The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-11-04
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One day OGI Psny szs ksQ In camp
~ . dnEZing sLOTm u sisst EEd rain,
AnOndiRg - Isst iron uhs sIeiLsRslt
and f4t4g0a u lks chase aRd PEspaI-
lag ali for SHAT proved " bss seI-
citing days sport thAH any Of u lad
ever before expected 70 witness. Our
party had been somewhat depleted By
the departure On the day previous Of
Webb Hayes and Mr.. Austin, whom
other arrangements had summoned
back TO Ohio. Yet We felt that our
mission wAs but half accomplished.
During the inteI val We had a council
OF Wal on the subject Of bear. I'm
doubtedly the ultimate success Of the
bear hunt was due 10 ths sagAcity Of
Gen. Crook, and he summed up the re-
suit Of our council aud the sentiments
Of the party BY saying fAeetiously:
Wen have q b'aI II We have to ride
q mule 10 Rock creek"
CROOKS sIzK"
On the morning Of the 9Th, therefore,
accompanied by some Of the packers,
our party proceeded 10 the summit Of
the mountain, where lay the carcass Of
an elk killed q short time previous, but
which had not yet been taken 10 the
camp Although quite early in the
morning We found in the vicinity Of
this CARCASS the trail Of no less than ten
or twelve bear which showed thai they
had been there within a few hours.
Gen. Crook took up a trail after u few
moments with the remark:
This is is about my size" THE
bear would have needed eleyens, army
size.l Followed by n couple Of pack
ers, TO whom the general had usually
given plenty employment, he started
On the trail at a rapid gait. Mr.. Col
lins and your correspondent look up
another trail and Major Lord aud a
packer named Yeoulle another. When
the party again assembled together at
the camp at night it was found, to the
surprise Of all, that four grizzlies had
been killed by the party, Gen. Crook
killing one, the largest, at the immi-
nent risk Of his life. while Major Lord
and Mr.. Yeoulle had killed AN old she
bear and two large cubs. the latter un-
dertaking having been by 10 means a
holiday task. Gen. Crook was asked 10
tell the story OF his capture, but did it
with 50 little detail hat | prefer TO
give the packers account.
DEAF SHOT.
After IN hours pursuit Of the trail,
which rapidly grew fresher, Gen.
Crook, who was in the lead, approached
n dense thicket and closely sc~rutinIzlng
It and the ground around 1t, remarked.
HE is here" The general then sta
Toned the packers ON commanding
points In the vicinity and waited for
the bear TO come out, but ut last his
patience being exhausted, he remarked
TO the men:
You keep your eyes peeled and see
hat he don't get away, and III go in
and bring him out"
With this he started for the thicket.
just as he was on the point OF entering
It n giant grizzly, weighing, it was af-
terward found, between four hundred
and five hundred pounds, raised up on
his launches scarcely twenty feet away,
with his ears forward, his mouth wide
open, and with an exasperated ''wuhln
showed that he was ready to dispute
the generals progress. A man twenty
feet away from n grizzly bear has not
much time TO consider what IL Is best
to do; but the general was quick to de-
eide that his safety depended entirely
on his aim, and with the utmost DELHI
Grafton he drew ahead on the bear,
aiming ut the neck, determining IL pos
sible to break 1t. The ball missed the
mark by about an inch, entering the
grizzly's mouth and passing through
his neck, killing HIM instantly.
BEAR THAI o AWAY.
Mr.. Collins had taken up the trail Of
another large bear which he consider
ed about his size, :" and which led In an
entirely different direction. He was
upon the back Of a mule and made
good progress until the trail became SO
warm that the mule showed evident
signs Of dissatisfaction, declining to
jump n log over which the bear had
dragged himself, and consenting TO fol-
low the trail Of the bear at only constant
urging. The hunter had no time to
spare, and, dismounting; took up the
pursuit on foot, sinking heavily into the
soft earth at every step, scrambling
Q fallen logs and mounting rocky
cliffs, until 1t becoming evident that the
bear had crossed the range by u route
wholly impracticable, the trail was a.
Landoned and the c~restfallen sportsman
started back. II Is not easy to describe
the difficult ground over which a hunt
ed bear will lead its pursuer-over tops
OF mountains and rocky ridges, through
deep canyons filed with underground,
vines and dense thickets, into marshes,
springs, through windfalls and across
fallen timber, where the bear travels
with the utmost ease and its pursuer
only with the greatest perseverance and