The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1883-04-11

At the start; but-I love you.H said cow-punch-
Life.
BITTEN THROUGH THE HEART.
The sad Fate OF rwo Men who Fought q
Grizzly.
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 q prospecting trip on the title Pass
Greek, which debouches into the Medi
cine Bow Fork of the North Platte
south of Elk Mountain. It has been
the common belief for years that rich
placer mines existed in this nook Of the
Rock es. and the little pa ty started out
They selected valley spot at the con-
huence of Little and Big Pass Creeks
for their principal camping place and
the locality where theS should meet
in the event they separated in the
mountains. Here they erected q perma-
nent tent and deposited the bulk of
their supplies.
Soon after Farley and his partner To-
Gated at the forks. early in October. the
footprints of q huge grizzly bear were
discovered in the neighborhood. He
did not seem to be at all aggressive,
confirming himself for few nights
provling around the camp. The pros
pectors grew somewhat alarmed at the
Frequency and familiarity of these n O.
turnal visits. and Farley suggested that
they organize hunt. Shu &, who was
= mount 'ineer OF large experience,
counseled him 10 have no fears prom
ising that old Bru n would shortly find
some new attraction and disappear.
Meanwhile, two ira had been set for
the bear. and, in both cases, he had
clever Y extracted the bait without hav-
ing sustained so much as the loss of
hair from his shaggy hide.
One night, while the three men were
] ing within thei tent planning to am
bush the bear and Kill him, the subject
of their conversation put in an appear
bullet proof The prospectors had ust
fnished eating supper. The campfire
in front of the tent, and about twenty
yards distant. was burning low; q fall
ing ember from the i NIB of q tree
tn own over it, occasionally caused a
lur d glow. Close by the fire were the
dishes and the remnants o. the repast
la tin can full of sugar and one of
sirup. half q sack of tour. some bread
and fried bacon and antelope scraps.
They had left their riff ies leaning against
q quaking asp limb near the IRE. and
were reclining on their bl nkets lazily
smoking and plotting the bear des b.
" II he only took some regula trail. !"
said Shultz 1--WE could get away with
him without any trouble. Blu, from
what 1 have observ d. would Judge
this fellow Is IN old srtar, and
we
j. st then there was a sound Of some
heavy body moving through the bushes
hack of the fire. The words died away
on Shultz's lips, and the three men
looked in he direction whence the noise
came, as If petrified-
The griz ly walked out into the open
ing. swelling. in the imaginat on of the
defenseless prospectors, TO the dimen-
fire q moment and then turned his at
tention to the edibles. The sirup cup
was. for . while, q fifteen puz lie for
him: but finally, in his hungry gre. he
accidentally turned it Ger, and the
contents owed out through the small
aperture in the lid on TO the ground
While the bear was engaged In licking
mp the sirup the prospectors recovered
their presence of mind. Farley and
Shultz had pistol each, but Wilson
had left his with the gums. He had o
bowie knife, however, and with this
wea on he resolved to do battle in the
event of emergency. To attack the
griz ly with pistols and knife was
perilous. To lie there. hoping 10 re-
main unnoticed. while momentarily
fearing discovery. was inSu erable.
Something must be done. and that
quickly. The plan of action was ar.
ranged with bafed breath. Farley and
Shultz crawled out beneath the rear ap
of the tent. They were to make 9
stealthy detour to where the guns were.
surprise the bear, and riddle him with
bullets. Wilson was to remain con-
cealed in the tent
Tie two men had not gone more than
Q half-dozen yards from the tent when
Farley broke limb OF 3 fallen tree, in
ste ping over it, and the loud report
startled the bear. The rizzly fell ba L
ON his hind uarters. uttered q furious
growi and then made for the tent on 8
run Before Schultz or Farlev could
shoot or c l'ect their Fri htened senses
the bear rad broken throu the tent
They knew that not l less than 9
m racle could save Wilson's life. and
immediately took shelter among the low
branches of q cottonwood tree. In the
dim light of the cam I-fire { ey saw the
tent hea ing with the conil Tor ii G
r. ing within, and while pray n al
wilson would come out vi torious, 9
wild death cry told them that the stru :
gle was at an end. The commt ton
wit in ceased on the fad away of the
horrible echo, and the rizzly shambled
out into the ht- He sta cred around
the FIRE; sur eyed the pool of sirup on
the round. but seemed to have no fur.
fher appetite for it. and then departed
As abr ptl as he me-
It was some time before Earle and
Schultz could muster up sufiici mt cour-
q e to des end rom the tree. be lev nc
that the bear was still hiding close bi.
When they entered the tent. the gh1