Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-09-25
B IFFALO AND CIR. zzLTES.
wor xrr HxxxuCr II rHn wxrDs Or
IDAHO.
r7ovv T'ney are killed by t1sc Hunters
-Amd Hosv Mhey' sometimes aAiIl
in Return.

even the solitary outcast of the herd
never is so aggressive as Texas steer,
and will always run rather than tight;
but when cornered during the love sea-
son he occasionally rips up horse and
stamps the lite out of It's rider. But for
all this he is not cowardly brute at all,
when his enemies are other than human,
and will make stand against grizzly
bear, which would be given vide berth
by 4 white hunter, unless specially pre-
pared for him.
While hunting in the foothills of the
Salmon mountains, near the source of the
Boise river, short time since, | saw a
meeting between group of buffaloes and
grizzly. which verifies the above state
ment. | had taken a breech-loader,
charged with buckshot, into the bush,
thinking to knock over deer for break
fast. We had an abundance of buffalo
meat in the larder, but at its best even
buffalo hump is coarse grained and rank,
and owes its reputat on to the
sharp appetites of hunters rather than
20 its own excellence. have
yet to see the man who does
not yearn for antelope steak after week
Of ''buffler'' diet. The woods were, In
fact, nothing more than coppice, dense
and impenetrable as a kentucky cane
brake, and, after half an hours scram-
bling, was about to give up the chase,
when | saw suspicious movement In
cIump of manzanita bushes some rods
ahead The movement continued, and
presently a full grown grizzly bear
shambled out into the open, and leisurely
made his way over rocks aud dwarfed
shrubs toward plain skirting the river.
He had probably gorged himself with
the berries of the manzanita of which
bears are very fond, and was now making
for the Boise TO wash them down with
draught of its clear water. | was taken
aback Grizzlies are not common In this
country, their favorite range being FUR
ther south, until winter, when they come
north to hibernate, and, armed as | was
with a shotgun alone, | would have
fallen an easy prey to ursus horribilus
had he got sight or wind of me. But
the wind was in my face, and he pres
emily had other fish to fry. A buffalo
COW, bull and calf, probably struggled off
from the herd to drink at the stream,
came up out of the fringe Of bushes along
its bank, and met the bear face to face
syllable roar, sounding like 'gruff- grutf ~
and the COW threw up her tail and fled,
leaving her calf to his tender mercies
But the bull met the charge like vet
eran, with his head lowered, and his
short. sharp horns standing out of the
mass Of black hair like couple of spear
heads. There was no preliminary spar
ring; they closed at once, the buffalo
conducting himself as domestic bull
would do under like circumstances, re-
lying upon his head and horns, while the
bear threw himself forward with open
mouth, and buffeted the other on the
neck just forward of the hump, first with
the right paw, then with the left When
it is remembered that the foot of o grizzly
is often eighteen inches long, armed with
six-inch claws, strong as steel and sharp
as a saber, it will not be a matter of
wonder that these two blows ended the
fight, probably by breaking the victims
neck and tearing out length of the
spinal cord. The buffalo went down at
once, and the believing calf scampered
after the cloud of dust which marked its
mothers flight.
In forty minutes / was back to- the
camp, ''GrizzlY" yelled, breaking in
on the boys, who were lying inavarious
attitudes about the breakfast spread ON
the grass, and. rushing to the tent I
snatched up my rife and cartridge belt,
followed by. every man in tha. camp.
from the doctor to half breed Jim,0
the cook.
you blame fool" said the doctor,
when matters were explained, ''from
the way you rushed in on us 1 thought
the grizzly was after you.''
mot so bad as that; but there is no
time to lose. Unless we hurry he may
lose himself In one of the canyons, and
then we can whistle for his hide; and
claws
The truth Of the remark was ac-
knowledged, and leaving Jim. to clear
away hcsremalns Of the breakfast. and
to look after the horses, we. set off afoot
to the scene of the late battle. A pool
|of blood marked the place, and clear
track over rocks, dust and grass roots
showed that the grizzly had dragged
his prey back into the hills. He could
not have dragged it far ia the course Of
a couple of hours, hence. we followed the
trail YEARLY, and were fnlly prepared for
business when we finally came upon the
quarry, crouched In a ravine and tearing
at inc still warm carcass Of the buff
fal0.
lie arose on his hannches at sight of
US with growl, and then cIapned his
bloody paws over bis chest. A conical
bullet from tho doctors rife had struck