The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1880-06-30
GRIZZLY AND TERRIER.
A Central Pacific BEAR Yarn-The Bear
Gets Hurt

ellis this exciting story of how huge
yrizzlv bear was vanquished by man
and terrier:
The train was delayed several hours.
There were but dozen passengers all
told, and they all got out on the little
station platform. In looking down the
valley from the station (Truckee is away
up in the mountains on the main line
of the Central Pacific railroad) we
could see some kind of an animal com
ing down out of the timber and making
its wav over the top of the snow to-
ward the river. It looked like steer
or mule, and none of the travellers
thought it was anything else. The
snow was about four feet deep and |
frozen so hard that one could walk over |
the top of it without breaking through. |
Captain Vincent Yore, of st. Louis, a |
man well-known in steamboat circles |
both in St. Louis and Pittsburg, and in
fact, all along the river, was one OF the
passengers. There is considerable
of the daredevil underneath his
quiet demeanor, having run
the upper Missouri in his early
DAYS and attended many an Indian
council along with General Sherman
when the general lived in st. Louis.
Yore was returning from San Francisco,
where he had been to settle some rail-
road business for St. Louis parties, and
was fixed up neat and bright as a new
pin. He spied the animal and said hi
thought it was bear, and that if he
had a gun he would go down and shoot
it. We all laughed at him, for he did
not look much like a bear hunter, and
the station agent, burly fellow with
red flannel shirt and boots outside OF his
pants-a regular picture of a forty miner
-ioined in, saving he would give him
gun if he wanted to shoot the grizzly.
CAPTAIN Yore was a good shot, and
could be cool under very trying circum-
stances. The agent, who was at once
the express-agent, ticket-agent, baggage
smasher and everything combined, went
into his little office and brought out
beautiful bre >ch-loading Iihe. Handing
it to Yore he said, sarcastically:" Here's
a gun" Captain Yore took the gun
and started toward the end OF the plat
form. The passengers. OF course, meyer eve
dreamed that he was in earnest. The
station-agent called him back when he
had gone down off the steps and, bring
ing out little rat terrier dog OF the
light woolly Scotch pattern, said:
q Here, you'll want dog when you
60 bear hunting"
Captain Yore turned back, picked up
the dog, and putting it under the Hap Of
his coat started down toward the bear.
The grizzly had by this time got out faI
enough to be plainly seen, as he made
his way across the narrow valley. He
looked to be the size of horse, and did
not seem to care whether there was any
body within short distance OF him OF
= not. The bear kept quietly in his course
and Captain Yore went straight toWarC
him. The station-agent realized tn'
: danger Yore was in, and his anxiety
, was ouickly communicated to the pas
sengers. They got closer and closer
until they were only about the length
of the train apart. Yore stopped, tool
out the little dog and set him down
The terrier made for the bear at once
s and going up behind him, bit him OF
the heel. The bear turned around to SCI
8 what had scratched him on the foot
E and the minute he turned, Yore, wh'
had been standing motionless. watch
ing the bear as it came face towar'
!, him, brought the rifle up to his nose an!
!. flashed it at him. The bear immedi
: ately slapped himself on the shoulde
: with his paw and turned toward tn
captain. The passengers, who wer
!. watching him, were now wild with ex
3 citement. He has hit him., said tn
: old Californians on the train, :" an
+ now he must look out tor him.
't Yore never moved. The little snipe {
u dog bit the bear on the heel agair
IS he turned once more, and again YoI
II unloaded on him. The bear slappe
himself on the other shoulder an
le Strengthened up as If to go quickly
ut Yore. Then the beast broke throug
0r the snow and most disappeared trol
in our sight. He tumbled and rolled an
IS, waltzed around. The old Californian
ss were almost breathless with frigh
er "The bear is tramping out place
m fight, run, run" they screamed to or
but he stood motiOnless as statu
Is. The little dog flew around the top
so the pit the bear had made and barke
nd Presently the bear put out his head
he get his assailant's position, and hxn
he his eyes on Yore he crawled up out
It's the hole into the snow. lie had Ju
he steadied himself on his four legs VIII
ne the dog bit him once more ana / ore
or him have it again, quick as flash, t
moment he turned, and another til
,re the grizzly slapped himself Wi
nd his paw, indica' ing he had been h
an He started on a trOt toward Iol
NJ who now had four loads left in his rit
10 Twice again the dog bit the bear, and
hv each time as he turned Yore unload
Dy ~ into him, bringing the rifle up to
ost face as quickly as if he threw a weave
he shuttle. After he had fired the -four
~ load and the grizzly's pace was
slackened up much, as you col
,In .1n scarcely notice his limp, Yore turned
C Cle move back few PAGES, and as he
ssS SeS he broke through the snow and w
ie9 down to his armpits. We could j.
! Geo see his head and shoulders. The p
teSs toS sengers. expecting every moment to
veS f the infuriated monster crush poor 70
: ,o,i Oi covered their eyes in perfect terr
v%cl % The bear had got within few yards
'Sa. ca Yore, and but few seconds would
40 aOi eide it. The dog bit him again q
go Yore, who had the rifle firmly sight
noured it into him, two loads in qu
Pa. succession, and stretched him as he y
rial almost at the end of the rife.
the whole thing occurred in less time Il
in it takes to tell it, The passengers rus