The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-06-26

cape, ana he suddenly charged back
through the line Of his pursuers. struck
down one OF tile horsenien. seized tho
arm III the man In his Jaws and broke II
ns il il had been a pipe-stcm. and was
only killed after most lively fight. in
which. by repeated charges. he at one
time drove every one Of his assailnnts
Oil the field.
But two instances have como 10 my
personal knowledge where a man has
been killed BY grizzly. One was that
Of hunter nt the foot Of the Big Horn
Mountains who had chased q large bear
and ilnaliy wounded him. The animal
turned III once and came straight at the
man. whose second shot missed The
bear then closed and passed on. after
striking only a single blow; Yet that
one blow. given with all the power Of
| its thick, immensely muscular forearm.
armed with nails as strong as SO many
hooked steel spikes. tore out the mans
collar bone and snapped through three
or four ribs. He never recovered from
the shock. and died that night.
The other instance occurred, two or
three wears ago. TO neighbor Of mine.
who had a small ranch on the Little
Missouri He was out on "A mining
trip, and was prospecting with two
| Other men near the hcadwaters Of the
Little Missouri. in the Black Hills
lcountry. They were walking down
! along the river and came to Il point OF
land thrust out into il which was dense
" covered with brush and fallen timber.
Two Of the party walked round by the
edge of the stream, but the third. a
German. and very powerful fellow,
followed well beaten gamc-trail Lead
ing through the bushy point. When
they were some forty yards apart the
two men heard an a9onzed shout from
the German. and AT the same time the
loud coughing growl or roar Of bear
A They turned lust in time to see their
companion struck terrible blow on the
head Nv grizzly, which must have
been reused from it, lair by his almost
stepping on il; so close was i that he
had no time to fire his rife, but merely
held il up over his head rs guard. ~
course IL was struck down. the claws
of the great brute nj the same time
shattering his skull like an egg-shell.
The man staggered on some ten feet
before he fell: but when he did fall he
never spoke or moved again. The two
Others killed the bear after short,
brisk struggle. as he was in the midst
of most determined charge.
In 1872. near Fort Wingatc. n. M.
two soldiers Of cavalry regiment came
10 their death at the claws Of a grizzly
bear The army surgeon who attended
them told me the particulars. 50 far n
they were known. They were mail
carriers. and one day did not come in
mt the appointed time. Next day re-
lief party was sent out to look for them
and after some search found the bodie.
Of both. a. well rs that Of one OF thu
horses. One Of the men still showed
7 signs Of life; he came TO his senses be
: fore diving, and told the story. The,
had seen grizzly and pursued il OF
: horseback with their Spencer rifles
On coming close. one had tired into il
: side. when il turned with marvelou
uuickness for 50 large and unwield,
Q an animal. and struck down the horse
al the same time intlicting a ghastl,
wound on the rider. The other mar
!. dismounted and came up 10 the rcscu
: of his companion. The bear then LEI
i the latter and attacked the other. al
though hit by the bullet, it charge,
= home and threw the man down. AM
then Law on him and deliberately bi
him to death: his groans and cries wer
frightful to hear. Afterwards 1t wake
of into the bushes without again offer
r ing 10 molest the already MORTAL
wounded victim OF its first assault
Q Al certain times the grizzly works
GOOD deal Of havoc among the herds 4
y the stockmcn. A friend Of nine.
ranchman in Montana, toll me tina
q one fall bears became very plent
n around his ranches. and caused hr
severe loss. killing with ease even full
:. grown bcef-stccrs But one Of ther
once found his intended quarry to
y much for him. My friend had a stock,
rather vicious range stallion. which ha
. been grazing one day near sma
=, tH.kct Of bushes, and towards evcnin
: cgmc galloping in with three or for
gashcs in one haunch, that looked rs
= they had been cut with dull axe IN
q COWBOYS knew at once that he ha
been assailcd BY bear. and rode of
the thicket near which he had bee
! feeding. Sure enough bear, cv
I. IDENTIFY in q very bad temper. sailed OF
as soon as the thickct was surrounded
and. after spirited fight and SUI
= cession Of charges. was killed. On @
animation. il was found that his unde
Jaw was broken. and part Of his fat
N smashed In, evidently by the stallion
hoofs. The horse had been feedin,
when the bear lcaped out at him, b.
failed to kill at the first stroAt; then u
horse dashed out behind. and not on
freed himself. but also seriously dar
IN aged his opponent.
al Doubtless the grizzly could b. hunt
he to advantage with dogs. which won
a not, Of course. he expected to seize hir
4 but simply to find and bay him. AZ