The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1889-07-18

The female took her tara u licking n
bloody peoL. and sssrIed hsr esi plessu
al the prospscs of . sssisisoas feast tn.
did not seem TO bs 10 lbs lssst hungry. 4
they made no movs toward devourine
but after snufips and sssminine tho gar
for but they sss about scratching lesv,
and dirt over il, With lhs svidsot insentio
Of preserving or h,diss n for future us'
Thinking my tins bad nov come.
shifted ny position carefully. aud brousl
my gun to besr upoa them. waiting opl
for sn oppsriuDi,y 10 make oos bnlls, HI
or cripple them both. = feared the unhul
one would get ont Of sight before I coul
get fair shot al il.
Suddenly. the big one threw himsel
upon the elk with harsh sosrl. bis hai
rising on end. bis ears laid back. aud hi
tail switching viciously Ms b. lay At ful
length. bis head turned away IRON me
evidently watching Sons object down ib
canon The female. tao. Advanced nearl,
beside him. her hair siiching ont like bris
ties. and ber angry snarlins was deeper
spd more ihrestsning tbss bis.
Al first | could ere nothing Of the In
iruier against which this fierce threaten
iog WAS launched. but ! more than sus
pected i,s nature. and my excitement rose
Either smother lion or bear vas approach
ing, felt certain, and so it proved; il vas
. grizzly; and one OF the largest ! had ever
seen!
He reared himself suddenly out OF the
bed OF the little stream, only few yards
from the lions and the elk. He had been
travelling mp the bed Of the creek AS bears
often do 10 q shallow strenm and attract.
ed by the snarls Of the lions. who bad
heard him coming. had emerged to see
what the fuss was about.
To my delight he took ia the situation
at q glance and without minutes hesita
tion be shsmbled toward the belligerent
cats. minglipg his hosrse srowls with
their savage snArlinPs.
! had heard that the mountain lion
would not run from grizzly, but did not
believe 1t. and despite the fearful threat
ening Of the two before me. Ie,pected to
see them give way as the monstrous bear
came up. Imagine my astopishment when
rs the grizzly charged within leaping dis
snce. both OF the lions sprsng upon bim
instantly.
could not properly describe the scene
hat followed. Both brutes pounced upon
he grizzly tooth and nail and closed with
lin in such fury OF savage outciies "a
made my hair rise, aud my whole body
'rickIed With intense eIcitemeut.
The grizzly reared o. the two animsls
truck him; as be came up into 9 sitting
osition upon his launches be shook the
'male lion from his shoulder. But the
,ale lion held bim by the throat, his
'wny body lay along the bears body, aud
is hind legs were working with lightning
10 spsed and strength.
The bear opend hia mouth wide. and ,
jared - be turned bis head side wise and :
onward. and strovs TO catch bis antag
,ist's neck with his teeth. He failed in q
10 attempt. but at the same moment he .
'ught the lions body just below the Z
BOULDER 10 . clutch Of bis terrible claws, b
hich seemed literally to Aatten the Il
imal between them. o
The lion relaxed bis hold Of the bears
ok. threw back bis head, and sought to I
1.-THE loose from the bear. II would have 8,
me hard with him. had not the femsle
10 by desperate spring fastened herself si
strongly upon the back Of the bears
Ok that be was obliged to drop the male p
d turn to her Over and over they rol |
about the elk CARCASS. They clswed'
and tore at each other with deep. muf b,
d snsrls and growls. Sometimes the
ar wss on top Of lion. and again both oe
ns were on top Of him. cd
The grizzly would gather one OF them b.
idenly in his huge iorearms. bear II In
IN upon the ground in tho effort to co
'sh and bite the life ont Of II. then feel DC
the teeth Of the other, which would Of
sriably seize upon the back Of his neck,
infuristed monster would loose his or
d and whirl upon that one. tst
loon. In ore OF these whirls, be caught
smaller lion and gave her such terri
bite before the males attack which
from behind as ususl-could induce tht
to release her. that she lost sand Sic
'pleteIy. and sinnk limpipg away, evi
tly badly hurt. al
be male lion Immediately took the de. his
i've, lodged sbout the grixzley. and ant
'ed easily out Of reach OF bis furious tie
rgee. ! saw that brnin had the best Of GOV
fight and was likely to maintain bis enc
Antsge; and ~ wss fsr more anxious
ecurs the Tremendous beast than lau
TO get the lions. ! opened nre upon I'd
with my Winchester, and gave him .
behind the shoulder as be turned CHI
dsido 10 one Of bis rushes At the lion. 3
kily the first shot killed him. wa
10 lion, more frightened at the report I
70 gun than be had been 1t the bear cou
,ded across the creek. and though ] '
two shots at him before be got ont OF can
missed him. The male got of I
free, - do not think the bear had you
q him more than . lev scratches, bu, X
lowed the female and overlook her in GUT
pied condition some half mile up Eat.
canon. A single bullet killed her. Ia
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