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

aroana On the log. Iris trsstnleEt Eas
~ uaappFeeiStsd - Il vas objections
be, and, concsudIng ybAi Jim es7ld oe-
sBpS that log II be q sired it, tie bear
ran back 10 the airectton Of her cGbs,
. eh By this time we're safely hid ASAv
hiRh ~ 10 the branches OF big fir, aad
dissppezred in the brush. FISHING his
haf from the water. Jim came rejoicing
on his say With badly swollen band
~ Eeemento of bis battle To this
dsy be refers to that eaeounier With
pT de. and claims TO be the only chAm
p,on that has ever kDo sked rssls A 4seT-
icaENs out IN one F0aad."
when 1sadtsaIaiitch knishsd his tory
The Judge told the following:
Ia the s1mmef OF iSos | vas rus-i-
eating duriRg the bet season in the
mountains that environ k9gze Rive.
valley IN Oregon. After ascending the
mountains the snfnfDits are fonud TO
consist II extensive tracts Of leTst land
covered wisa timber, whish il principally
sugar pine, aspen asd hr. f1ese woods
are insAfspersei with occasional vet
RrAirIes and sotnetImes with barren
Ri4des. Thls - one OF the best game
regions known, and y the haunt Of the
elk, cser and bear, including the grizzly,
cinnamon and black bear. In the night
the shfiIl scream of the cougar is heard.
The groves are tue resort Of tbs beAati-
fnl king u American gTouse-the blue
gfoase-and ia the svsles pheasants may
be found.
II had been dovp 20 the settlement
in the valley and was retaining to camp
on the trail when ] met a yonn9 u1an by
the name Of Bowen, who vas sOjourning
IN the mountains IN order to cure an
att .ck of fever and Aaue contracted IN
the spring in the valley below. [ gave
him an invitation TO Join Us at our camp,
which be eagerly aosepted ahd departed
At once for his temporary camping place
g. get his euu--A double baFreled shot
gnn--and blankets | rode slowly along
and Was soon overtAken by him. We
travelled uasil late in the afternoon,
when, as eur hors.s began to shoS signs
of wsariness, and as We we're st least
SIX miles from camp, we decided 10
give or tired animals = rest Reach
ing small prairie, We unsaddled them
and picketed them oat 10 graz for fsv
honrs. intending to conclude our ride by
moonlight
After sating a lunch bowen took his
shotsah and remarked that he would 60
10 tae edge Of the prairie and shoot
some groose, IS ve had seen q flock of
thuse birds upoa entering the opening.
As there xere signs Of deer, | resolved
TO 90 with him. telling him TO skirt the
edge of the prairie while kept IN the
verge of the woods about one hundred
wards from him. We had not proceeded
more than q quarter OF a mile when
some large amin y started from thicket
OF bushes near me and ran toward Bow
en- at q rapid rate. As II crossed small
opeuing | saw IL vas a large grizzly. and
as IL nesred my companion ] saw him
lift bis gun to his shoulder. called to
him telling hiIa not to shoot, but he. be-
ing very maeh excited, did not hear me.
and when the bear was within twenty
yards tired, the small shot with which |
his gun Vas loaded sirikin.s the bear 10
the shoulder. Ii is one OF tbs chArac-
isr.sfics Of the bear that, whenever IL is |
struck with missile, no matter hov
lightly. IL will fall; consequently at the |
report Of the gun the beaE dropped. |
Bowen stood matIonless With his gan IN !
his hand while ran toward him AS fast |
Rs ! could, at the same time calling |
lOudiy 10 him 20 take TO 9 tree, for |
knew that be would be a. helpless as |
q mouse in the paws OF cat II that en- |
ragged animal caught him. Paying no |
heed 20 nv warning, however, he await
ed the onslaught OF the BE- Ar, which nov |
with defiant snsrt rushed npon him. |
When il Was within ifieen feet he fired |
the other barrel and the brute again |
fell, bat inst autly recovered itself and |
charged At him.
Bowen nov began 10 realiz the d4n. |
n. In s.A ehws~s,r.,
down his qua, started In run toward me |
with all the speed tina. fear could give |
him, puFsned closely by the bear. |
could not shoot. a. the bear was directly |
behind him. When within ten yards of |
where I stood the besr canght up with |
i3owen, and, With q terrific blow of its |
paw, struck him 10 the ground and In |
SANITY seized him by tae shoulder. evil |
dentIy aiming TO catch hun by the neck, |
and shook him worse than the agae ever |
did; or, to use q comnon expression, it !
swept the 0round WITH bin. ! ran mp |
aud placed the mrzz.e OF my rife At |
the head Of the bear and ired. when it |
fell dead apoa Bowen. Iasstntly e1tri. |
eating him from beneath the animal, | |
fonnd that be vAs conscious, a. be in |
SANITY began 30 express bis feelings 10 |
that visoro II language commonly called |
oassin',' and Also bestowed several |
kicks on the oody Of his dead enemy.
1 assisted hin 10 whore We had left the |
horses. aud then We rode 90 camp, whers |
his wounds were dressed. The bite that |
toe bear gave him caused q kink IN bic |
neck that has renamed 10 this day /
He il enc Of the stif -necked and rebsl. |
li0us; bat Of one thing be IL never guilty. |
aud that Is hunting grizzly bears With .
shotgun" L
The hands os The clock we're pointing |
20 tveive. and the storm VAS still raging |
without when the Judges story Was |
ended The three friends then depart |
ed. and the engineer, closing the door |
Of tue engine house. inspected his ma |
shine to see IL u vas ready for use in |
case Of al alarm. and sbea 10 she lonely |
midnight hoars wrote this long promised
sketch.
SEArrLk, W. I.