The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1884-11-04
COMBAT ABOVE THE cLos1w
How Two ProspeCtors Fought Foes
Far Up on tbc Roof Of Che world.

lSalt Lake lr1bune.l
Charles f. Blackburn, famous pros.
pector, who incidentally in his travels
among the Rockies, has skilled forty three
full.grown bears, furnishes The Tribune
with the following narrative; We were on
prospecting tour Ranger Hank blank
WormwooD, aTeXas ranger and myself
left camp one morning just at daybrcak
We were out to examine the country for
quartz lodes above timber line. 1t was dur
ing August. We reached the snow by 10
o'clock We were bound for that famous
peak known MS the Russian Crown.
The Crown il the highest mountain be
tween Clark's Fork and the Yellowstone
river. Ne reached the summit att O'clock
twas tiresome journey; still, we never
regret climbing such mountains. The Rus.
sian Crowns nearly $4,000 feet high. |
will not pttempt description of the seen
cry. but tell about the bear
While looking carefully over the snow
fields we discovered eighteen fullgrow
bears and ten cubs. Leveling the tele.
scope on them we could see the monsters
in all their glory, lying lazily around in
the snow some asleep, some playing and
some feeding, on grasshoppcrs These in
sects, flying over the range, get chilled
when' ear the snow, and those that fall
wv litlNiS lltNtl Gtl away. All Vi
the bears except two were Ccvcral miles
from u.s. Nearly mile down the slope,
on the mountain that we were on, We OBJ
served,two large bears and resolved on at.
lacking them. Looking at them through
the glasswe soon found that they had no
knowledge OF our presence We were
within 1OOyards of them, and then, stand
ing, we both shouted-to rouse the bears.
The grizzly observed us first Chc other
was a cinnamon. Immediately after see.
ing us the grizzly jumped up from the
snow and came charging-growling at
every step.
Hank had Sharps rife and q good
six.shooter; Ihad Winchester and full
belt of cartridges We let the bear come
within fifty PAGES; he commenced snorting
and began TO show his teeth; his long
shaggy hair began TO stand up, and he was
a mad grizzly. We felt safe and kept
COOL having good breech.loaders, we
were brave. Bruin was brave, too; he
came right along evidently bent on hav-
ing,a square'meal from an individual of
the genus homo. We let Mr.. Grizzly
come withinlthirtty PAGES and now he be-
ganito loomlup like Mississippilstcam-
boat. Hank}says: LET me crease him?"
/ said; '.Givc it to him!" Hank shot
bruin through,thc topiof the neck; he was
not$hurt but he growled sloud with rage.
We both.opened1ire and the. bear would
fall at every shot Seeing that the other
bear hsI lstarted for, us I3tool careful,a aim
at the grizzly's head and fired, killing him
instantly he went rolling down the
snowy slopeiand did not stop until he had
rolled out on the ice'o frozen lake 1000
feet below.
Asthc dead grizzly rolled away the live
cinnamon moved bravely up. When
within 100yards we commenced on him.
Wecol d not shoot fast enough. The
bear wassoon between us and it was dan
gerous TO shoot at all. In less than two
seconds the bear made for Ranger Hank,
knockingshim down and instantly Jump
ing. on him. Hank lost his rifle but made
good'use of his revolver, shooting the bear
intheSnouth and brain, killing bruin in
stantly. The bear dropped and, being
squardy4over Hank, mashed him deep in
thetsnov. .Itjwas not long, until rolled
1heibear. off Ranger Hank, and Mr.. Bear
weht.tninbling down the csnowy slope,
landing. alongside the 'grizzly,on the frozen
lake. Hank and'I concluded TO kill no
more bears thatday