The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1892-12-03
Lefty FOR DEAD.


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H1sFs.bis hss.ps from y hear.
Some years ago. writes Henry Howe.
The historian ~ Me western pioneers, "a
party II ,rapi'e., were on their way TO
ihe mountains. sei. We believe. by old
sahIeii-. u we'll known captain u such
expeditions Among them MAS John
Glass, who had l--eii all hls life among
the mountains, and had seen nu,nberl-ss
exciting adventures aud hairbreadtli
~ecsis-s- Ga the present expedition he
aisi - eonianiun were cite day passing
through cherry ihi, ke, In the Black
Hills when Glass deserted large grix.
ally feeding On psSnuss. He n, once
gave the alarm AMI both men crcpt
cautiously 20 The skirt u the ,hickes.
They took careful hlia and fired their
guns a, the same moment. Both balls
tool effect, but NOT fatally The bear,
growing with pain aud fury. charged
UPON hls fo-s.
Run for 1t. Bill. shouted Glass, '.or
well hr made inca, Vt cure ~ shoo,in.-
Both ,ncn bol,rd through the ihickci,
bur tho heavy thrush ot~,ruci-i their
fsnsr~~s. while ihe weight and strength
u the griTxiy bor- him on. and b wSs
ssoa elas, upon tho mrn. The, man.
asrd 20 get ,ltrongh The ihlcke,. how.
ever. anil w~rv harrying serues little
otscnius toward hlati when Glass
,ripp~Si snd fell. Before lac could rise
tho lraE afas upon him
Glass Ali mo, loso his proscnee O.
tnind bai discharged his pistol IN the
brutrs face The IRA; motnrn, the bear.
blood streaming from has nose aud
tnusa,b. struck the ,asiol from his cue.
my's hand and. aains lis claws ti-~p into
tho i.oor mans flcsh. rull~i with him Ia
tho groand. The hunic. struggled man.
fully ani drew his knife ,ad plunged i,
several la,aes into the body If the furious
animal. which was tearing has fac. and
ssciy. barring tho bone in many places.
Glass. weak from the lass %. blood. a,
lcn.,h dropped his knife and Tell over
in faint.
Bill. who hal watched the conflict up
10 this moin~n, too badly daxed aud ter.
ror stricken 10 do ntth,ng. now though,
Glass Was deal. and ran 20 tho camp
with tho awful tale. The captain sen,
. man back ,o the spo, with Bal. They
found tho l-aT dead aud stiff. lying on
the body II IN. unfortunate hunter,
whom they likewise called dead. His
body wa. torn and laccra,cSl tn n shock
ing manner. and the brar. besides tho
three bullets in his body. bore the marks
of twenty knife stalls. showing how dcs-
prra,rly Glass had fought.
Tbs two turn collected their late com.
raae's arms. removed his hunting shir,
and tuoccasins. AMI left him beside the
carrass 81 the grizzly. They reported a,
tho camp tina, they hal buried him.
In few days tho hunters moved on.
and sesn the fate Of pspr Glass was In a
measure forgotten. Months elaiNej. the
hunt WAS over and the ,rapI-rs were W.
/ turning with their p-l's tn the trading
I fort. On their last evening out, just a.
/ they were making ready io camp. a
horrrman was tiiscorncsi coming toward
them. and when he drew near the hun,
err Jaw n lauk. caiavcrous form. with a
face so srarrci and disfEnrsi that
| scarcely feature was normal,
"Bill. my boy, called the stranger,
a. he rode np. you thought was gone
under that time. did you' Hand owe,
INV horse and gun. ain, dead We, by
long shot!'
What was the astonishmeBt of the
party Ia hear the well known voice oi
John Glass. whom they had supposed
dead aud buried The two men who
had left him for dead, and thus made
their rplprs. were Mortified.
Glass. IL Appeared. after the lapse OF
he knew no, how long time. gradual
liz recovered consciousness. He lived
upon the carcass Of the bear for several
DAYS. until he had regained sufficient
strength to crawl. when, tearing of n,
much Of the meat as he could carry, h
crrp, down the river toward the fort
lilo had suffered much. but had reached
the fort. eighty miles distant. alive. and
concluded his story by declaring. "rn
A. slick as a peeled onion"