The Meeker herald., 1886-06-19

hand in his mouth aud cllawed IL like
you see, and ii the old man hiun I
stepped up and blown his brains oct 1t
would have been II gone case with he.
As II was, when he shot the critterlt Is
fall weight, about 800 pounds, came pn
me and near cleaned me out. 1t io,k
all the Old mans nerve 10 roll him III,
and tell you, gents, ! was "A piclun.
Talk about your CORY scenes was
blood from head to foot. Id been "A
fortune la one OF these dime novel f.,-
lers. One look at ms would hey given
him food for reflection for a year. Ny
cloths were torn into rags, and the crit
Ter had scratched me so that | looked
like Zebry for months To time; but II
didn't cure me, and I've shot a good
many since
The upper ranges Of the Sierra Mailres
abound In game, the grizzly, brown
bear, deer, Wild eat. coyote and noun
tain lion being the largest, airi afIoni-
ing fine sport 10 the hunter. The hunt
ing-gound can now be readily and tas-
lis reached from the Raymond Hotel.
and next season some fine sport is prom
ised. The easiest plan Is To leave the
hotel In early morning, following the
aIrayo seco 10 the arrayo canon, a jout
i've miles away. Here pack-horset OF
burTus are taken, and a trn-mile Tide
followed 10 the upper range. The ride
Is delightful. and IN three miles the
writer ioplrd the stream twenty-five or
thirty times, which will give some idea
OF the winding character OF the road.
Al some points the trail winds around
Tie edge oi ricks; where, II burTow IL
inclined TO balS, I, would 60 down two
thousand feet. Here Is the old sOlidal
trail. that WAS commenced before the
Sierra Mndro range ~ns lunnrled 10 nj.
init the railroad.
In riding over this old trail. now fall
en INTO disuse, n friend told IN. nm tx
pcri-ncc he had with a grizzly. lie
was employed ut wura on the trail some
years before, and hai engaged riw
German ,p 90 up the trail and bring
down some surveying instruments. The
man started down about In the af-
i.rnoOn. and on suddenly rounding
curve came face Ia face with a grizzly
and two cubs. Tie placr was too pre-
cipi,ou, 10 jump over, - h. turned to
run. and the grizzly made after him.
II WIS short heat. lie had not g"n.
twenty yards on III. upgrade before
the animal caught up to him sud struck
him terrific blow In the hack, tearing
The flesh away. as well as clothes. and
pushing the lueklcss man from the rail
over the edge of iho cana. where lie
struck the bush and TullrO and SID
down several hiandr-d feet, there fccos-
cred himself. and nsn into the camp nE
drmofallrrd a specimen rs could b- well
found. This iiuisiird his lie IN thr
sierra Madtcs. ~ after the doctor lad
txr,l him up nr lett tile uplaHd country
toe b'.~-.l...-
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canon. where the writer has been max
ing headquarters for several months.
Was visited by u grizzly snn. tim. ago.
but unfortunately ut night, ~ that no
one 80, u shot at 1t; bu, cattle were s,am'
r-,lcd and found IN Pasadena. The
ncNi day hyr miles oil another brat
came down In brnad daylight. and a
friend of the wriu'T, hearing gnu!u'.
rushed out. aud found a hig gFizziy
walking of on iis hind legs with = large
tcchiyc under It's ann. aud before -
nile could be brough, out had i!aap-
pcarcd.