The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1888-01-15
BEARS EVERYWHERE.
Carbon and Moose in Maine, Queer
Things in Connecticut
M, Chimpanzee Crowley and His
Jennie at Home in Winter.

-, =. F,.ht,rr-A Battle In the Noon
,,.st. ana the End that Came In the Morn
sa.-The Mother bear Dead, the Cabs
MA. Tee-Cubs In the Den-A story with
C'S.r.I-The Bear was Too Inquisitivo
NJ Crowiey's Temper Getting the Bet-
- .r Hin-ssne Peculiar Animals.
ropr CUSTER, Jan. IL think I told you
T.. ,ho latter describing the high old time the
.hr.e Britishers and / had with the big brown
80 IN a cupboard canon Of the Rosebud that
y. had Taft saeebrush Bill Mt home to look
stt.r ths camp and the wounded dog. We had
Non having a mighty tough day. and It was
.rovinr dark when we struck camp. hungry
enough to eat old mocassins.
Garebrush ought to have been on hand with
.blanng pine-knot fire and slathers OF chuck
rned mn ready for us to sail in and fill up. As
soon A. We reached the edge Of the park, how
erer. We could see that tho camp was deserted.
"Who.o-o-pee S-a-a-gebrush"
.-o.o.pee-a-agebrush" answered the pine
timber, but that was all. Not even the friendly
bsrk OF the dogs was there to greet us.
wondering what was up. we hurried on into
samp. An exclamation OF surprise escaped
rom tho foremost man in the party; for right
bsside the wagon lay the mangled carcasses OF
the two dogs, Lighting o silver Of pitch Pine,
ve soon unravelled the mystery.
"a grizzly. by thunderl' says I. and plain
snouph Il was. too. The Enelishman. who had
brought the W lne bear dogs from Indin,
ripped out an oath. and swore he would kill
eyery grizzly in tho Big Horn Mountains. Both
dogs were mangled almost out Of recognition.
Evidently they had been struck down by the
bears powerful paw while tied to the
wheel and powerless to get out Of the way,
after which they had been bitten and clawed
almost to shreds.
But what had become Of Sagebrush7 We
yelled and fired guns. but could get no response.
At length one OF the Englishmen found O
back number Of THE Sun, a bundle Of which
We had taken with US into the mountains,
pinned to the wagon cover. and on 1t Sagebrush
had written with o burnt stick. Con fur the
bar tibet kilt the dogs" That was all there was;
there was nothing to indicate which way he
had gone or anything moro about 1t.
The moon would be rising about 10 o'clock,
and as nothing could be done till then We took
ssmile Of old Bourbon apiece. and turned our
s~ttention to cooking bear steaks.
At moonrise We shouldered our Wfnchesters
and struck out. No trail was visible on the
hard surface OF the mountain path. 80 we d.
vided up and made tracks In different direc-
tons. Ny companion was the Anglo-Indian
officer. the owner OF the dogs.
We tramped on and on for about three miles,
stopping every now and then to shout and fire
and listen. Finally we heard a distant yell in
reply. Hurrying along in tho direction Of the
shout, we soon had the satisfaction Of recog-
MIXING Sagebrush's voice.
As soon as we got near enough. to understand
what he was saying we moved forward with
sxtroms caution. Shouting at the. top Of his
voice, he told us that he was freed by q whole
Err e. % u R%c1sss,ss: and ab Bad P phiFfSsd e eareefatyy'" WITH he
hearing you yell and IRE. Crawl up as near as
you You, safely s,ns can and then take to the trees with
The timber thereabout was not over thick.
and We lodged from tree to tree as noiselessly
ssesS s q sase6 srad5st 1oi Sss'R%lR W. Sad II m sSs siFe np
70 Mithi n! ABOUT 1850 Yards Of his tree, when he
was lust i boosti Ga1s The Enelishman up into
the nearest tree. when the foremost bear came
s sSS'asn &. 'ns sbaaou 2 p RPaesn n 81 more %H9ns than
thirty PAGES away. There was a likely looking
tree about twenty, yards further back. and to
IN about three jumps, I could hear the, pine
nsedlss crackle as the big grizzly came charg-
t eIos si e n me- y IAN and the cracking seemed mighty
Skinned uR that tree so quick that I made
the bark fly. Quick as l was, however. I wasn't
meath the tree. looking up with that longing
OPPRESSION peculiar to q grizzly when he has
tleed anything. and particularly q man. l had
the bie fellow reared up and whoop.ed and
sIrust his paw to within a couple o.. yards OF
TTaa s my feet were resting on q trifing snag.
varied as my experience had been with bears.
ro licking myself up . yard or two higher. I
around asdfi 70 ts al = IN Glf sh s'F sltaat afan'9 By sn thi sut ti%s
Jour bears had arrived on tho scere. and Sage
esash Tas calling out to inquire If we were both
turned my attention to the Englishman.
fortunately for him. the space between his
set b dno ! mine q vas quite clear; In the hurry to
nearest tree after sagebrus6 called out, and it
A Nftteea TO- ouf to be- the poorest kline OF q retreat.
b1shXX mass q fl little 81 PePa aad IS e that it N x sa' Ina a
No more uncomfortable position could be
ven wei, imagined than the one he found him
sHmin when arrested by the scrubby branches.
~ ptown bears or silver tips he would have
S Sesn n ra0oS IN less than . minute after the
SSiimolng trees. As 1t was. however. when the
n msssin 81 saem stretched s. . up after him The
Srizzly's eager claws might have been meas
G Ia moon was about half waned and wasn't
ssss!s Vim him but all Of a sudden he sang sst OUT
God's sake, Hank, use your Winchester
s slIss 5 ss she t trseI II a devil Of a trap; they're
SGie enough one determined old cuss was
EHa aM Q clumsy attempt to hoist himself up
eInglng to- the snags above. He was grunt-
III hoinbly, In eager anticipation OF reaching
NJ M naia who was all but within his grasp.
otSssn ose ne was making seemed to inspire tho
to II Mlth the belief that their prey was about
IN n Y seized, and they were all crowding about
Inc nngllshman's tree. reaching up and whin-
IN ssvagely and licking their chops. ! shud-
N sM ~ the prospect OF his fate shoul they
n I ions q reach and drag him down, or should
mo t.awing 2 bead on the varmint that was try
TSkaH Climb the tree. my Winchester barked.
sh Sv uHgnl was uncertain. but the distance was
to nv and l was nightly relieved to see him
sSrSSp pn over and take to Topping and thrashing
tvsIiuunna on the ground. In his fury at the sharp
bsarrsse oi ne bullet. he tackled one of the other
scrim, ana ior Q minute or two We witnessed a
for uuage That Was away ahead of any circus
otbs,t cai i've show. For the time being the
Wsnd around the combatants, walked back
snss.. stood on their hind feet, whined and
msnteu' ahd otherwise betrayed great excite
dsbtir ~ isn't very often that bears get to
a. AMnx among themselves; they are generally
WhsSnO Atsiui and playful, as 30 many kittens.
prstty uney do get at it, however, they are
snftssn savage, and the wounded grizzly and his
icJtsS1nist fought and rolled and reared and
N sSSn y up such q racket that ssgebrush shont-
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