Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-03-31

/ +Hrf k4IVAXG WHICH EfE
tfail that leads 10 the Yakima Valley
vinds- The sides OF thes4 rroautains
are covered With hsagy growth Of ever.
Rfeens eIceps on tbs east side. where
Sheie sss mountain rIses abruptly
lfon tne pfairis, its prseipitoas sldss
searrsd with the VARS that the elements
have vaRa5 against il sinee tin. began,
IL ls myte0stom TO speLd my surnuaer
/ Tae@tion Eith my friend jim Tayloy.
Eno resides At SncqnaiEAie aud Who ia
an energetic rFOs, ector. One of oar
1aVoiIts ftsS rtS u 9 stream called RAR.
ing River, This u q wiId. turbulent
stream which comes rushing and roaring
doSn thr0ogh a rocky canyon. Il i
hlied witb trout of such sizs and ia
Numbers sofh asut L, make IL a vsrita
ole paradise for the angler. One morn
ing, in the sumner of Iss2, TAYLOR, nv
self and an Indian who carried our
packs- left the prairie and sealed tie
mountain 10 q hight of 2400 feet. as
shOwn bT Q pocket barometer. Reach
lag level plateau. we proceeded IN the
direction of Raging River, where we ar
rived Abont s'elOek
The son had vanished behind Sd.
n5oaniaIns and = gloomy light fIIed the
gorge through whIch the river ran.
Throwing OF our pack and telling the
Indian to make fire. Hs proc eded
down 10 the river 10 recsnnoiter. We
had not gene more than one hundred
yards FROM onr proposed camp when we
observed large tree lying d0xn, aud,
~ it pointed IN the direction We wanted
to Ga, we mounted II. Reaching the
farther end Of the tree, I, being 10 the
advance, iamped od, alighting on the
root OF huge cedar. had 10 sooner
landed than large black bear sprAae
ap fFcsm his bed at the foot of the cedar.
he WAS 50 near me that, had be extended
bis paw, ! could have shaken IL: bot.
instead OF expressing this aet of eour,
tssy and welcome, be gave lae a most
impertinsnt stare. Seeing that my visit
xas not appreciated, gave q longing
glance at the tree upon which Taylor
stood viewing the tAbleaa With great
satisfaction, and finding thai retreat
vas Impossible. quickly turned aroand
! to sea what brains Intentions we're,
When | had the satisfaction Of seeing
him weaken, and 4 moment later he vas
charging away through the underbrush,
making a fearful crashing noise rs be
vent. Sometimes in my life have ob-
iected 10 noises Of various kinds. but
the sOund made ky that departing
bear sas tLs most pleasing noise | ever
beard
When TsudtsaIaIiteh had finished his
story. all eyes we're turned upon Aiki.
Who. knowing that be was expected 10
relate story. began;
"In consequences of little adventure
Of mine thai oconrred few years ago
/ have yowtd eternal vengeance against
all members OF the ursine species. II
was In the Blue Mountains OF Eastern
Oregon. where small party of my
friends we're oamped on the headwateFs
Of the Cmatilla River. The morning
after our RrFiyal ! rolled out OF my
blankets early. for can never sleep
after dAybreak when there IL a tront
stream in the vicinity. Arranging my
tackle, | vent up the river alone for 40
early east or two amsng the troat /
began fshinR about half 3 mile above
camp, and WAS having good luck when
| came Co a bend in the river where
the stream, there about fifty feet vide,
flowed full against the foot Of the
mountain. At this point thsre was q
perpendicular cliff about nfty feet high
which extended down the river some
distance, while on the o9ncavs side Of
the bend Was vide rocky beach. The
pool at the foot Of tbs rock was saoh as
You have all ssen--deep, dark and sag
eestive OF monster trout.
Z" met with great success here and
was fast filing my creel, when on turn
ing 20 land one of my captures, l saw,
about City yards away, q huge CHINA
mon bear emerge from the brush and
walk slowly toward me. | vas. to say
the least. somewhat startled. and began
to think about changing my location,
when, to my astonishnent, another
bear, not quite 50 large as the frst,
made his appeaFanee a little farther
down the river and came slowly up
toward me. Nov l vas in hx. The
situation was this: sas at ths apex Of
The angle Termed By the bend Of the
sivar, and csmin9 slowly toward me
we're tho two bears, attracted, no doubt,
by the scent Of the hsh. Occasionally
hating, they would stand on their hind
legs and survey me for a moment. then
drop down on sil founs and advance.
In trout Of me was the river, swift and
deep, and on either hand were the two
bears still approaching. They we're
Iiov very near, and as they evidently
insant raischief, determined 70 vacate
my position: 10, thr0wing OF my creel.
] plunged iato the river. Oost rving on
the Oihar side, at she foot OF the cliff,
huge tree, roots and all, that had BEEN
drought down by some past freshet and
lodged against the baak, swam 10 this
and pefehed upos one of 10 large roots.
The bears came down 10 the waters
aslae and ate no my truut, and then
ersel. bslt they did not attempt to cross
the river. They stationed theuselves
there. hDweyer, a. 10 they Intended to
st4y, and stay they did Agsa seem
laaiy, passed. Eight, nine, ten and
eleven o'elock came, and still they vefe
tlaeru. There vas ne way for me 10 get
away save hy reosossinR the river. IA
n,iliarity soon bred contempt, And
presently began 20 aniasa myself by
abasine my ursine friends. who seemed
b, take it in good part, occasionally
slowing their teeth as 4 thss appreoiat-
ed the joke.
aTe ahbreviats my narrative, those
villaiaoas bears kept me q shivertng and
hungry prisoner until near noon. when
uly friends. becoming alarmed Al nv
ptoloneed absence, came ap the river
IN search ~ me and found me an an
uiiiing captive perched upon the log.
Having their rides with them, thes 50
cured one Of the bears. while the other
aiis made bis escape thrOagh snower
oil ballesia and ! was Feieasea. had
h4.en IN the shades of the elia all nsefn-
ine, and vas weia cold and r4ysnoasiy
hingryt have not yss ceased 10 bear
uiiehAxitahie refnAsks on the suetect
al nv trseing. Wherefore. - have
hseess observed. NO bear can efoss Iay
piAa aud live"
alki hsvinz sinsshed his story. Tsuds-
salAlitch said:
rhe impertifienes and aadaeity OF
those beats sere almost equaled IN the
case af Jim Taylor. an incident whieh
" worth repeAtine, % | vill nOw unfold
the tale
sJim was vAlking froua Sneqaaiusie
10 Ssasslsa and aa be vas erpsSing .
swamp en lag which lay stretched over
ID, he glanced At the. farther end Of the
lnk and sMx oa she bank black bear
ard two cats. de gave attsFAnee 10 =
ws.swhoop which voald haye made .
Ia.rasnis Indian tnrn gseen Stth enSy IN
orier 10 fFighisu the bears away. bat
the old bear was not discnncerted IN the
lss.Ss, and, instead Of ranHine away, BE-
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