Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-11-20
q Fight With Two Bears.

a party Of hunters had t. terib.e light
Mount 10, Pa. Tuesday egeolrg. and one
OF them wa, 60 badly bitten and torn By the
wild brutes that he is likely to die. All the
Others were fea.fuIly lsce,ated in ths er-
couu'er, their clothes being torn 70 shreds.
The fight was brought on oy the attempt ef
the buuteEs to capture cub bear.
Tuesday morning John Csmscp, Samuel
Weatheriy. Isaac smes, Richard Specht snd
Francis snd Robert Mum Left ttelr homes in
rhs Mehsptoeue Valley and went up on
L!no Mountain, IL miles frooa Helieustein,
for sew days' buat. They re urned. how
eyer, st night, carrying Jsmea, Who YES
o!oeGicg frog, dozen Wounds.
A Slight eDow bad fallen, which rendered
dees-.rsekipg easy. The hunters had pop.
ped dczsn pheassnss, bsgged half that
nearly ready to pitch tent for the night
when the M.nn brothers csEs rushing bsck
with the newe that e iew miles further into
the forest cub bear ws5 playing as Fhs
roath OF oava in the rocke. sad suggested
its capture. TIE Whole perty started for
the cub.
-Four OF The men carried Winchesiers end
tie others shcrguGp. Ghsy fcurd tho cub,
euG Csmscn made a lesso with some twine
he had, and with it they captured the little
savage. They had just mczzled him with q
asudkerchief whea ioT prowl wGs heard
to come irom ths bushes. James picked up
the cub 10 his srme, snd Ia On instant Its
great force mother was upon bin.
Tire nsterpsl beast gave fea!ioi yell
Har h
ed into the cave, sinking that be would
follow, and that they could easily shoot the
mother. It was now very dark. To save
h!mself James hurled the cub ct lie mothers
heed, Tbr little fellow reboanoed on the
rocks with g eoresob of psi6, Ehich mado
the cider brute mere the fisrce-. IN mo.
ment she had JAmestn t'ght embrace, AID
togsthsr they rolled on the ground.
The men from The cave could not see TO
al OFT. For moutnt James would be on
top OF the spgry tesr, and in the next in
slant she was crushing him down. The
efforts made by his companions 10 pull him
away With their hands only resulted in their
being bitten and torn.
james got his knife into play, and time
and again jaoteG the bear In the sides. He
could not reach Sat al epot, and the thrusts
only meddened the iOfuristed creature.
"I'm lost If you don't shoot ber." aaid
James, utterly exhausted. he was too
weak from tho prolonged fight aud loss +
b,ood to even get bis knife through his a.
,sgonls.'s thick skin.
At that moment growl came cut OF the
dsptbs Of the cave, and the cubs father
rushed to the fight. Ours were Of no use,
but one shot was fred to locate the big fell
low by the fash.
Then began another band-to-haud en-
counter. The M!rn brothers aided James
ia bis encounter, while the other hunters
met the rew enemy. Al! he'd knives. Many
thrust offended for bruin landed In q fell
low hunters side.
After long struggle Cameon and his
men almost severed their epemy's head
from his body, and Ftark MINI sent o
knife-2oint bcme to the mother bear's
heart.
Both of tie auimsls we're exceedingly
large, and thu hunters decided, without any
paTey, that they lad had enough expert
ence Tor one trip, SO they picked up their
PROSTATE companion and came home, after
placing the carcasses ont of the reach of 9th.
or animals
James is very seriously hurt.