The Irish standard., 1889-02-23
ABOUT GRIZZLIES.
Six Bears That Manifested Neigh
loorly Propensities.
a s.Man Of Letters" Tells About Seattle
Tom and His Theories of the Friend
" Seasons-Thoir Thrilling
Experience,

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Experience,
What Seattle doesn't know about bears
isn't worth knowing, and when he puts his
foot down all the Milk river boys say amen,
aud chat settles it. Seattle is almost the
enly genuine old-timer left il the mount
aims, in fact None OF the boys nowadays
believes, for instance, that bears and In
iuns were ever in league together agin
the whites, but Seattle says he knows 1t to
be fact that in the early days. before the
California trail was opened up, there was
an understanding between the Blackfoot In
juns and the grizzlies. When the Injuns
wore on the; war-path the grizzlies would
chase write man on sight, and when the
Iniuns buried the hatchet the grizzlies
would almost walk up and shake your hand.
Seattle has noticed, toe, that bears are
heap friendlier some years than others,
xnd believe it's owing to changes IN
the moon and sun. He allows that, in what
ho calls O. friendly season." 81 man that
wuu1a shoot at a bear, except Tor meat,
would steal horses or cuss his own mother.
Kit Carson and Jim Bridger, and all the
sld hands, Seattle says, used to allow that
il the whites had treated the grizzlies on
the square when they first came into the
mountains the grizzlies would have sided
vith the whites agin the Injuns, and the
Eni;ms would have cayed in in no time
instead of fighting it out up hill and down
&ass.
Hawsonever all this may be, Iwant to
toll you, for q starter, OF s. little affair that
happcne,i TO Seattle and me last June in the
Beor's Paw Mountains, between Camp
Cock and Assinaboine. We undertook to
prospect gz.lch in the Bears Paw for
INST silver mino thnt Seattle got the tip on
down In Boseman a year ago last summer;
bet in a mighty short time after striking
tho gnlch we were glad to skip. mine or no
mine, as the case might be, and all on ae-
coups Of the friendliness of the grizzlies.
Bigger party might perhaps 60 up in there
and hold their owrn long enough to find the
mine, but Seattle and ne got all we wanted
ul it IN ne1s to no time at all.
We fitted o,ss at Camp Cook and packed
oar grub and tools up toward the head OF
the gulch, with pair Of burros, and then
turn4sd our riding ponies and the burros loose
ha little pn:lS down below. We found an old
shaok in the gulch, which Seattle allowed
had neen buIt by the owners of the lost
Rhine, and which we at once took possession
1T. with tho idea Of making it our camp for
GtEo season.
The pyovssions had been slowed nway in
saas back part Of the shack, which was divid.
ed init, two compartments, and we were sit
ting by the FIRE outside, in the dark, cooking
supper, when ( saw the dim figure of what
I naturally supposed to be one Of the burros
,upvoach and stand within thirty yards OF
the fire. Seattle thought it was burro,
tho, for beyonG the glimmer Of the fire it
was pretty dark, and we being in the light,
were at s. disadvantage, anyhow. The
fxizslirg bacon and the coffee filed the
whole gulcla round about with 0dors that
whetted our sppetites, and as both were
h,ngrier than wolves in winter, anyhow,
vo paid no attention to the intruder beyond
making some casual remark. There was
nothing unusual, anyhow, about burro
when in q new camp coming and loafng
;xz,und the are.
A few minutes passed and supper was near
2y ady,when the other burro showed up at
akaout the same distance on the upper side
1T the camp. As the guloh was middllng
narrow hereabout and neither of us had
seen any Of the animals pass up, we thought
Ahis little strange, but still paid no par
t;cxaar attention.
aprat the burrosp' said Seattle. "What
do they want up here, anyway2 Why don't
they stay down in the park with the
horses?" But we paid no heed till, III q
minute, Seattle sung out; "Why, here's one
Of the horses, too, devil take 'em!' and the
figure Of third animal CAME into relief
against the shack, which was about twenty
PAGES behind us. AS poked up the fire,
and the flames from the pitch-pine sticks
f,iokered and lit up the logs Of the shack
Seattle shaded his eyes aud peered over at
the latest arrival.
"Why,' said he--for there wasn't much
light after all-"that ope's a burro; one Of
the Others must oe horse then-yes, and
there comes the fourth one, up the guloh !;
they're all here's
Both of US then looked round with some
snterest for the first time "'An here.'"
Seattle repeated. "By thunderl how's thsa
why, there's five of them; six Of them; /;
that one amt burro, that's grizzly !
THAT ones bear, too. Why, pl be dod-
blasted for q Down Easter if they amt all
hears. every mothers son Of 'em," says he,
stau bearsr"
TO say felt mighty uncomfortable is put
ting it mild. I had been in scrimmage or
two with grizzlies, and to suddenly realize
ta,at six Of the varmints were within forty
Yards OF us was powerful test OF mans
nerves-of mine, anyway. Seattle, how
apar. took in the situation as cool as Gu
1Whst,s to be dones'' said /, s'be lively,
seattle.,' for our Wlnchesters were in the
shaclK. and the only shooting iron we had
between us was my revolver. / had this
shipped out in pretty short order: but Seat
Ia motioned me to put the thing up.
4. Is what's to be done?" he echoed. "Why,
nothing, only keep cool and keep the ire 9. ,.
Going. This is friendly year with 'em,., :, ,
SAYS he, cor you'd never see whole nera =
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