Telegram-herald., 1890-02-20

That " al As1ne~
TIE Cahf1rniA grlzzly u most inter
estinz animal A Beet Harte used 70
say. he hAs bzt one gen-lemAnIy
kabll hat % scslpiug with his fons
a., ant Ehts hs caught from 10 wicked
red man Otherwiss, unless aggressive
" assaulted. hs Is The pink ~ good be-
havfor. 10 vii wax 0f the tr4l and
give VOC tho rig p 81 way. he viii gather
salmon berries in ,hs same patch, Or
dig roots on shs hillside while you ars
skstchirz OK writing not many yards
away. II ls were otherwise - ~ the
errizziy had he temper Of the royal
tiyer - thousands % the pioneers Of
California would have persisted AZ his
claws, for = tu'l-grown grizzly when
reused - = terrible antagonist
When Americans came 20 California
x-fx1Iies srers very nuussroCa General
B!dweu saw soo-es of them IN the NaPa
Valley. General Vallejo saw thera fced-
snz Ike sheep ia the saata Rosa In
shs aoorn season they were found IN
droTes uudar tho oals. The Spaniards
leaned % lasso and kiu them. The
Americans found great Snort in shooting
then from horsehacS- When tho Mis-
sonrfAn stoclzrnen came they poisoned
thousand % grizzlies. and the work is
s.ili going on So steadily that the great
Paaifo coast bear is very scarce, and
certain % beco1o very rare IN few
more years Al present the hnost skins
that come 20 san Francisco are trOra the
hfrh Sierras and from Alaska
Fo-ty-ave years ago there were grir-
xllss in tho Santa Clara valley and IN
ths foothills within twenty miles OF
San Francisco. They were in ne live
oak forests of Eucinal and the Contra
voesA. Ehera Berkeley, Oakland ard
Alameda now stand They were occa-
1onaiiy brought into the old mission Of
San Joss and surned into rings 20 fight
spanizh bulls But they lived for the
n.oss pa-s IN c1ntsutsd obscurity.
When the pioneers came few OF them
understood the natoro % tho animal,
md 80 the early stories that linger n
he valley havo elements Of surprise
that no later bear stories Lack.
Old Captain Vslpey, q Nova SOotian
sailor. sold has slOOp 81 an early day
ard boaghs foot-hill rsnch. There was
n deep gulch on the tract full Of OAK,
rnAarone ard oh2pparaL Pretty soon
re discovered TIA. large grizzly lived
shere. The cd captain vent down 20
the village for advice. He viii kill
your steers said old 8eSter. y hO owned
q STOCK ranch Bay bottle of strych-
nine. and tho frss time you mrs. seer
70 out and poison the carcass" Captain
Talpsv bonght TIE strychn5nc- Tho
nexE day ho climbed up the hill, over
tae z-lJch. with his Cd spy-glass and
locked down lie saw greas brown
body moving along .hc trail. and soon
abe bear passed within ffsy feet ot the
rock where hs sat Tho captain was
delighted a. bis appearance Tho next
DAY 80 Toe village De declared: Boys,
nobody shall shoot or poison that griEzl 7
of nine. he walks like 81 old SAL snd
he's "a Big - horse I ain TOO poor
- let him AAvo \ fvo-d0llsr Spanish seer
whenever be wants IT, p"
Under these ocirruustRrces tho Nslpey
c-tzzly bocaure famous sad throvo for
several months. Bat one morning the
old captain ~ss Up on "MaintoP Knob
~sth his Spy-giass. TO saw bis drove
uf oazsIe zas In the wooded pasture be-
Io-~. haidled ~ "a a bend % tie creek
before them. marching back AMI forth.
occasionally rearing up ard growing.
pas tha great Erlssl =. He was selec-irg
his dinner. ugch ~ the au1reuent -
ne -aptAig Suddenly tho bear charged
fnto ne hand and srruo'y Gown With ono
Dow the only bloo6ed soeer the captain
o-~nad The ross of the catte escaped
hwith wild arrrur Tue rri-iT made his
meal aud ven. 90. The csptain swcre
awhile. shau "a ct bis ssrychaine
Aossle. sad. late IN ths afternoon.
s,autionsiy descended she slope % uhe-e
shs eody oS pa stpo steer lay wish a
R~,Een ne,ik. he poured tne stryChnins
over he carcass, saTtng Wa thful. y-
=. 7v ,sr : srDaa "a beef good enough for
vou. - old native CslifC-nisnf' So "a
poisoned his be,sr. sfoer al
There vDs a family of pioneers vho
.Iir-d IN shs Hills oi Alameda County,
noe far tro-n FsfpeT's The elder.
Tscharlat CheneT, eoos his son Joe ani
a v,unr nan nsr-ed Allen ors - ls.l =
r-irrl7 Ther All knew very veil where
- fnd h .-r. ll a v' 2 and broken caage2
OF sbeus the -ocss at ga hea3. where
oak sraes Tro- lhe7 sad some across
hfs sraezs many tines. ard had seen
hf-u r. r.nT ar ass roots On ere n.l-
Sis4 xner taaT we've hurtirr rp castle-
- hev .bcarhf very lr1le - tbs
DANCE "a of .1ew had Gun and =
r~s~oi~o Suddenly ahe7 met the bear
a. ah, hoaH ~ tha wooded T-leh. Who.
=ret-r sei- wsrllse preparations. i'm
.r.,dis-aiv rhsrrei them act -ree1 al
sr-ea 70 .,ss nan a rlz1ute. Thera vss
- 3rfs SINE f,r cao.e - t-ee thst
the elder Cheney snt r-u-F AUsr Sc
f~a- ar~rh--sts bard arTar -fan ~
r--a~-.ahla 1Rince -reeS En- less sire
sAan ft tazss te tel 81 she bear had
~'-s-r~ -u the rr--rei. s-sieo.i hizn " -b
-rs rlav. er-zsass3 his arm ard shou der
H., Is aroth..r. AMI Ieft hr.
me bear Instant ss-rei as st-en-
49, =, --u-- t-ls-. aps r- ~ -hs
h-~s,s,- snf irrrsf -In f-rn tee eree
- riassutlr kas& 40 posss lsl1o~ saAAss1