St. Paul daily globe., 1888-01-30

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NV TsEGGA1 M with a grizzly
10 ZkessAysT-| the first night
G after striking
2 5T5 camp in a lit
>2 tie mountain
park. The custom of the camp was for
Sagebrush and i to take turns, day
about, staying at home to look after the
dogs and horses, and to do the COOKING,
while the other went out into the noun
tainS with the Englishmen after bears.
On the day am now telling you about,
it was my day to go out and Sagebrushs
turn to stay in camp. We had Just
reached the edge of a hog-back, looking
into the mouth of gOOd-SiZed canon,
when one of the EngliShmen made out
through his field-glasS what he
thought were couple of bears
among the rocks about mile
away. We crept cautiously up the
between us and the bears. The spur
brought us within half a mile of the
spot where we expected to find them
still busy hunting for grass, when we
peeped around and found that the bears
had been frightened at something
beyond them, and were making
tracks down our way. Instead OF two
there were four. 1t was regular fam
ily-Old Eph, his sQuaw and pair OF
cubs. The cubs looked about six months
old, and the old bears were cutting and
hustling them along, as they usually do
with their cubs when alarmed, says
Fort Custer correspondent OF the New
York Sun. For minute or two 1t
&C tbnX-
to us. and we stood waiting, Winches-
tiers at full cock, to make things as
lively as possible when they should
come up. When about 200 yards
away. however, the old bears
stopped hustling the cubs, and,
raising up on their hind legs. stood look
ing up the canon. Away off up the
canon we could see a bunch of deer
clambering up the rocky bank. This was
the noise that had alarmed the bears,
and, as they would most likely return
to their grubbing place as soon as they
became satisfied that it was only deer,
we decided to fire.
Two OF the EngliShmen let drive at an
old bear apiece; the other one and took
the cubs. One of the cubs toppled over,
raved around some. and finally rolled
down the bank into the creek, dead as a
mackerel; but the other three went
Scampering off up the canon as lively as
if we had been loaded with blank cart
ridges. We
SENT ANOTHER vOLLEY
after them in short order, but it didn't
seem to have any more effect on them
than the others, SO we gave chase.
For awhile the way was reasonably
smooth for a canon, and as we heeled
it after them we could see by the blood
fbot tvrn of tho throa bo1 hnap hit
Pretty soon the canon narrowed to a
rocky gorge with the rough banks slop-
| ing down pretty steep into the water.
| The water was shallow, and the bears
had waded over to the other side, and
were trying to give us the slip by clam
| bering up among the precipitOuS rocks.
| The she bear and the cub were already
out of sight, but Old Eph had halted
about 300 yards away to lick himself
where the bullet from our first fire had
plowed through his carcass. He was
squatting on a narrow ledge, and was
evidently pretty badly hit, seeing that
he didn't scare at seeing us running up.
He made fairish shot from where we
Stood. and one of the Englishmen took
deliberate aim at him and fired. The
bullet plunged square into his stomach,
and the bear plunged around with such
| blind fury that he ended by tOppling off
the ledge and taking sliding tumble of
about thirty feet.
A clump of mountain alders brought
him to Standstill for a minute, and, as
he didn't seem any the worse for his
tumble, and looked likely to bolt, we
blazed away at him all together.
This volley simply appeared to wake
him up to sense of his danger. Instead
| of dropping dead he pulled himself to
! roll thnr nd p6 min
loose trail of rock-slide and disap
peared in a pocket Oyergrown with
baby juniper, followed by another vol
ley.
The pocket was merely little horse
shoe in the side of the steep, rocky
bank. and evidently had no other outle
than the one in front. The bear ha(
gone in there to lay down and lick hi:
wounds, which were getting pretty
numerous.
Crossing the creek, we clambered III
to the clump of alderS and followed hi
trail along toward the mouth of thu
pocket. We were standing about twent,
PAGES from the little juniper thicket
peering in to see if we could make OH
his location, when, with huSk,
''whoop," he came charging headlon!
out.
Bang. bang. went two Winchesters
and over and over tumbled Old Eph
biting,
SNARLING AND ROARING,
mad with rage and badly wounded, bu
still long way from being conquered
The third Englishman now took stead
aim and fired, but still the bear tum
bled and bit and roared. Three NOR
good shots were fired at less than twent
yards, and then Old Eph actually stead
led himself for charge, but, changing
his mind, he turned tail and hustle,
back into the cover of the thicket.
"Well, Fll be blanked!" said one O
the Englishmen, who had been an off
Ger in India; and he went Oh to say tina
he killed tigers and alligatOrS and al
sorts of varmint, but had never see
. mighty tickled over it, because it SCENE
to prove beyond doubt my idea of
brown bears superior tenacity of life,
matter that we had discussed in tn
, morning.
+ We fired shot or two into the thicke
to coax the bear to charge us again, bu
, it wouldn't work. | then climbe
around the rocks to the right an
, reached point overlooking the poke
to see if could make him out. Th
back part of the pocket was almost bar
of brush. and right back there, twent
, feet below where stood, sat Old Ep
licking the blood as it ooZed from bi
ragged wound in his stomach. II
looked like mighty sick bear, and wa
+ Smeared with blood pretty much a
= over.
2 Ishouted to the Englishmen, askin
them if should finish him off or wht
L to do. They told me to hurl rocks i;