Daily Honolulu press. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1886, 1886-01-26
CUNNING FOR BEAR.
ADVENTURES OF AN AFTERNOON
ON THE SuMAs.
A Lovely Landscape The Music of tho
Hounds Bear and Dogs in battle
THE Rifles Trlumph-vic-
- l tory at Last.
p'sIlalicum win American Field

P'Silalicum win American Field.l
There being many signs of bears, the
hounds are sent out in charge of the boy, to
start one. The stockman and engineer sit
down ON log to rest From their resting
place they survey the grandeur that Is
spread before them. At their feet lies the
lovely valley, gemmed with many crystal
lake and many a silver stream. Farther
away, the gulf of Georgia is glittering In
calm beauty. On the edge Of the
horizon can be seen the sails of
u ship that is gliding away into the dis
tance like a beautiful white spectre. Away
to the south Is seen the blue waters of Bel
lingham bay. From speck on its bosom
rises wreath Of smoke-the mail steamer
on its way south. On one side, almost di-
rectly beneath them, sweeps the mighty
Frazer river; on the other, but few miles
distant, glides the swift Nootsack. Tower
ing over them, rises Mount Cheam, famed
in Indian legend as the home of the inn
mortal white deer. The sky is cloudless,
and the air is as balmy as that OF May Are
We of the northwest not among the favored
cbildre of eartnf
In this region it Is only in exceptionally
cold winters that the bears hibernate and
as the streams are yet filed with salmon,
and as many huckleberries still remain on
the bushes, there is plenty OF food for them.
The dogs have not been gone more than
half an hour when long drawn howl is
heard. Tnere /, an elk trail leading up the
mountain. The hunters take this, and rush
up the steep incline as fast as they can.
Nearer and nearer comes the music of
the hounds but when within a short
diytance Of them, they take a cross trail
and descend into deep gulch- Telling the
engineer TO stay and guard the path, the
stockman vani hes down the hillside. The
quarry turns and runs up the mountain side
again. Its course can be traced by the
barking of the dogs After circling ON the
higher ranges of the mountain, 1t comes
rushing down the elk trail again As they
draw near. the engineer, trembling with
eagerness, raises the hammer of his gun.
There is a crashing of the bushes and a
large black bear bursts out not fifteen
yards away, with the collie swapping
at his heels and the hounds baying few
feet behind.
When the bear reaches the open spot on
the trail, 1t stops and strikes terrific blow
at the tormenting collie The wary dog
springs aside and the great paw descends on
the ground with fearful force. Well it was
for collie that he was not beneath it Be-
fore the bear can recover himself, the
plucky little shepherd springs past him and
gives him vicious nip on the ham. Snarl-
ing with rage the bear rears up on his
launches. The little gun cracks and the
charge of B. BIS go tearing through his
tough hide behind his shoulder. He comes
tumbling end over end down the
path. The dogs now all grapple him
and for few seconds there is a
the hillside. At last he shakes him self free
of his tormentors and strikes some sledge
hammer blows at them; but they are wise
enough to keep at a safe distance from him.
Again the little gun flashes, and once
more the bear falls AMI the dogs seize their
fallen foe. Growing, biting, swapping,
they swarm over him. Quickly springing
to his feet, he seizes one OF the hounds, and
rearing up, he squeezes it In his terrible hug.
The poor dog sends forth piercing howl,
and then the courageous collie leaps up and
grasps the bear by the ear. Releasing
hi, holi on the hound, hs grasps the
collie and begins to hug it, and at the same
time sinks his teeth in the little hero's
shoulder. The engineer rushes up, places his
gun at the back of his neck, and fires. The
bear falls, and releases the dog; and then
rearing up gives roar of rags, and walks
towark the engineer. Once more the fame
leaps from the muzzle, and from a distance
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bear and he falls dead
vii whoop rings out on the mountain
air, whic is answered from below, and the
stockman soon appeara Whenshe sees the
bear lying dead, and the dogs worrying
the inanimate form, he shouts a loud
"Hurrahp gives the engineer hearty
grip OF the hand, and says HBlest IL
thought that a man could kill bear with
an American pop-gun like that" They are
now joined by the boy and he and the stock
man soon divest the bear OF his hide They
estimate the weight at $50 pounds
Whom they finish the skinning. the boy is
sent down to the valley to tell the Indians
that they can have tue meat If they want it
At this season of the year the flesh of the
bear tastes SO strongly of the salmon on
which they have been feeding for months,
that it is not palatable to any one except an
Indian. The stock.ian and engineer follow
the elk trail downward and soon reach the
place where their horses arc tied, and mount
ing ride to the corral