Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-10-30
A battle nErwEES BEASTS.
1nE PIERCE ENCOUNTER OF 4 CHINA
MOS BEAR AND a MOUNTAIN
LION.

Last week la the light u the moon
two bro;hen, old ptosIcctors mud
hunters who have been In the hills for
years aud who have seen many strange
and startling sights, report having
seen one Of the most thrilling aud
desperate lights they have eyir wit.
messed.
They were camping In canyon that
comes Into the main San Antonio can
yon from the west, about one ami ono.
half miles below the mincrT camp.
They had been Out during the day
prospecting ON the south slope Of Bal.
dy and had started for camp near
shutdown, whom they killed deer,
which delayed them TN dark. They
hung tho deer Ia tree rsthor than
pack II 10 camp over the rocks la the
dark, the place where they left the
deer being only short distance from
camp, In the wet fork of the canyon.
They had hardly rolled themselves
IN their blankets when they heard an
uncarthly roar and scream, quickly
followed by other roar aud screams, NJ
though whole mruagerlc Of wild
beasts had been turned loose. II took
them tut few moments 10 determine
the cause " the disturbance. So dress.
lug quickly and taking their rifles,
they started TO SEQ the fun. BY cross.
Ing the canyon In which they were
camped they went over u point from
the point Of which they could com
maud n view OF quite n piece OF the
western canyon.
When they gained the top OF the
point they saw below them, not 100
Yards away, what had caused the
noise. They could see the tree wher,
they had hung their deer, aud
| Just ben.ath the tree they saw
/ the deer aud two other ami.
mails. II monster California lion and an
immense cinnamon bear. They had
smvlled out the deer snd had come for
u feast, each little expecting the other;
but there they were, fighting over the
/ carcass to SEQ which was 10 be- master
| Of the situation.
Their roaring and screaming awoke
| a thousand echoes In the canyon, which
| made the ilght seem more dreadful still.
! IL VIVA n hght IN the death. Struggling
aud rolling, biting aud clawinr,
scratching aud screaming, did the
monsters fight, only breaking away
| from one another long enough, seem.
ingly, TO regain their breath and
| strength, when at II thoy would 20
again with roar aud scream. Thus
they fought for over an hour, when,
torn, bleeding and completely tx.
hauslod, evidently dying, they rolled
apart, only 10 liD nud snsrl ut each
| other, unable from their terrible eXer-
tons u do more. But there were
worse enemies to them than they were
10 enCh other.
quietly the two brothers, knowing
therc was nothing TO fear rom the two
exhausted champions, levelod their
rifles, and after i've shots had been
fred the two mighty butns ceased
their struggles having gained VIVA,
each had tried to do Tor the other, fdr
the two Fighters OF Old Badly lay
dead There lay u California lion
that measured eight feet four inche.
irom ZIP Of nose 10 tip VI tail, a king oi
his race. The bear, n cinnamon, was a
monster Of his species A. meas aa
they could estimate, he would have
weighed | 900 pounds. Each was a
mass Of cuts and wounds, The lion
had Que fore leg crushed aud mlnglui,
as though from u bite AMI the bear
was cut from muEz'e 10 tail 10y the
knife'lke CLAWS Of his more active op'
ponrnt.