The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-08-13
LEFT FOR DEAD.
A Bravo Though Reckless Hunters te-
markablo Escape from Bear.


narkablo Escape from Bear.
Some years ago, writes Henry Howe,
the historian Of the western pioneers, %
party Of trappers were on their way TO
the mountains, led, we believe by old
Sublette, a well known captain Of such
expeditions Among them was John
Glass, who had been all his life among
the mountains, and had seen numberless
exciting adventures and hairbreadth
escapes. On the present expedition he
and q companion were one day passing
through cherry thicllet in the Black
Hills when Glass deserted q large griz-
zly feeding on pignuts. lie mt once
gave the alarm and both mon crept
cautiously TO the skirt of the thicket
They took careful aim u fired their
guns at the same moment. Both balls
took effect, but not fatally. The bear,
growing with pain and fury, charged
upon his foes.
! "Run for it, BILL shouted Glass, "or
we'll be made meat of sure rs shootinV
/ Both men bolted through the thicliet,
but the heavy brush obstructed their
progress, while the weight and strength
of the grizzly bore him on, and h9 was
soon close upon the men. They man
aged to get through the thicket, how
ever, and were hurrying across q little
opening toward bluff when Glass
tripped and fell Before he could rise
the bear was upon him!
Glass did not lose his presence Of
mind, but discharged his pistol in the
brutes face. The next moment the bear,
blood streaming from his nose and
mouth, struck the pistol from his enc
mys hand and, fixing his claws deep into
the poor mans flesh, rolled with him to
the ground. The hunter struggled man
fully and drew his knife and plunged it
several times into the body Of the furioIs
animal, which was tearing his face and
body, barring the bone in many places.
Glass, weak from the loss Of blood, at
length dropped his knife and fell over
in a faint
Bill, who had watched the conflict up
to this moment too badly dazed and ter
ror stricken to doanything, now thought
Glass was dead, and ran to the camp
with the awful tale. The captain sent
a man back to the spot with Bill. The
found the bear dead and stiff, lying ON
the body of the unfortunate hunter,
whom they likewise called dead His
body was torn and lacerated in a shock
ing manner, and the bear, besides tf'
three bullets in his body, bore the mar :
of twenty knife stabs, showing how des-
perately Glass had fought.
The two men collected their late conn
rade's arms, removed his hunting shirt
and moccasins, and left him beside the
carcass of the grizzly, They reported at
the camp that they had buried him.
In few days the hunters moved on,
and soon the fate of poor Glass was in a
measure forgotten. Months elapsed, the
hunt was over and the trappers We're re-
turning with their pelts to the trading
fort. On their last evening out, just as
they were making ready to camp, a
horseman was discerued coming toward
them, and when he drew near the hunt
: ers saw n lank, cadavorous form, with q
face so SCARED and disfigured that
scarcely feature was normal.
"Bill, my boy" called the stranger
as he rode up, "you thought was gon,
under that time, did you? Hand oycl
my horse and gun, amt dead yet lj
a long shot"
What was the Gstouishment Of tn,
party to hear the well known voice O
John Glass, whom they had supposed
dead and buried. The two men wh'
had left bin for dead, and thus mad,
their report, were Mortified.
Glass, it appeared, after the lapse o
he knew not how long time, gradual