The Red Cloud chief., 1885-09-04
he array of Indians Were with.

out vcspohs. unless a SINAI 4ani} axe
that re carried coulC lie ca4yed Sch
The ear could not possibly have
choesa a better Place TO dispute their
mach, Tor IT was almost impossible 10
! reface their steps and find a pa--atle
rIte around this savage obstruction.
Izd there been such a WAY they would
lHve tahen the adv.ce Of one OF their
lumber TO tempt the bear OF, 10 his
Limits. about halfway. Lavin- previous
ly chopped OFF their end. but securing
it with strong rawhide la,hings. and
when h. was pcrched on tn middle cut
the lashlngs with the axe and drop Mr..
Bruin into the roaring rapids below.
which would certainly cool of his hot
temper IN the ice-wa,er just from the
glaciers IN the moun'a;n ops. To do
so was tempting. but the thought Of de-
stroying the only bridge on the route
was enough 10 make them deSist.
1t a1Slly decided that two or
three Of them should 20 back a little
ways on the mountain side and send up
a couple of distinct smokes, about ten
or fifteen minutes apart. which Is the
signal used among these Indians 10
show that they had gone into camp at
that point. 1t was thought that the
Tahkheesh Indians. whom they were
trying to reach, seeing these signal
smoHes. might Coiue mp To them this
short d stance. thinking they had gone
into camp after an unusually long
march from far beyond the pass. and.
beng Durdened with only a few furs.
night bring their guns and thus
friyhten away or Kill the bear. or even
il thev did not bring them. when the
bear wa, seen or his presence known
they could easily return and get them
In the meantime the others held a
council Of war, while their companion,
were cone to start the >i1na ,EeS.
NAM ~cxpcdi"ntS were proposed, bat
most OF them partook OF the nature Of
the mice b"liing the cat, and but f"w
were attcmp,ci l..
At last Il plan wa proposed, more To
pass away the time until the T~ahkheeSh
should arrive than with any hope OF
success. One of the shrcwdcr Indians
proposed that with the hani-aN they
would chop oil all the limbs Of the foot
loy on that part Of the ground where
they stood. and which prevented the
log from turning or rolling over. except
one strong vertical limb. anil to thctop
OF this they would tie a strong lashn".
and some four Or five OF the strongest
men would get IN the ground near by.
the bear would he coa>ed ont To- his old
position on the log. and by pulling on
the rope the log could be- turned around
AMI possibly their enemy might be
spilled OIL into the boiling water be-
meath, especially if it was done quite
suddenly. And ever if failing the first
time. tie limb. when reaching the
ground. could be seized vigorously and
shoved into the air, the rope thrown 10
another lot Of Indians on the other side.
who would Jerk the limb 10 the ground,
and this could be kept up backward
and forward until the bear had tccn
upset inc the water or had backed of!
To the stump a.ain, and which they no
ticed always took him quite awhile 10
accomplish. and Increased the chances
OF their singular scheme. Everything
was done rs indicated. the limbs
chopped of from the part of the log
Ie~tin" on the ground except the up
ri ut one, and it was tested, show nc
that it would not break OFF in turning
the lOy, however quickly done. TIE
o p was dashed to the outer end Of the
braucl, some twelve feet long, and the
two iOlicS of men took their assigned
po-i.ionS on the two sides of the log OPP
ro,it. the erect pole. One milan hen
walked for two or three steps on the
foo:-Ds untii the bear was induced to
make one more IF his chargcS. stop
pinra a usual where the limbs ntrrfcrrd
with his progress. The second h. reached
this place the Indians on n side Of
the loo pulled down the erect limb by
The rope until they could reach it with
Their hands. when it was lowered 20
the ground. al! being lone IN less time
than IT takes 10 tell 1t. This threw the
log quarter of the way round and the
bear with it, and. although he was moi
thrown OF. he had very hard Scramb
linz To keep On, and 1t once started tC
back out. No sooner had the limt
touched the ground ihan it was snoved
to al almost erect position, the rope
passed over to tn opposite crowd. and
they pulled IN pushed ii TO the ground
on thor side. This turned the TO-
hall way over. and it was just by The
skin of his teeth hat the bear hung o!
and crawlcl 10 the top - 1t went OYER
Backward and forward il went thlt
way. the bear using up nearly AL n!
( time try.ng 10 kcep.On. and iIndlng bu
little during VIII ch he could back out
vet slowly gaining to ward the stump
The Indians worked like demons, Will
u~proarious laughter at the bears fran
tic Jumps. He was nearly back to In
stump. where he could gain the shore
when an unusually active half turn VA
made by the Indians. and the bea
scrambled around SO very li'elr (
couutcract il that he tore OF the ihicI
bark from that SIDE in a great >nce
covering half of the butt of the tree
and bark and bear went rolling int
the Seeth nc waters be.ow. while IN
Indians sent up n dcatening yell 4
their victory. The moment BARK an
bear touched the VII t. sheet at foar
away they went rolling over each othe
IN the swift stream. followed by shout
from the Indians craning the r neck
over the edge of the canyon In
bear was borne down some nifty YARD
where he managed TO seize = project
ing Snag and crawled out upon II
bowling iur;uusly. and clinging To
despite the ston u he go. from his Ell
emies. In \ few moments \ Iahs
heesh indian came up with a gun. an
shot at him from the shore. breaN'n
his shoulder. which So enragei the an
nal that ne once more jumped into In
water. but. not having counted on h
broken. useless shoulder. he was carrie
away in the rushing torrent hes
over heels, and Was never seen a-aii
-Licutenant +. Sch witkd, =. Ch'td.
Times.