Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-03-25
AFArAL nuNTPoR COLD.
The Sad Fate Of TWO rrospeetOr~ In the
 Rocky Mountains.

The Sad Fate of TWO i'rospeetOrS In ths
 Rocky Mountains.
 , A letter from Denver, Col says: "Bll
 Farley, an old frontiers maE, mas Just re- turned tO this city after m abseuce oi . tour n Inths in the Medicine bow cOur
 try, whlther be departed on prospect ing tour m company with James Wilson
 and Jake Schultz. whose terrible fate m
 an encounter with Q grizzly, he relates Iu detail. It had been a common be-
 lief for years that rich placer deposits lay along tue Lgttle Pass Creek. just
 south Of Elk Mountain, and last tall the
 trlO started out lu search uf the hidden
 gold After having located themselves, and erected permanent tent. they dls-
 covered that they had a huge grlZZly
 as a nearby neI hlOr. BruIu contented
 himself for a few nights with proving
 about the camp. but Rs time wOce on
 the frequency of bls nocturnal visits sug-
 gested tue advisaJl.Ity of getting rid of
 hIm ID some way, and various plans
 We're D t fOrEaid : b mt was proposed
 but SClultZ protested aga-nstl prUmls- : ing that the bear would him-a.. depdr, for fresh fields and new pastures 1T left alone. Two traps were set for mu, however, but iu both cases he extraclea fDe bair WitlOuE h..1l.-~ '=-a-' '-' ] -i---i-a-s JTeIic.lJu uJs O-Ing fultled
 the prUspectOrs grew alarmed.
 ] One Blgut a- tle men were iaZIIy re- ' cliuing on their blankets, plotting Co ambush the bear and kIll him, a sound
 of some heavy body moving through t1e lndrrbrush was heard, and looking iu | che direction whence the uuIse came they saw old bruin slowly making hls Way | .oward them. The men had thrown their rifles aside, aud unfortunately Ii tucy Ei we'd the bear would be Upol hem before they could reacu their Wea Duns. Farley and ShultI had a pistol each, however. wuIe Nilsson was ou.s armed with a bowie knife. To attacs .he grizzly with these weapons. hOvvv- CT, was periiUUs, but to main there hoping to be passed by uuuuticed " a- more su. After @ huruet conversation
 was deciueI that Farley ald Slu.. z should crawl UuI Ieucatu -ls rgur flap .ftLe tent. make u deJOur Jl tue cam
 where the guns were and -len open hrr
 n their uuw-l,uuc vIsI,C-, Whlle Wi -ou remained concealed in the ts.t.
 They had hardly goue a h.It dozen yards. however, W neu Farley accidental Iy stepped Ou twI-. winch broke with a loud report The ,Iizzll fell back on
 ls lIud CuaTtc $, uttered a fUrIOu, growl and maue for the tent on run. and almost before the two men cuull
 ealize it he had broheu through tle cabvas and Was inside. They saw im mediately tLat tiey could he Ct uo Use Go tneir unfortunate companion m iIs struggle with tle bea- aud they there fore tCok shelter m the bra, ches oi tree near by. Tn tae GIn. EEht oi the camp fire they saw the tent heaviug with the ntics Tor life rag u. wItlin, and while pray Iug that iisou WOulI come out vIcturUr-, a w-id death cry told them that th- struggle was a on end. The cOumltiOu Nltniu ceased ! with the fading away of the horrible | echo, and the grizz.y shaUbled out lltp l the light. He staggered around the ] fire, surveyed the pool of syrup on the ! ground. but seemed tO have no further ! appetite for it. and then departed a- abruptly as he came.
 When the men re-euteTed tIelr tent ] they found poor Wilson literally torn Go ! pieces. One side ug bis head had been | laid bare by @ blow from he grIzzly's 1 paw. and the left side ot tle body, ID l cludIug the heart, had been almost Corn away. The yet warm hie blood covered | every thing around, and iU the pool lay l. the knife with W hich Wilson had vaiuiy |. tired to defend himself.
 At early daybreak the two men re- solved c. hunt the bear down, and tOi- lowed his tran. uutIi they came to 'uica uuderbrush. under winch tue ELlr.al had SLul.Z, believing tEat the beur, having been wounded by Wilson, would not risk an encounter, entered tine brush to scare bim ont. Farley stand ing Oti SD as tO shoot him tue moment he Shul'z had hardly been gone five miCU es Ou his haEarG1Us eyp-5s tiOD, when bis companion '.as startled Iis veins. EolluwirE im media 1lg after it came the desI airing cry, Farley Ny God I'm Filied A deGtdly silence that was only broken by the splashinC ci a beavers tail in one of the open dams. ensued, and Farley knew that he had lost his second partner.
 lt was with the feeling that lac las walking into the iaTs uf certain death hat he entered the cLaparral Co seek ShultZ. There was no danger. however: the bear had again fed ln a dark spot ID the uudergruwtE, 60 which tle ruts of sun were unable 90 peua.rate, Earl ry. while crawling on al I0drs fell over the body Of Shuitz. When be had recovered from tLe horror ot discovery be dragged the remains ont I.to the h4ht. [; waa az parent from lie wounds that Shuitz had stumbled ou the bear and received his death wound before Ec could make an effort to d-frad hims, 1T. His gun was n his right hand as fl trailing It. The bear, surpassed, had struck hIm un the left shoulder, tearing away clothes and flesh, and then bit Iim through the heart. as he had Watson, the two wounds being almost identical Farley gave mp the hunt. He carrled the remains us Shultz back to camp. After having buried the tvl oodfss and marked tus double grave, he le the county that 1 liteFnCon and retraced hIs cps to D, n- { var