The new North-west., 1885-10-16
CUNNING FOR BEAR.
ADVENTURES OF AN AFTERNOON
ON THE SuMAS.
4 Lovely Landscape The Music OF the
Hounds-Bear and Dogs In Battle
The Rifles Triumph-vic-
tory at Last
mslalicum win American F,eld,l

Silancum In American tteidI
There being many signs Of bears, the
hounds are sent out In charge Of ths boy, to
start one. The stockman and engineer sit
down ON q log to rest From their resting.
place they survey the grandeur that Is
spread before them At their feet lies the
lovely valley, gemmed with many a crystal
lake and many q silver stream. Farther
away, the gulf of Georgia is glittsring In
calm beauty. On. the edge Of the
horizon can be seen the sails OF
o ship that Is gliding away into the dis
tance like q beautiful white spectre. Away
to the south Is seen the blue waters Of Bel
lingham bay. From q speck on its bosom
rises wreath Of smoke-tho mail steamer
on its way south. On one side, almost d.
rectly beneath them, sweeps the mighty
Frazer river; on the other, but q few miles
distant glidss the swift Nootsack Tower.
ing over them, rises Mount Cheam, famed
In Indian legend as the home Of the i'm
mortal white deer. The sky Is cloudless,
and the air is as balmy as that Of May Are
we OF the north west not among the favored
childrei Of earthi
In this region it Is only in exceptionally
cold winters that the bears hibernate, and
as the streams are yet filed with salmon,
and as many cherries still remain ON
the bushes, there is plenty Of food for them.
The dogs have not been gone more than
half an hour when a long-drawn howl Ia
heard. There Is an elk trail leading up the
mountain. The hunters take this, and rush
up tho steep incline as fast as they can.
Nearer and nearer comes the music Of
the hounds, but when within q short
distance OF them, they take cross trail
and descend into deep gulch. Telling the
engineer to stay and guard the path, the
stockman vanishes down the hillside. The
quarry turns and runs up the mountain side
again. Its course can DO traced by the
barking OF the dogs After circling on the
higher ranges Of tho mountain, 1t comes
rushing down the elk trail again As they
draw near, the engineer, trembling with
eagsrness raises the hammer Of his gun.
There Is a crashing of the bushes and q
large black bear bursts out not fifteen
yards away, with the collie swapping
at his heels and the hounds baying a few
feet behind.
Whom the bear reaches the open spot on
the trail, it stops and strikes a terrific blow
at the tormenting collie. The wary dog
springs aside and the great paw dsscends ON
the ground with fearful foscs. Well It was
for collie that be was not beneath 1t Bo-
fore the bear can recover himself, tho
plucky little shepherd springs past him and
gives him vicious nip on the ham. Snarl-
ing with rage the bear rears up on his
Launches. The little gun cracks and the
charge Of B. BIS 60 tearing through his
tough hide behind his shoulder He comes
tumbling end over end down the
path. The dogs now all grappls him
and for few seconds there Is
mingled mass Of bear and dogs rolling ON
the hillside. At last he shakes himself free
OF his tormentors and strikes some sledgs
hammer blows at them; but they ar wise
enough to keep at q safe distance from him.
Again the little gun flashes, and once
more the bear falls an the dogs seize their
fallen foe. Growing, biting, swapping,
they swarm over him. Quickly springing
to his feet, he seizes one OF the hounds, and
rearing up, he squeezss 1t In his terrible hug.
The poor dog sends forth piercing howl,
and then the courageous collie leaps up and
grasps the bear by tho car. Releasing
his hold on the hound, he grasps the
collie and begins to hug it. and at the same
time sinks his teeth In the little hero's
shoulder. The engineer rushes up, places his
gun at the back of his neck, and fires The
bear falls, and releases tho dog; and then
rearing up. gives roar of rage, and walks
towark the engineer. Once more the flame
leaps from the muzzle, and from o distance
Of two feet the charge enters the eye Of the
bear, and he falls dead
A wild whoop rings out on the mountain
air, which is answered from below. and the
stock man soon appears. When he sees the
bear lying dead, an. the dogs worrying
the inanimate form, he shouts loud
|Hurrah" gives the engineer a hearty
grip OF the hand, and says "Blest IL I
thought that man could kill bear with
an American pop-gun like that" They are
now Joined by the boy and he and tie stock
man soon divest the bear Of his hide. They
estimate the weight at $50 pounds
Whom they finish the skinning. the boy Is
sent down to the valley to tell tho Indians
that they can have the meat IL they wantit
At this season Of the year the flesh of tho
boar tastes 30 strongly of the salmon ON
which they have been feeding for months,
that 1t Is not palatabls to any one except an
Indian. The stocknian and engineer follow
the elk trail downward and soon roach the
place where their horses are tied, and mount
ing ride to the corral.