The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1883-03-29
BITTEN THROUGH THE HEART.
The Sad Fate of Two Men who Fought a
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The Sad Fate of Two Men who Fought
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William Farley, who has just arrived
from the Medic ne Bow Country, tells
the story of thrilling bear hunt in
which two old frontiersmen lost their
lives. Farley and two companions,
James Wilson and Jake Shultz. were
on prospecting trip on the little Pas,
Creek, which debouches into the Medi-
cine Bow Fork of the North Platte
south of Elk Mountain 1t has been
the common belief for years that rich
rla er mines existed in this nook of the
Rock es, and the little pa ty started out
last fall in quest of the hidden gold
They selected valley spot at the con-
fluence of Little and Big Pass Creeks
for their principal camping place and
the locality where thev should meet
in the event they separated in the
mountains. Here they erected perma-
nent tent and deposited the bulk of
their supplies.
Soon alter Farley and his partner To-
Gated at the forks, early in October, the
foo prints of huge grizzly bear Were
discovered in the neighborhood. He
did not seem to be at all aggressive,
contenting himself for few nights
prowling around the camp. The pros
pectors grew somewhat alarmed at the
frequenc, and familiarity OF these noe
turnal visits, and Farley suggested that
they organize hunt. Shu u, who was
mountaineer OF large experience,
counseled him TO have no fears prom
Using that old Bru would shortly find
seme-rew attraction and disappear.
Meanwhile, two, ira had been set for
the bear. and, in both cases, he had
clever extracted the bait without hav-
ing sustained so much as the loss of a
hairfrom hfs shaggy hide. Snf2ap d.
One night, while the three men were
ing within thei tent planning to am
, BUSH the bear and kill him, the subject
of their cony ersatiOn put in an appear
ance as unconcernedly as if he was
bu let proof. The prospectors had ust
fnis he'd eating supper lhe campfire
in front of the tent and about twenty
yards distan was burning low a fall
ing ,ember from the NIB, of tree
,thl0wn over it. Occasionally caused a
1ur gov. Close by the IRE were the
dishes and the remnants ,of the repast
"a tin can full of sugar and one of
:. s;rnp, half a sack of 9orTS some bread
% and fried bacon and antelope scraps.
They had left their rifles leaning against
"a quakirg, ASH limb near the lire, and
were reclining on their bl nkets lazily
smoking and plotting the bears dea h.
*lf he only took Some regsila trail,"
said Shuftz !. we could get away with
him without any trouble. But, from
what have observ d, would Judge
p this fellow is an old Tartar and
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j st then there was a, a,sepnd of some
heavy. body moving through the bushes
back of the fire. The words died away
on Shultz's lips, and the three men
looked in he direction whenceth noise
came, as if petritied. = ~. 4 a1 -a =
The griz " walked out into'the open
ing, swelling. in the imaginat on OF the
defenseless prospectors. to the dimen-l
sions OF an elephant He grQyled at the
fire moment and then turned his at
tention to the edibles. The. sirup cup
was, for a while, a fifteen .,puz lie for
him; but finally, in his hungryF5 ge, he.
accidentally turned it 'oser, and the
contents owed out through the small
aperture in the lid on to the ground.
While the bear was engaged inllicking
up the sirup the prospectors; recovered
their pre- ,ence of mind. 4 Farley and
Shultz had a pistol each, bat Wilson
had left his with the guns. Ha had a,
bowie knife, however, and with this
weason he resolved to do battle inhfhe'
: event of emergency. To attack the
griz ly with pistols and p knife was
perilous. To lie there. hoping to re-
main unnoticed. while .niomentarily
fearing discovery, was insu erable.
Something must be done. and that
quickly. The plan Of action was ar :
ranged with bafed breath. Farley and.
Shults erswled out beneath the rear iap
of The tent They were 10 make q
stea,thy ,detour to where the guns we're.
surprise the bear, aud riddle him with
bullets; Wilson was to remain con
cealed in the tent -. Il
Tie tive men had not gone more than
a hdif-dozen yards from the tent when
Farley broke a limb off fallen tree. in
stepping over it. and the loud report