The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-01-09
HUNTING TIP
HOW THE MONARCH OF THUNDER
CREEK WAS KILLED.


An Exciting Moment.
From the Neto York Times
Sam and had been lettering along tha
summit of the main cascade range hunting
white grouse and the extention of a silver
lead that desired to locate. Below US and
stretching to the northeast and southwest
the great glacier of Thunder creek glistened
in the strong sunlight. We had been
fairly successful in killing grouse, and not
at all successfulsin finding the extension of
the Little Ruby silver lead.
The glare Of the glacier began to hurt my
eyes, and said: 1--WE have all the birds we
need, Sam. Let's cross the glacier and
climb down into Thunder Creek valley and
make our camp. We can fish for trout,
and know where huckleberry patch of
remarkable productiveness stands. We will
camp there and resume the search for the
lead tomorrow"
IAN right" said Sam.
We climbed slowly down an ice rift to
the bare, granite TANKS OF the mighty
range and then more rapidly into the
srcuqh-like valley. Arrived az the deep.
swirling trout hole, close by the buckle
berry patch, we threw on blankets on the
ground and cut q rod preparatory to trout
fishing, and Sam disappeared toward the
huckleberry bushes. Our shotguns stood
against tree. / sat on a bowlder and
whipped the bubbling water. Trout rose
and were hooked, but they we're sluggish,
and the fishing was slow and uninteresting.
had caught six half-pound trout, suff1-
Gent, with the white grouse we had in our
bags, to furnish supper and breakfast, and
was unwinding my liue from the willow rod
when heard Sam calling loudly: "Father,
come here" l looked and saw him crouched
behind large boulder He beckoned me
with waving hand and rnotoned me to
silence. Cautiously l walked to him.
Arrived there | saw that the youth
was excited. His eyes blazed as
Goals of fire and he was pale. II
ran right onto the largest bear [ ever saw
while picking hucEleberries,n Sam whis-
pered. and he added: he stood up right
before me and grunted like apig. HIS fore
paws hung down aud bis head was slightly
cooked. l was frightened and ran back. The
bear, believe, ran in the other direction,
but he may yet be in the berry patch. Let's
look" -..
So we cautiously looked around the wa
ter-worn edges of the boulder Yes, there
was a tnonstrous bear that was pleasantly
occupied in eating berries-wnich he
stripped off the bushes with bis long white
teeth-a monster silver tip. He was about
sixty yards from us. After looking at him
for few minutes we shouted loudly. The
bear stood up on his hind legs, looked at US
through small pig like eyes, dropped to all
fours, and slowly ran away. | could see
his silvered back rise and fail above the
berry bushes as be ran. | said: "Sam,
chat is the largest bear l ever saw. and l
have seen scores of them. We will kill that
monster one of these days. Next time we
go prospecting We will take our rifles
instead Of sEotguns and we will bag that
brute"
I'VE WILL" Sam said. decisively.
The search for the mine was resumed the
following day, and was unsuccessful. We
rolled our blankets and started across the
range to North Bridge creek, where some
friends of ours who had been grub-staked
by confiding tenderfeet, were camDed.
We said nothing about our bear to these
sportsmen, who pretended to prospect, but
who really fshed ana shot deer and grouse
through the delightful autumn days.
Sam and | returned to our main camp on
the S6ehekin river, and we, at short inter-
walls, talked of our bear and laid plans to
kill him. One day the spirit Of unrest seized
us, and we determined to go trout fishing
up Bridge creek. We rolled two pairs of
blankets around bit of bacon, took our
rods and fly hooks, and started on foot for
the mouth of North Bridge creek. We had
crossed the main stream and were walking
close together on the trail, talking merrily
of the sport we expected TO have at the pool
below the first waterfall, when Sam, who
was in the lead, halted, and. with out
stretched arm, pointed toward a clumD of
elderberry bushes and said loudly: There
is our bear, and we have nothing but our
rods with u.s."
looked in the indicated direction and
saw the silvered monster eating elderberries
with apparent enjoyment. 1t was the bear
from Thunder creek. He had crossed the
range into our territory. We shouted at
him. He sat up, and after a rather long in
specion of US he dropped on all fours and
walked slowly and hesitatingly up the
mountain side, stopping at short intervals
TO eat tempting branches Of berries and to
look sullenly at us.
"rhe next time we meet that bear, Sam, i"
said /, earnestly, 1--WE are going 10 have
trouble. lie Is not afraid of u.s. He Is
almost determined to give battle for the
possession of the elderberries.h
I'VE will kill him the next time we meet
him. Sam said, resolutely, and he shouted
defiance at the animal, that stopped and
looked back over his shoulder as the boys
voice struck his ears.
The next day we returned 70 our main
camp, from which | was called to the head~
waters Of Ruby creek 10 pass judgment on
allegei god quartz lead. This trip occupied
me fully for two eeks. On my return TO
my camp l found sam somew nat impatient
TO go on q trip after the large bear 50 chat
night l renewed he hobnais in my mount
ain shoes and wiped out Re uington car
bine, caliber No SO, ana polished score OF
the heavy cartridges used in hat weapon
Sam cleaned 4l-calbsr Winchester aad
wiped the grease from box of cartridges
That night rs vs. lay IN our blankets we
Salked the coming campaign over and de-
cided TO cross the range to Thunder creek
via Maple Scrsek, and, il We did not find the
bear, to cross the range TO and fEo through
pass after pass till We did find him. When
we found him Sam was tn open Ere on him
from the Winchester and would touch him
up at long range with balls from the Rem
tngton carhine. II he proved very tena-
cious OF life snd charged us, tnen Sam was
to pump balls into him fast as possible
and would hold M ire till The brute
was sufficiently close 10 enaDlo re 20 smash
his head TO sllvers with heavy Remington
ball. and we were to keep close together.
The next morniug we packed load OF
food aud blankets on q tough, suretooted
pony and he'd him up the trail toward Maple
creek. We saw no sign of the ear. We
crossed the range via Maple pass and de-
Scended into Thunder Creek valley. No
bear sign. For two days we andered "a
and fro across the lofty range. Still no
bear of size. We saw several black bears
aud one large cinnamon bear, ut could no;
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