The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1888-11-09

''The carcass was ont there in front of
them, they had their guns all fixed for
shootin', and the moon was shinin'
sorter dim-likc.
There comes a boss down tho gulch
yander,' whispered the Shurf,
That's nim. That's the bear said
the rancher Great glory, what a big
one,'
',Tf,e bear come on slow and stiddv.
takin' his time.
They had the wind o him, bit when
he got TO the colt he Aecs there was
somethia' wsohs. So he walks around
lie the Wagon. The men was breathin'
awful low. They couldn't see the griz.
Ely, and WAS %fearc,i 10 move lcsS'n they
might scare him. The hear put his tt:lt
on the wagon and gives Il a shake.
Then he goes back to the carcass and
begins oatin'.
Hadn't somebody ',d;h. givo the
word:e' some ono whispered.
Better let him git his belly i,tl o
medicine fnst, answered the Shurt,
THAT bear could II turned tina, load
o hay with one hip CT his feet. anI
them fellows know'dit
He snai1hed oil 4 hind leg of the
colt, finished his meal end Went back in
hoy woods where he come from. There
were nary n shot fired ut him, neither,
and if the %strychninc did not agree with
him they didn't find it ont, for he was
never seen afterward. He never come
back TO that dealt colt, anywez, no
more"
I'VE were taking q band of wethers
once-we had 10000 in the band-from
Umatilla County. Oregon, to Chey.
enne," said n shepherd, who had been
listening and now came TO the support
q the last speaker, land had three men
besides myself, each man with a dog.
We had several horses, guns and camp
ing outfit of course.
Zone hot day, about noon, the sheep
anchored on lis, and while they were
lying in the shade we went down to the
water to cook dinner. This was in the
Blue Mountains. on the Middle Fork o.
the John Day River, at n sort OF horse,
shoe bend about n quarter of a mil
around, II did not look like Il white
man had ever been there before.
''Somc of the boys went in swim
ming. and went across The river to the
inside of the bend. They found thous
ands of tracks of all kinds of game il
the sand-deer, elk, coon, bear und
| goose tracks.
Them goose tracks %interposed /;
voice, wa beaver tracks. A beaver.
hind foot is webbcd, and makes Il TRACK
like Il goosc's.'
That's 80. / found that out after
wards. The river was full of musse
shells, with mussels in them at that
You could have scooped up a wagon
load of them in little or no time.
"Ihcy saw a night fresh track of T:
bear and q cub where they had beer
after those mussels and gone into tn,
brush.
81 tried to get them not to 90 into til,
brush after the bear. but no, they wer,
bound to GO.
They stationed me on q point tina
came down between the cogs of tn,
horseshoe, and commanded the under
lying fiat completely.
"Then they took the dogs and thei
guns and went into the brush. A ma,
could just crawl through the brush. an,
that was all.
"The bear was there. you bet, and til,
dogs bayed her before they had gone
hundred yards. The men could not tel
from the barking where she was. The,
kept as near together rs possible, Bill
Sloan in advance. Presently Bill shot
and the bear made u lunge and was OF
top of him, and got him down. Tn
other nan raised his gun to shoot, bu
was so close that the bear struck his Gun
from his hand and knocked it clear on
of his reach. He got away from her
and she went back and stepped aroun,
on top of Bill. who was about half dead
The third man opened on her, and sh
would drop down every time he hit he,
and he hit her every shot. He Gale,
for help, and | hurried to them rs fast a
l could. had a little collie bitch tina
was as timid as Il hare around YOU, bu
for fighting game | never saw any ami
NAL SO big that she was afraid to tackl
it. She went to the bear ~a-tlying. Tn
other dogs We're simply barking aroun,
it. Dixie seized on the bear from be
hind and made it so lively for ller tina
she left Bill and was worried By tn
dogs until she died from the effects Q
the wounds she had received.
Eve got Bill out, packed him on
horse to the nearest town. which wa
100 miles away, and it was three month
before he was able to be up and abou
again"