Los Angeles herald., 1891-08-24

sense to put his foot in the trap, and
went around it or stepped over.
Several days went by, with no better
success. The grizzly continued to come
as usual, but he gave the trap wide
berth, and refused to put his foot in it.
So, on last Tuesday, Mr.. Luzier de-
cided to try another plan, and appeal to
the bears appetite for mutton. After
the herders had gone out with the sheep,
the chinaman going one way with one
band and the Frenchman another way
with the other band, Mr.. Luzier went
up the path to the trap, and moved it
to another place. A sick sheep that had
dropped out of the herd that morning
was found near by, and Mr.. Luzier de-
cideds that it would be good bait to
allure the bear to ruin.
A narrow passage between two large
rocks was found, and in the farther end
the sheep was tied. Ahe trap was set in
could come in. This done, Luzier re-
tired.
That evening the French sheepherder
came down the mountain with his band,
about sunset, and happening to see the
sheep between the rocks, he stopped to
see whose sheep it was and take it out.
Not suspecting the presence of the steel
trap, he stepped in it and was caught by
the leg just below the knee. As it hap
pened, the long staff which he carried,
and like all sheepherders carry, was
caught between the jaws of the trap, or
the bones of his leg would have been
crushed to splinters. AS it was, it was
a narrow escape and his leg was badly
crushed and bruised, but the bone was
not broken.
Finding that he was caught, and it be-
ing impossible for him to extricate him
self, he began calling for assistance. The
only place where any help could be
looked for was the camp in the caf1on
below, which was half mile distant,
and very far down. There was no like
lihood that anyone would pass that way,
as the country is entirely uninhabited,
except once in ten miles by a sheep
camp.
The man yelled for help at the top of
his voice, and kept it up until it had
grown dark, and no answer had came.
Not only was the experience very pain
full, but there was danger that the bear
would come and make meal of him.
1t had passed by there every night for
several weeks, and it seemed more than
likely it would do so again that night.
The man tried to make his dog 60 to
camp; but the dog appeared to regard
it his duty to remain with his master,
and refused to leave him. The situa-
ton was one of peril, and the unfortu-
nate Frenchman saw no hope of escape
from the bear, which might be expected
to come along any moment.
Pierre Luzier and the Chinaman in
camp below heard the man calling; but
it was so far away, and the mere sound
of his voice was all that was audible,
and they thought it was the cry of a
panther. These animals are some times
at night in that region, and when at a
great distance their voices sound some
what like mans. Awhile after dark,
when the herder failed to put in appear
ance, Luzier set out to hunt him. The
wind had changed, and his voice could
no longer be heard but at last he was
found and set at liberty.
The sheep was forgotten where it was
tied between the rocks; and the next
morning when Luzier went up to turn
it loose, he found that the bear had
come during the night and had eaten it.