The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-12-28
1 DEMON GRIzzlY'S DEATH.
swollen Up With Dried Apples.
He Becomes Raving Mad.
r,.xy with Pain, the Fearing Beast
Attacks n Camp FiTe-Seattie
Tom Scared.

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When our copy Of the Sunday saa
,saehed Assinabofne with the account
II The neighborly grizzlies that came
,nd made friends with Seattle Tom
nd me. last June, in the Lost Mine
,uleh. Nr. Editor Of The SEN, you
osgtt 10 have been on hand. When
re cent the letter Of East, Seattle and
ganuck Pierre allowed that would be
the last Of It; at least they thought It
mighty doubtful about The Sun print
Inc their names in 1t, anyhow. Neither
n EN- had ever seen their nasses in
Tyint before, and / want to tell you
,hey we're both nightly tiekled. We
have decided TO send you the first Gin
ran,0u cub We round up next spring,
a. a slight token Of our regard. You'll
6ud a cinnamon cub heap porter var
mint to have around your o.fiee than
! cat.
6rst night we spent in the Bears Paw
mountains, and OF the grizzlies loaGng
and rummaging around outside the
shack all night. and then taking to the
woods at daybreak My hair had
stood on end once or twice during the
night. as huge grizzlies came nosing
almost into the doorway, and ! was
mighty glad to find the coast clear IN
the morning. Seattle laughed when /
told him how. during my watch, the
grizzlies simply stood and stared, re
nroachful Ike, when s-scatted al 'em
and queeked To scare EN- off.
better not poster EN-" said he;
'afhey're ffiendlicr this season than
I've seen EN- since the winter of IS,
when Mexican sam and ] we're showed
IN on the Rattle-nake range. aud
should have starved 70 death but for
pair OF grizzlies who broke path
through the drifts for Us and helped
Us down to lower ground"
Little did Seattle think, when be
laughed at my scariness, that before
another p hours he would be as eager
b light out for Camp Cook as ten
dsrfoOt, although he had been hand
and glove with grizzlies. so to speak,
most Of his life. We pro5pected all
that day for the lost mine, following
the gulch from point where We
picked up a promising piece Of feat.
Some distance further along we STUN
bled upon an old mocas-in and a cou-
pie OF empty bottles, and we're expect
ing to locate the mine any minute,
when gathering darkness compelled
u 20 give Il up Tor the dav. We had
fastened the shack door with chain in
the morning. and had no idea the bears
would come round again during day
light Even Seattle allowed they
would give rs the shake till about sup
per time, when Old Eph would be
pretty sure to turn mp for more Flap
Jacks, and the whole herd wait on us
again later in the evening. We were
both way OF, however, for when We
reached camp about g o'clock we found
the door cayed In. and that the griz-
zlies had been in full possession Of the
shack. They'd about Quilted the place.
The only thing left was q ham. which
hung up out OF their reach They had
even busted open our baking powder
and coffee tins, and had licked out the
sugar tin cleaner than a mining pan.
The pepper was the only thing left
untouched We seraped up what -four
We could. which, with the ham. would
last us, We reckoned, till Thursday
morning.
Lets see. unused Seattle, as we
III "a pune ANU AHA eht hENELa NifE
wreck, wasn't there something else?
Why, certainly, the dried apples
We had brought up a 2s-pound bag Of
dried apples Looking about we found
the remnants Of the bag over in one
corner but not Sc much as one slice
Of apple, Seattle looked at me and
laughed.
Remember the three commissarv
mules at Fort Kinney a wear ago last
winter" said he, that made away
with a sack OF dried apples Wen, Won
know whatll happen 20 the ornery
cuss Of a bear that has aeyourel -
pounds OF EN-
We were frying ham and pancakes
for supper when the circus. that finally
scared us out Of the camp. commenced
The shindy opened up as much rs il
did the evening before -hy fCw orig.
lilies siding up In a ueighhorly Way
toward the campfire, and others
making thcmSelvcs at home about the
shack.
The night was dark and the wind
muaned and sighed through the uiues
as we sat and eyed our strange visiturs
some of which seemed. in the un-
certain flicker 0f the tire. as big a.
COWS We could hear them an around
rs makieg a cracking among the pine
needles Just beyond the glow Of the
campfire. a thcy walked round ana
round half afraid. vet nightly
tempted 60 come inio The light Nov
and then q pair OF playful Young
grizzlies. full Of devilmeut. would
come numbering into the glare. cdgius
away from Seattle and me in bash
iul sort of way.
We we're smoking and figuring on
The likelihood OF locating the mine
next morning. aud wondering whether
the erikf'ie> had molested the burros
down in the park. when a terrific
swapping and hard breathing near by
arrested our attention The next
moment the thicvinE old cuss had
toied OH our jug of syrup and whom
We hat given pancakes 60 sided into
the light end commenced tFirlioc
round aud round aud swapping az his
own stomach.
Dried apples. said seattle: that
him-Old Eph What with sugarcd
aapiacks, molas~es and dried apples.
Nhas been case ul short life and a
merry one with him since our arm
val
As he tumtlei well into the glim-
aer he presented spectacle that
made Seattle and me lguk iustiuciiveiv
hound Tor o tree Not hat he SEEMED
inclined o. attack us particularly, bat
Sae drtel apples were getting ip their
ma woFk on hlm IN good shape and
ae vas about crazy with pain, His
tack vas 8r1hed like a 'pa~s3m s hack
N blizzard, and his Il rs were buiged
@i as ROUND gel whisky barrel He