The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-11-08
MANITOBA GRIZZLIES.
INDUSTRIOUS BEARS IN rAE FORESTS
BACK IN THE MOUNTAINS.


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the Ma,i,obo sast,nsses l., n,i,o a r,r;'
60 an i,s old horn,s aud danbt 70 ono
can now be come pnon wi,bont =, dig,.
c,lt o,d ted;ors iorr,ev os AZ ioast aoo
,,i,os int tho ,,ter;or ,tl5arnoss 40 tho
nrov;nce
TIC or;,,,v hos ,,o, With ,,,,os, no
hord , sote 40 tho hriro,o ,ithorah s,orn
the p,trre and isoI,t;or of its rrosa,,t
rotrooto ord tho d;e,crI,;o, o,to,,ior, 40,
bunting and tronn,pg for n tbe yr;z1,v
bear lilo tbe Man;toha p,ooso will noy.
az bocone o,t;pct q, thot corrtry Iho.
,,ovo that the moose aitborgb Tho eosh
~ 0 ono of them 10 reor;red 70 srnn,, tI,o
military stations In the ,arritorr o,ono
,r;t,, fresh ,noot oyorv voor 10 90 ,Jan,;
fpI TODAY in ito wild retreats os n has
beer NJ orv time since tbe gre,, ;rroads
os f,r ond ne,t brntors ,yera hoanr 4,
the terr;tory
I kpow NO reaso, ,vhv tho gr;vv,v boar
~ tho Manitoba RocL;os shonid ,ro,r go co
much larger than tbe grizzly of the
aome mountains In tho states hrt a ,ono
and varied experience In hrpt;ng those
or;maIs In the;r resnect;vo Ioca,it;oo has
proved to mo that sncb 10 tbe fact No
grizzly hear that I ever contured or that
i ever knew IN be cantured south of
Manitoba measured moro tb,n "a Zoo,
from muzzle 70 tail or weirhed moro
than 900 mounds Rpt II was M nm.
common tbing in the na,mv davs Of
or;zzIv bears in Manitoba for tbe br,,or
or Trainer to be confronted Inv ono Of
these monsters q foot In le,gtb aud With
a bulk of 900 mounds or more. have
ooo,, Non;,oh, a,.;zzl;os thot ,,.ho, tLo,.
Threw tbemsolyes a., tbo;r bornn,,os on3
rose erect lowered five feet and s;x foot
above me- and I want to tel, Won that ~
takes n man with n large ovant;tv and
tbe host oualitv of nerve to stand In tbot
tremendous nresence and nrenared 70
40 battIe coo,iv and with n ,avoi boad
Grizzly hears l;ke all tbe rost Of tho
hear family. have tbe curiors hab;t Of
rising aga;nst a tree and reacb;ng 49,,
as far as tbev can with their fore paws
making marks in tho bark NV d;going -
with their claws have ,oore thon
once come acroas those noasrr;no ,,orl,s
are called 10 feet above tbe Ground
IMAGINE COMING srddenlv nnor q hoast
l;ke That IN some doon rov;ro ~. ;so,atad
snot almost ;mnassahle ow;na 70 tho
down timber beaned and TANGLED ON tho
Ground and surronpded hy roclo ond
thick underbrusb Tho s;ght os h;s
great laws omen and rcd and his oyos
flashing in f,rv nj Won from, tho ororS
mons head that towers On far above yo,,
is something only 70 he annrec;ated When
once seen
When there were buffa,oes on tho
nlains Manitoba grizzly hears wero lson
and persistent hunters Of them when
a grizzly and a buffalo mot tl,ero ,yas
sure To he n fearful contest altborob Il
seldom lasted Iong and the hrtfoIo ,yas
nsuallv the victim The buffalo h,i,
when confronted bv n hear. wou,d in.
yariably charge ferociouslv mon its b;g
and ugly foe This was inst what tbe
bear desired. and he awaited erect on
his launches. the onset of the bpfraIo
As the latter rusbed forward With Low.
cred head and was almost unon tbe beor
the immense grizzly threw bimseIf
quickly TO one side. and with a blow 40
Quick as lightning with one of his great
forenaws seldom failed 10 break HE an.
taponist's neck A Man;toba or;z1lv hos
been known to engage in rand sncces.
sion four and even five infur;ated buffalo
bulls and kin every one Of them IA
sometimes bannened tbongb that a hull
Younger and more arile Than his com.
panion succeeded in evad;ng tbe fatal
blow of the prizzlv's terrible naw lone
enough 70 give in tnrn a deadly tbrrst of
his horn into the bears side npncturing