, 1889-04-25
THIS WAS a TOUGH axIzzLv.
with I8 Rife Balls In Him n, Cbases
Eight Mounted Men More Than . M,,..


porfuDify OF jnduinV OF the amazing
tonehnrss and tenscjt, OF the grizzly hear"
said we'll kDo~D New YORKER. 81 Gas
nmt nnm of The party that accon, pa n led Colonel
william Elnpr Robert on his tvrlim,narv
survey of the route OF the Nurt brrn pa
c'hc Railway. IN 1869 One day pivht OF
Us 10 riding through the thick cha, p,rel
ana saee brusn about eight niles south Of
what IL nov Buue CITY. We cam. IN a
small gully, or dry stream ord, in which
th-rt were number Ut mudholes or wal
low noirs. There was u slOpiov bank on
rach side of the 9uli,, wbicn was prob
ao'y Ten frrt vide. and on the rIxht In ok,
opposite one OF the wallows. W. di.coy-
errd the impression Of vrizzly's fore
saw. From the spread OF the claw marks
10 the soft earth the b-sr's foot must have
oern fourteen inches or more In length
and bali that IN width. The trail led IA
away from the gully. up y hisn an quite
steep bill. We knew by the actions OF
our brOnchos that they had wind Of the
DIX bear whOsr enormous foot print ~. had
seen on the gully bank, for IL was with
great difficulty that we couid urxe them
forward. A dog that was with us kept
or'stlinR up ana growing; And conse-
quently W. kept sharp lookout for the
Rr'zz'y The brush WAS 40 thick that 1t
vas tn,possibie TO see more than "A fcv
feet IN any direction
We had none up the hill propably not
more than half ii mile. ~h-n the dog
dashed Il into the chappar-I. barking and
growing Hereby. The Oronchos prapced
and bolied. and could scarcely be kept
from turning back down the hill We
spurrtd them on, however. Hnd had gone
but II short distance when the dogs barks
changed to the PECULIAR savage snarling
that indicates the meeting Of 4 dog with
llv ~
would be al ernated by sharp yplp. A
ftw rods further on, where there was
somrthlng OF IN opening ia tn. uush, we
came In siHnt of thu srizzly H.. bad
rvid-nt'y been lying down VIII the dog
disturbed MN. and had ot con n-idered the
presence OF the dog of sufficient con-
sequence to cause him 10 rise TO more than
u hall sitting posture. As the dog would
make u dash at The bear the latter would
give II loud suort and slap at him with Que
Of his paws, u blow from which would
have put an end to the dog fun instantly.
THE GRIZZLY WAS MON srRous
specimen of bis kind. IN his fvotprint had
Indicated. He was not more than u hum
dred feet away from us, but " hen he heard
the frightened praDcing of our broDchos
in the brush and their snorfs of displeas-
ure, the old fellow raised up on his
made every man of us mechanically reach
tor his rlte. 1t seemed to me as If that
nrzzly stood ten feet nigh. We did not
care to daily with him long. 10 eight
oharp's rifles were simultaneously aimed
at HIM. aud eight heavy balls went crash
Inv into various parts of his enormous
body. We bad expected to see the bear
tumble TO the ground immediately after
such voll-y. But ha didn't tunble. He
staggered under the force of the shower of
lead, but r. mained in his upright posi-
tion. A stream of blood sportrd from ms
breast and quickly crimsoLed his shaggy
font. With u tremendous snort OF pain
the brute rushed toward us.
Tine hronchos turned and dashed mt
full speed down the hill, and we no longer
tried to restrain them The race down
that hillside was fearful one. Ordina-
rily, on smooth ground, we could have
run away from the bear without difficulty,
hut the road We had to cover
wds II mass Of powders. some of
them OF immense size. and
thick 18th treacherous and dangerous
buck jumps or holo~s, which were
constant menace TO the footing of our
horses. We had TO pick cur way between
the rocks by circutous ana narrow passa-
ges. The grizzly, however, see ed to be
at home on this rough area. and it had to
be un unusually large boulder that turned
him from his course Although he carried
eight heavy rifle balls in bis body, he
mounted and clambpred over the rocks
with apparent ease and frequently after
we had twisted and turned through some
contracted pass, to get around IL rock, we
would come almost face to face with the
ugly monster as he scaled the boulder and
made short cut to head as off. TIE CON
sequence vas that he pressed in so closely
that If any broncho had stumbled or met
with II seconds undue delay in finding
way around "a boulder or over n confront
ing buck jump. that broDcbo rider would
have been scattered to the four winds of
heaven in less time than it takes to speak
of it.
I'VE reached the gully where we had
first discovered the presence Of the bear by
his enormous footprint and dashed across
it. AS we raised the bank out OF the
galley some Of us Cas-: a look be-
hind and saw that the grizzly had
stopped on the first bank and was licking
bis wounds. the pain of which had prob
ably by that me become unbearable. We
stopped our horses and fred another round
of eight balls into the bear. He forgot
his old wounds at once, and paid no atten-
ton to the new ones, and took up the
chase with as much apparent vieor as he
mad first stai ted With. We concluded that
any grizzly hat could take as much inter-
est IA that In fight after receiving into
his system sixteen OF the biggest balls a
Sharp's rife will carry, was not an animal
to iLterf, re with any longer, and we sped
away before him as fast IA ,ur willing
bronchos would take us The bear pressed
US closely for over half mile further be-
fore he gave any indications that our six
teen rife balls had done h,u any harm.
Then he began TO fall behind. and totter
and sway in the brush. He followed US in
that staggering way for 1. long distance,
when he fell in his tracks and D yer moved