Nevada County picayune., 1888-01-11

bear returned, accompanied by hls mate and for tine next hall hour they made lively work fol me. They were iicrcely deter mined to get at me, and, as did not wish to discharge my rifle again, for fear the report would be heard by the Indians, l had to re- sist them by jamming their heads with the muzZle. The brutes ga, it up at last aS a bad iob, but while the wei! one went away the wounded one lay down exactly in front of the entrance and licked lis wounds and uttered low growls. He had put himself on guard, and he meant to stay by until he had revenge. had hasti ly gathered up d small quantity oI provisions when left camp, and though l had no water, 1 should not suffer much for a couple Ol days. The only thing could do was to make myselfas comfortable as possible and wait for something to turn up. l cared very little about the bears, knowing that l could kill them off at any time, but the Indians were to be seriously considered. They would leave nc stone unturnrd to fad my hiding place, and once they found me, sit uated as 1 then was, 1 was d dead man.
 There was no change in the situ alton until about sundown, when the other bear returned, and a second attempt was made to get al me. They were so determined that l had to use my revolver, fir. ing four shots. and, while neither of them was killed, both were driven to fury by the wounds. The one went off as before. while the other lay down at the mouth of the den, and the night passed without disturbance. slept pret. ty well for d man in bears den, bntawoke just as daylight was fil. terlng down into the gulch. It was fierce roar from the bear which aroused me. 1 thought his mate had returned and that another at. tempt was to be made on my de. fences, but l was quickly set right. The bear started down the gulcl, and inside of a minute heard shots and shouts. Then the roars of q second bear were heard, and fOl five minutes there was terrible commotion hundred feet below me. conld see dark shadows struggling together, and l knew the shouts came from the Indians, but was not clear in the matter until the day grew stronger and the fight was over. Then l made out heap of dead.
 It was a good i0ur before l pull. ed away the rocks and crawled out. l had figured that the lnd:ans had trailed me up the gulch and been attacked by the bears, and I was right. l simply waited to be sure that all were dead. When 1 finally crept cautiously down 10 the heap l found two bears and three In. dians in a pile, and each and all were growing cold in death. The bears had been shot and stabbed again and again, but the redskins were sight to see. The flesh had been literally stripped of their bones, and one of them, whose body l pulled out for the purpose of examination, seemed to have every bone crushed, while his neck was also broken.
 My "inle had not been disturbed nor had they found my cache of iurs. l took the day to pack up, and got ready for a long journey and when night came l headed for the fort. l got through without even sighting a redskin, and I had with me, as every man at the fort in 1867 will testify, the four Indian horses and two Indian rifles in ad dition to my own outfit'-N. Y. Sun.