Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-09
GRIZZLY. AND BlsoNs FIGHT.
1t Was Battle to the Death and Their
Was No Survivor.


Was No Survivor.
The following story was told us by a stall
wart Indian, who, having been among the
French half breeds good deal, had received
from them the French name of Baptiste. He
told us the story as we were huddled round a
camp fire in the dense forest on the eastern
side Of Lake Winnipeg, from which we and
our dogs had been driven by bitter, blind
ing, blizzard storm. He said;
Zone summer long ago was with large
party of Indians We were making long
journey over the rolling prairies from one
place to another. That we might have plenty
of meat to eat two Of us were appointed to
keep about two days journey ahead of the
company to hunt and to kill all the game we
could.
"Well, we two hunters kept we'll ahead.
Some days we had good luck and killed q
great deal, and then other days we did not
kill much. What we got we cached, SO that
the party could easily find it by the sign we
gave them when they came along, We al
ways put it near the trail for them. Then we
would push on, looking for more.
Zone day as we had passed several valleys
and had seen nothing that was worth our
stopping to shoot we came to the top of a
pretty large hill and cautiously looked over.
There was a sight that we shall never forget.
Fright down before us, within gunshot,
was very large grizzly bear and two big
buffalo bulls. Well for us the wind was blow
ing from them to us. They were very angry
looking and were preparing for a big fight.
The buffaloes seemed to know that the bear
was an ugly customer, and he looked as if he
did not know how to manage the two Of
them at once
"For quite while they kept up what you
might call prcteuse Of battle The bulls
would paw the ground and keep up a con-
slant roaring. This only made the bear the
more angry, and if there had only been one
he would soon have got his big claws upon
him, but there being two made him cautious.
"After while both of the bulls suddenly
lowered their heads and together they
charged the bear. As they rushed at him he
quickly arose up on his Launches, and as they
closed in upon him he seized one of them by
the head and neck, and, with sudden jerk,
so quickly broke his neck that he fell down as
dead as a stone.
1.-THE older buffalo, which had charged at
the same time, gave the bear fearful thrust
with his sharp horns, one of which pierced
him between his RIBS, causing an ugly wound
from which the blood soon began TO flow.
The bear, having killed the other buffalo,
tried to seize hold Of this one also, but he,
having given the bear the ugly wound, quick
ly sprang back out of his reach He ran Off
for little distance, but as the bear did not
follow him he came back again. There they
stood looking at each other, both very angry,
but both very cautious. As they kept NOV
ing round it seemed to us as though the buff
falo had so come round on the windward side
of the bear that he caught the scent Of the
blood from the wound. The smell Of blood
always excites to fury these animals, and So
lowering his head he furously charged at
his wounded yet still savage enemy. The
bear rose up on his hind quarters to receive
him, and, Selling him as he did the other,
killed him on the spot.
eve saw him go from enc buffalo to
another and smell them both, but he did not
offer to tear or eat either We could see that
he was very badly wounded from the way he
kept twitching his side, from which the blood
kept running. 1t was an ugly wound and he
was a very sick bear, and so as he looked SO
cross we were not in a hurry to let him know
anything about us.
after while he went off little distance
and lay down in the long grass, which rose
up so high around him that we could not see
him. We waited long for him to get up, but
as he did not, and we could not stay here all
day, we prepared for big fight with him.
We put our knives where we could instantly
draw them, and carefully examined our guns
to see that they were all right. Then wo be-
gan to crawl down carefully through the
grass toward him.
"My! how our hearts did beat, and how
every second we expected he would hear us
and the fight would begin for life or DEATH
eve got very close TO him, although not
near enough to see him, Then, as we heard
no sound we made little noise to attract his
attention. And then we wanted him to get
up, so we could have better chance to shoot
him. But he did not stir. SO, with our
fingers on the triggers of our guns, we called
out: Mr.. Bear, here are enemies ready for
another battleP Still there was no stir, and
so we got up and went to him and found him
as dead as the butfaloes. So without firing
shot we had great quantity Of meat y
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