The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-11-02
TOO MANY BEARS.
A Hunter Who Found More Game Than
He Wanted


He Wanted
The author of .'Camp-Fires of a Ma
turalist'' was out by himself, looking
idly towards the woods now and then.
as he saws. but not expecting to see
ANYTHING. when suddenly there ap-
peaTed on the edge of the timber some
moving objects He could not make
out what they We're. but there were so
many of them that he concluded they
must be goats He stood still waiting
for them to get nearer. Suddenly there
came out of the forest, not more than
seventy yards away, huge, grizzly
bear He says:
Before / could realize what had
happened, out came another, then
third, fourth, a fifth, a sixth and a
seventh
Just think of it, seven big bears in
sight all at once. l knew | was in most
dangerous situation. On one hand was
u bottomless precipice, and on the
other herd of the most ferOcious an
imals which range the mountains.
There was only one thing to do,
and | did it to perfection. That was
to stand perfectly still and let the
bears go about their business. | was
hunting bears, but not those particular
bears.
There l stood in perfectly plain
sight, but they did not see me. They
were walking fast, and l had a capital
opportunity to observe their mode of
travel | no longer wondered at my
not being able to Overtake them on the
trail. They went swinging along in a
sort of shambling trot or canter almost
as fast as the gait of horse. Some
would stop for second or two, turn
ing over logs and stones, and then hur-
ry on to overtake the rest.
''As soon as they were out of sight l
hastened to assure myself that l was
still alive. and to wipe the sweat from
my face. | could easily have put bull
let through any of them, but what
would have happened then? l might
have been set upon by the whole gang,
and should not have made fair meal
for one of them"
THE SQUAW AND HER CHILD.
An Instance of the Stoicism of the Indian
Race.
81 was very much affected by an in
cident that occurred during our visit
at the Rosebud agency in South Da
l1Ota," said Representative w. 5. Hol
man the other day, recalling tour OF
investigation which. as chairman of a
house committee, he once made among
the Indians. ''One day an old squaw
came trudging into the agency with a
basket on her arm. The Indian agent
informed me that she had walked {
distance of ninety miles to see hel
thirteen-year-old daughter, who was q
pupil in the Indian school, and tha
she made that pilgrimage regularly
once a month and never remained over
an hour Unobserved l watched the
meeting between mother and daugh
ter. There was none of the ordinary
exhibitions of parental or childish af
fection. When the child came out t
meet the mother, the latter CAREFUL,
Pa-Tfartfiy' d vvoru was spoken. The
mother emptied the contents of hel
basket, which were lot of provisions
and trinkets. into the child's lap. and
the latter accepted them without any
marked evidences of gratitude, as far
as L could observe. After they had
spent half-hOur together in this way
the aged mother slowly rose. replaced
her basket on her arm and walked
slowly away until she disappeared
from view far out on the plains
When she left the daughter no good
bys were spoken. nor were there anv
evidences of regret at the parting on
the face of either parent or child