Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-09-06
A COMBAT ABOVE THE CLOUDS.
How Two Prospectors Fought Fierce Foes
Far Up on the Roof OF the World.

Far Up on the Roof OF the World.
Salt Lake Tribune.
Charles +. Blackburn, a famous pros
pector, who, incidentally in his travels
among the Rockies, has killed forty
three fIll.grown bears, furnishes the
Tribune with the following narrative:
We were on a prospecting tour. Ran
ger Hank" Hank Wormwood), a Texas
ranger, and myselfleft camp one moin-
ing just at daybreak. We were out 10
examine the country for quartz lodes
above timber line. 1t was during Au-
gust. We reached the snow by 10
o'clock. We were bound for that ia
nous peak known as the Russian
Crown" The Crown is the highest
mountain between Clark's Fork and the
Yellowstone river. We reached the
summit at O'Clock. 1t was tiresome
Journey; still, we never regret climbing
such mountains. The Russian Crown
is nearly $4,000 feet high. ! will not
attempt description of the scenery, but
tell about the bear.
While looking carefully over the snow
fields We discovered eighteen full-grown
bears and ten cubs. Leveling the tele-
scope ON them we could see the monsters
in all Iheir glory, lying lazily around
in the snow, some asleep, some playing
and some feeding on grasshoppers; these
insects flying over the range get chilled
when near the snow and those that fall
on the snow fields never get away. All
of the bears except two were several
miles from us. Nearly mile down the
slope, on the mountain that we were on,
we observed two large bears and resolv-
ed on attacking them. Looking at them
| through the glass We soon found that
they had no knowledge of our presence
We came within a hundred yards OF
them and then standing, we both shout.
ed to rouse the bears. The grizzly OBJ.
served us first (the other was CHINA.
namon.) immediately after seeing us
the grizzly jumped up from the snow
and came charging-growling at every
step.
Hank had Sharp's rifle and a good
six-shooter; had Winchester and a
full belt of cartridges. We let the beal
come within fifty PAGES; he commenced
snorting and began to show his teeth
his long shaggy hair began to stand up
and he was mad grizzly. We felt safe
and kept cool; having good breech-load
ers, we were brave. Bruin was brave
too; he came right along, evidently BEN
on having a square meal from an indiv
idual of the genus homo. We let Mr.
Grizzly come within thirty PAGES and
now he began to loom up like Mississ
ippi steamboat. Hank says: "Let me
crease him?" l said: "Give it to him'
Hank shot bruin through the top of the
neck, he was not hut, but he growleC
! loud with rage. We both opened firt
and the bear would fall at every shot
Seeing that the other bear had started
for us took careful aim at the grizzly
head and fred, killing him instantly
he went rolling down the snowy slop,
and did not stop until he had rolled Gu
on the ice of a frozen lake 1000 feet be
low.
AS the dead grizzly rolled away tn,
live cinnamon moved bravely up. Whel
within hundred yards we commence,
on HIM. We could not shoot fas
enough. The bear was soon between u
and. it was dangerous to shoot at all. Ii
!, less than two seconds the bear made 70
Z Ranger Hank, knocking him down anC
) instantly jumping on him. Hank los
his rifle, but made good use of his revol
yer, shooting the bear in the mouth an,
brain, killing bruin instantly. The bea
dropped and, being squarely over Han
, mashed him deep in the snow. 1t wa
: not long until rolled the bear off Ran
ger Hank, and Mr.. Bear went tumblin
down the snowy slope, landing along
! side the grizzly ON the frozen lak'
Hank and concluded to kill no NOR
bears that day.