Telegram-herald., 1890-02-20

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hant-so-aznd encounters Win f4i--
groEn zFizzlies There Is a. o4z tree
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~1o 6A1 1red 1gosa gr-Eziy s&s E-i-se
- one olos from Loe e1r-se1 7ni-aA-.
All shen hls oomp p41iC4s kiled tie
bsaz Il wss found that Tie mans ballet
hat pzsssd satlrely tarolge tlo annals
1odg.
II = we're lot toF poison plaeed to-
him ~ his EaaDts ne great master o.
TIE California forests sollc s-I wa
"4lons IS = rniroceros' Ga zlulssg every
~id canyon u Coast Range aud sierra
Men learn ~ give hLI tie traok when
ever they can. sld Il tasy - Oa the
~ar-pata isls Sita profound respect to-
her a. s@z0nlst's strength ana courage.
oDoe usE Ave Or slz s4n Luis Obisp0
farmers sho had shot huge grizzly.
They took their gans and wens down
into tho g1ich where the bear lived.
They found hln rhsrs he wAs CON led
tOcrUes the rsVins - get - them, and 80
they were s6le 70 put over twenty bul-
lets into him before nc died al their
feet. They had ast skinned him and
spread tho geo4s hide on the rocks when
I rode 20. / asked them how they felt
2boas It and the leader said: We mono
% - want - tackle another. II he had
been on our side Of the guloh instead OF
0n rs Owu NOS. of Ia would have been
killed before No could pump enough
loa1 into him" And that seemed - DO
tho general conviction.
There were two Americans IN the
Santa Clara valley 81 an early day,
brothers, named Howard and Michael
Oyersoker. They owned large farms,
had q wide acquaintance and were very
popular. They wero also the best rifle
shots aud the most cool and successful
hunters IN tie county. | have seen
Michael, 81 = turkey match, XIII his bird
81 SIX hundred yards They used TO kill
Md geoGc, coyotes, mountain quail and
hare on the run with their Henry rifles.
Still, though they had shot hundreds OF
deer. zntelOpes and elk they never went
grizzly hunting. At last, In 1868, IN
tho san Benito mountains, Howard
Overacker had his bear adventure, and
the details are very characteristics Of the
habits OF the grizzly.
The elder Overacker was then In the
prime OF H.e, extremely strong, wiry,
lean ana quick IN his motions. His
brother and a man named Ferguson
formed the rest of the party. They LETT
csup and separated, taking nearly par
allel ravines. Howard was slowly work
ing bis way through tho dense, thorny
bushes, called by Californians cnspparal,
when be suddenly came upon large and
old grizzly at close quarters. The AMI
nal was less than twenty feot distant,
and az once, with roar of rage, threw
himself pom Overaoker. The hunter,
with that marvellous rapidity which such
men acquire, put = bullet into his foe,
threw out the she'll and had pumped an
other cartridge into the rifle when tho
giant Of the Wilderness struck him. The
blow delivered with the right paw struck
him on the faco and neck, hurled the gun
into the bushes and felled him 20 tho
ground Inc grizzly instantly caught
aim in three places-One paw over the
RIBS, breaking two and tearing them
= h. II ff.c
ping and crushing the flesh; tie
teeth and avs closed on the thigh,
msngiing the flesh and tearing
it from Tho bone. Overacker,
though perfectly conscious, lay without
a motion through this terrific assault.
The bear Suddenly let so his hold on
the thigh and caugh. Overacl1er by the
shoulder. breaking and crushing the
bones together. krom the time when
be roso against the man TO the time
when he dropped him bundle of broken
bones and torn flesh, the grizzly had
seemingly PAT forth butone tremendous
effort Oyeracker said afterWard that
be vas no stronger IN tho bears grasp
than cat would DC IN his own. Tho bear
left him a moment, walked about in
circle, returned suodouly and bit pieces
of fssh as large Is a marble from vari-
ous parts Of OVeracker's body, and then
took AIS final departure.
OverscScr. q few minutes later, seized
the branches overhead and struggled 20
his feet, but. 20 Use his own phrase. all
turned black" and his companions
found him half an hour later. For
weeks be was not expected 20 live, but
bis wite's nursing and his magnificent
constitution pulled aim through. Two
Years Later Overacker returned 20 tho
same region and shot two large GRIZZLIES
wi-nout any assistance. one of thom
TeceIged eight Henry rife bullets before
be succUmret This ltt.e sacrifice TO
his VANITY being accomplished, no huns
no p n retss. and even disoouraFcs the
I.zbt-mluIeI sncer a. the California
rrirzly asked tho veteran whether
ho would have used boEie u be ssd
bad is while IN the srip OF the forest
ksx OTe-acser smiled TriEly; 1t was
= very isrge oesr-ss large as an OK II
John sullivan had beer in my place.
and had driven b0Fie-knife through
the bears teart. hs would have been
killed in ,le death stEsEgie. As for \
rern' ~er, 81 r0u.d have been suicide 20
have tried B1s II Tie bear Al been
GftY fses q rhen ( saW hin, instead ~
twenty frs 7 could hsve ke-t oJt ~
the uay -rr enough 20 xiii aim. -
Charles r shinu. in Chicago IEtes