St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-07-19

for tree himself, and was soon out of
danger. CardoZo was badly ratified, but
made for the same tree, and throwing
his arms and legs around the trunk
began to climb. The harderhe climbed
the more he didn't get any higher. until
finally he found himself sitting on the
ground at the butt of the tree, with his
arms and legs still around it, having
simply slipped back in spite of his ex-
ertions. Fortunately the dogs made for
the nelghboring brush, and the bear fol
lowed them, giving poor Cardozo time
to recover his wits and choose another
tree.
After a short circle the dogs dashed
| through the camp again, and this time
the bear stopped, and in her rage tore at
the mems blankets and belongings like
fiend. Finally Jebson succeeded III
reloading his rifle and broke the bears
neck. 1t seems that this bear had cubs,
| and one of them got caught in the trap.
| This enraged the mother, and when the
dogs rushed at her she was in perfect
fury. received this story from an old
Portuguese, who heard it from Cordo-
Zos own mouth, and he said that the
latter used to roar with laughter when
describing how he thought he was max
ing fast time up the tree, when In real
ity he was settling back little by little.
until he reached the ground. Cordozo
used to wind up his story by saying:
''If you eva go trappa de bear, you no
maka de trap too neara de camp"
| The following encounters had no such
happy endings:
In 1850 a number of miners were
camped on the spot where the little
town of Todds Valley now stands.
| Among them were three brothers named
Gaylord, who had just arrived from
Illinois. These young men used to help
| out the proceeds of their claim by an
occasional hunt, taking their venison
| down to the river when killed, where
carcass was readily disposed OF for two
ounces. One evening, when the sun
was about an hour high, one of the
brothers took his rifle and went out
upon the hills and did not return that
night. The following morning his two
brothers set out in search, and soon
found him dead, bitten through the
rifle was unloaded, and the tracks
showed where he had fed, .pur-
sued by the vicious brute, been
Overtaken and Killed.
On the succeeding day hunt was or
ganized. and some twenty men turned
out to seek revenge. The bears, for
there were two Of them, were tracked
into deep, rocky canon, running from
Forest Hill to Big Bar. Large rocks
were rolled down its sides, the bears
were routed and both killed.
Many such incidents conld be related,
some fatal and all dangerous, but only
one more will be given. This occurred
in February. 1851, on the divide between
Volcano and Shirt-tail canons, about
| four miles above the Baker ranch.
| There was about six inches OF snow
day. A packer with three mules left
| the Baker ranch with load for the
mining camp at Damascus, and
party of three deer-hunters ac-
companied him half way, intend
ing, if they got any venison. to
! have him bring it back to the ranch on
| his mules when he returned in the even
ing. The hunters were armed with
| Kentucky rifles, and after parting COM
| pany with the packers started on to the
right over heavily timbered ground
| slOping down toward Volcano canon.
| They had not proceeded more than
three quarters of a mile when they per-
ceived coming up out of the canon, and
| about 100 yards away, monster grizzly:
One of the party named Wright, an old
bear hunter, but new to the habits OF
the grizzly, prepared to fire. His COM
| laughing at their fears, fired and wound
ed the bear in the side. The latter
reared upon his launches, and, after
waving his paws in the air two or three
times, came directly for Wright with
fierce growl. The party all took to
their heels and separated, but the bear
soon overlook Wright, and with one
blow of his paw struck the man face
downward upon the snow, and began
biting him about the head, back and
arms. The other hunters, seeing
The Desperate Case
| of their companion, rushed up and
fired at the bear at close range, FORUM
ately killing him with a bullet in the
base of the brain. Wright, on being re-
| lieved of the weight of his antagonist,
sat up in dazed condition, with the
blood pouring in streams down his face.
| He had received several severe bites in
| the back and arms, but the worst wound
was on the head, where the bear had
struck him with his claws. His scalp
was almost torn from his head, and a
large piece of the skull, some three
inches in diameter, was broken out and
! lifted from the brain as cleanlv as II
done by the surgeons trephine. Strange
to say, Wright complained of but little
pain, excepting from bite in'the arm,
and soon recovered his senses. His
comrades replaced the mangled scalp,
and bleeding soon ceased. A h1e
was built to keep him warm
until the packers return, and
while one watched with the wounded
man the other returned to the trail to in
tercept the pack train on its return. On
he arrival of the mules Wright was
helped upon one of their backs, and rode
unaided-to the ranch. A surgeon was
sent for from Greenwood valley, who
on his arrival removed the loose piece
of bone from the skull and dressed the
wounds. The membranes of the brair
were uninjured, and the man quickly
recovered, but of course had danger
Gus hole in his skull that incapacitatet
HIM for work. One Sunday, some weeks
afterward, the miners held meeting
subscribing several hundred dollars
and sent Wright to his friends in Bos
ton. Some months elapsed, when one
of his comrades in the hunt received al
Eastern paper containing all account OF
the affair, and stating that the man was
then in Boston hospital; and that was
the last ever heard of him in thi:
country.