The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-10-02
easx and little out of patience, and off he

went
an the course of twenty minutes I heard
! his gun 90 off. and ! ran down there as fast as
| I could. ] didn't suppose that he had tired at
| anything, but I was afraid shat he might have
stumbled into trouble and shot his rifle as q
| signal OF distress. yelled and asked him II
anything was the matter, and he shouted uach:
81 have killed him. That was all he said and
then / tramped into the swamp and saw the
Philadelphia man leaning against sappnng
iustas cool as you please. But he was me
proudest man l ever saw, for he had really
found the bear and killed it at single shot.
The bear had tramped past the top OF big
tree that had been blown down and when lie
had got about five rods or so behind ii he rose
on his hind feet faced right about like sol
der, and walked back in the tracks he had
made ON his way out tie knew that the dog
was after him, and he was cunning enough 70
fool the dog by taking his back track and hid
ing in the tree top with his face towards the
way he had gone in. That was how he lay
when our friend found him. He was peepinS
out through the limbs and dry leaves, but he
didn't think shat we could see him ana the
Philadelphia man puta bullet right between
the old tikes eyes and laid him ont as stlft as
q crowbar. We'll, sir, that felt SO good over 1t
that he couldn't do enough for me and Char
ley, but he didn't want to hunt any more that
day.
the VVest in the winter few years ago, and
invited him to go on u bear hunt with me. He
had become used to handling the lasso out
there, and he said he would go if would agree
TO let him have some fun with the lasso on the
first bear we might have the good luck to get
near enough to reach with it. told him all
right, and with long rope for lasso we star
ted out with old Dash early the next morning.
This time we went to Long Swamp, which we
reached about the middle of the forenoon. l
had double barrelled rifle but the only weap-
on my friend had and the only one he said he
wanted was the lasso he made me promise
in case old Dash shouldtbring bear TO stand
still, that l would not shoot until he had a
chance to practise with his rope, and over into
the swamp we trudged through the snow.
We had no trouble in finding a bear track,
and back and forth through the long and mar
row swamp old Dash dashed until late in the
afternoon when he brought bear to bay not
far from the centre of the swamp. L could
tell from the peculiar noise lie made that he
had run foul of the bear, and told my visitor
from the west. who had kept with me oil that
day. that he would soon have q chance to
practise with his lasso Then we plunged into
the swamp and found that old Dash was teas
ing the bear in an open space that had
alder bushes all around it. In trying to escape
the dog all day the bear seemed to be pretty
well played out The bear had been nipped
so much on the hind quarters that he was sit
ting up when we got there and everything
was favorable for my friend to use his lasso.
So l stood in the bushes and called the dog to
me, and then told the man from the west to
pitch in.
'He was as brave as lion, and he swung
the coil few times and then let drive at the
bear. His aim was tip-top, for the rope caught
the bear around tho neck and then my friend
began to pull and yank. That walked the bear
up, but he didn't run away. He got as mad as
a wet hen in a seconds time and his getting
mad surprised my friend, for he supposed that
the bear would pull back on the rope. andchoke
himself so that his tongue wonld hang out.
Instead of that the fiery old fellow slackened
on the rope as quick as you could say scat, and
made lunge at the man with the lasso,
knocking him down in the snow and falling
on top of him. The bears weight almost
knocked the breath out of my visitor, and he
gasped something that sounded to me like,
Shoot the old devil Nick and l hauled up
and put bullet into the bears skull. When
my friend crawled out from under the heavy
! carcass, his face was as white as milk, and
| when he got his wind again he looked sheep
ish, but ne owned right up and declared that
| it was his own fault, and wanted me to say
nothing about it. Well, never did tell it to
| any one that knew him and l haven't men
! toned his name to you. so telling about the
| fun he had lassoing the bear won't hurt MIN
! any," A
"Didsbears ever kill any of your stock?,'
! "Kill' any? Well, [ wish l could say they
never did 1 would be couple of
hundred dollars better off if bears had never
touched my livestock. Since have iiFed
here have lost don't know how many sheep
and pigs, but for the last five or six years bears
! have killed but one sheep and two pigs for me.
| L can IGll you WnaI a very Ola ailu large bSAE
did for me nine years ago this coming fall, but
I don't suppose one person in ten would be-
| leve it. AT the same time it is fact, and
don't know as L would take any stock in it my
self if hadn't seen it, Como out here in
the yard and l can tell it to you better.
cover in that little lot there l had a calf and
| q bull that was coming two years old. The
other cattle were down in the berry field. l
| was away up in that rough lot you see near the
top of the hill burning brush and stumps. The
lot is in plain sight of the place where the cali
and bull were and generally you can hear a
noise made in the valley very clearly up there
1t was just after shutdown, and | was just
| getting ready TO quit work, when l heard the
bull below as though somebody had tried to
anger him. l paid no attention to him at
first ,but.he kept it up SO long that after awhile
| I looked down and saw the bull tussling with
a bear. Before / could get over the fence
saw the bull fall and Iheard no more Of its
believing. The bear then turned from the
bull to the calf which he had already killed,
and began to tear il to pieces.
"Of course, / hurried down the hill as fast
as could, and, whenever 1 cast my eyes to-
ward the lot, saw that the bull still lay there
while the bear still kept tearing at the carcass
Of the calf and devouring the meat. 1t was
between the berry and the nut seasons, and
stuck in the woods was uncommonly scarce
aud the bear seemed to be half starved. He
was so hungry that he didn't make move &c
lug the calf off into the woods, and, he
kept tearing rnd eating till got my rifle from
the house and shot him dead. While the beal
had been trying to make,away with the calf
the young bull rushed at him in defense of it
and he had iabbed the bear so hard and Otter
with his sharp horns that the hungry old brute
was compelled to turn on the plucky bull, but
not until he had crushed the life out of thu
calf. The bear had broken the bulls necl
and stretched him ont helpless, and then ht
laid to the flesh of the calf, and paid no moro
attention to the bull, and all three were dea(
when L got to them.
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| Indians in Council.
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