Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-07-22
FIGHT OR DIE.
HI. A. Johnson In h Jaws of a Griz.
zly-Quick York and q Desper.
ately Fought Battle.
Wood River News of the 10th.

H. A. johnson in the Jaws of a Griz.
zIy-Quick Work and q Desper.
ately Fought Battle.
Wood River News of the 10th.
A prospector by the name of H. A.
yesterday mornings stage. From the
crown Of his head to the soles of his feet he
was the worst patched up and 'bent" pros
pector we have looked upon for many a day
in fact he was but the wreck of his form
er self. A News reporter interviewed him
and learned that since he left Bellevue he
had taken in a great deal of the country
north, and was prospecting on the middle
fork Of the Salmon River. Last week he
started out mining with his prospecting
tools, his partner going another way, and
fell in with a fellow from Bonanza or
Challis, who called himself Barber, or a
similar name. They were passing through
a little park when a monster grizzly bear
was seen 8 short distance off. Barber rec
commended that johnson take a shot with
his Remington rifle. johnson jumped
from his horse, and with a rest over his
knee turned loose. The grizzly caught it,
and started for the party, when Barber
straddled Johnson's horse quick as a flash
and darted away. johnson shouted his
protest, but he had no time TO fool away.
and kept upon his knee pumping shot into
the advancing grizzly at MISUNDERSTANDING
rate; in fact, the grizzly got five shots in
his carcass, one striking him between the
eyes and one through the heart, and still
he kept on coming. When the bear was
rs feet off Johnson gave up experimenting
and dashed for a tree. He sprang
high, but the bear caught him at the
left hip, tearing away clothing and flesh,
and bringing down johnson to the grass.
AS he fell the bear caught him on the
scalp and tore the whole business loose
from near his forehead to the back of the
crown. With his right hand Johnson fas-
tened to the beasts nostrils, and held
there for a moment, but he was getting
weak, and soon lost his hold. By this
time the bears eyes were getting CLASSY,
but when johnson attempted to move
from him he was reused to three severe at
tacks, once catching Johnson in the left
shoulder, next in the left forearm, break
ing both bones, and again above the elbow
of the left arm, causing a severe flesh
wound. That was the last nip of Mr..
Grizzly, and he rolled over dead upon
Johnson's gun. Now, was the pluck of
the hunter tried? His left arm and leg
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was bare and torn open, his left arm was
broken in two places and seriously ripped
open in another, his right hand was split
by a tooth of the savage beast, and his
scalp was hanging down on his shoulder,
and he was alone. He had two miles to
walk to his camp, and then to find his
partner away in all probability. He was
getting dizzy, but reused and went to
camp, splintered his arm. put snow about
it and started for Bellevue, accompanied
by his partner. johnson is now under the
care of DR.. Thiele, and, owing to his re-
markable care for himself during all the
days of travel between here and Middle
Fork, the doctor predicts a speedy recov-
cry. From the scene of the fight to Belle
vue it canno be less than 40 miles, and
this had to be travelled over by the
wounded man on horseback.
Middle Fork affords not at all a healthy
climate for Mr.. Barber, and at the rate he
was travelling when last seen nc bear will
ever catch him. The bear would weigh
about 900 pounds, but johnson carries
the beasts scalp in his pocket to-day.