This time | actually heard the bulls neck
crack! That such q neck could thus be
broken seems Incredible Yet one stroke
of the grizzly's paw did it of that am pos
| tive.
thought the young bull would now run.
But with pride not less than that ofthe two
| old veterans, he stood his ground, bawlng
and viciously Stating his spiked horns.
After sniff at the old bull, as if to make
| sure that he was dead, the grizzly walked
coolly toward the survivor
But the younger bull was less phlegmatic
than the old ones. He roared, and tore the
| earth with his horns, and without waiting for
| The hpnr tn Ioc Oft hin,
with furious "blart" ofrage
The bear struck but because ofthe quicker
motions of this young bull, as l think, he
missed his master stroke.
For moment or two there was a rugged
conflict, and the bear gave such growl as
| made the cliffs resound l distinctly heard
bones snap, and the bull was thrown head
foremost along the ground. l watched
breathlcssly for moment, but he did not
rise nor stir.
Meanwhile, the OK had disappeared and
thought | had better do likewise. But
no" perceived that something was the mat
ter with the grizzly himself Without MOTTO
ing his late antagonist, the brawny monster
stood pointing his nose toward the pond hole,
and swayed his head and body slowly from
side TO side.
Then he dragged himself slowly up near to
the rock, and lay partly down on his belly /;
and now | could hear him making low
grooming or grunting noise.
81 reckon the little bull has given you
stomach ache if nothing worse, old chap"
thought and then Invent back through the
thckct, and climbing over the crags rctraced
my steps to camp.
As soon as we had eaten breakfast Cline
went back with me to the scene of the morn
ing's conflict.
From the top fthc crags we could see the
grizzly lying in the same place, beside the
butte, and as we stepped out he did not
change his position.
Hes got his death stroke" Cline said.
But knowing the treacherous nature of
these savage brutcs, we took the precaution
to salute him with two balls from pretty
safe distance He did not stir.
On approaching nearer, we discovered that
the animals intestines were protruding from
an ugly woundlow down on its left side and
it scarcely needed the dried gore on the
young bulls horn to testify as to how the
wound was given!
Cline skinned the bear for me, and | have
the skin in my possession. 1t measures
rather over six feet in length in its present
dried condition. Alive, that grizzly must
have been at least eight feet in length.