St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-01-28
HUNTING BEAR IN ALASKA


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One dark day in winter. during .
heavy snow blizzard, with the Their
mometer down TO forty degrees and the
wind 1t the rate of forty miles IN hour.
when tho mere thought of ''out-dOnrs"
sent . cold shudder through the .ystem,
. native came rushing into the station
exclaiming: "Nsn-nooki nan-nook! nan
nook!''
To say that all were startled would
be speaking mildly. We wers excited
A few queries put to the native located
bruin about ten rods from the station.
quietly eating his breakfast from .
dead walrus that had drifted ashore the
fall before. Grasping our rifles, hand
ing one to the native. which We kept
conveniently at hand, showing few
cartridges into our pockets, throwing
on whatever garments came It hand.
we sailed forth for Mr.. Bruins skin
A short distance from the station the
assistant passed the writer. his long
legs having = decided advantage In wall
lowing through the deep snow. Sons
four or five rods from the station the
steward was met returning with face
and ears frozen The writer, however.
kept on doing his best to keep the two
hunters. just seen through the dimuess
ahead, in sight, when he heard the re-
port of . rife, quickly followed by the
report Of another. Thinking that bruin
had at last succumbed the writer hur-
Il ~ a. kA II
rus. when he stopped TO listen,
Nothing Of bruin or hunters could be
seen and nothing but the bowling OF
the winds could be heard Retracing
his steps he arrived at the station with
his face frostbitten and both ears frozen.
Some half an hour after the assistant
and native returned and the assistant
tells the following story:
Approaching the place they suddenly
came upon bruiu quietly feeding,
scarcely ten PAGES distant The native.
being in advance, without intimating
his intention raised his rife and fired.
causing bruin to raise his head and
give an ominous growl Tho assistant
in order TO use his rifle more dexter.
ously, had taken the mitten in his right
hand In his agitation .hc dropped it
and the wind whirled IL instantly ont
Of sight
In stepping aside to bring the native
out of line he stepped into hollow.
came near falling, thereby losing his
sight on the bear when he fred. He
thinks his bullet must have struck verv
near tho animal, as the snow hew all
over him and he was 50 frightened that
he marched on, they following. but soon
lost sight Of their object Perhaps they
did mot care to get too near and were
perfectly willing he should go
One Of the natives in the old signal
station, hearing Of the occurrence.
muf1ed himself up in skins, took his
rife and . supply Of cartridges, went
down to within fifteen PAGES Of the dead
walrus, sat down and waited for Mr..
Bruin to come back and finish his
breakfast He had not long TO wait
for bruin soon camo and commenced
tearing OF the flesh at . great rate. -
though in anger for having been driven
away and now determined TO make up
for lost time.
At the proper moment the native
raised his rife and fired. killing the
brute Instantly. Help being near he
was dragged into the old station and
skinned. the carcass furnishing . good
supply of fresh meat for the NATIVES
and his skin proving one Of the largest
and finest the writer ever saw.-Nev
Bedford Standard.