The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-04-05

growing holder, sprang at the great bears
throat, and was instantly felled by blow
that sent him head over heels, with his
muLzle torn and bloody. The other, see
ing his companion wounded, retreated
also: but the grizzly, now thoroughly en-
ragged, made a rush at the nearest, and
before the hunters could interfere had
torn him literally 10 pieces.
KILLED BY A BLOW.
The first dog now ran toward its friends,
but the bear was too quick for it and
overlook it. and though the soldiers sent
a vOlley after IT,, the flying shots, which
missed the mark did not stay the animal
fora moment, and with one blow Of its
paw il fairly laid open the body Of the
dog with its extended nails The fore
most hunter now fired again at the bear
and this time succeeded in drawing its
blood by a slight wound along the crea-
lures side
The grizzly, for the first time, now
seemed to become cognizant that it had
other enemies TO deal with besides the
two dogs, but it had clearly no idea of re-
treating, but turned at once upon the
new danger All three now fired al the
bear, but though every shot apparently
found a home in its huge carcass. it
rushed on without hesitation in the direc-
tion of the enemy, which received it with
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boulder. One of the hunters in his fight
dropped his gun, and this was instantly
seized upon by the grizzly which en-
deavored to claw it to pieces, but in some
way the weapon was discharged, and the
explosion, while doing the bear no real
injury, frightened it into a run, but the
load entered the fieshy part OF the right
leg of the hunter who had dropped the
gun and who was in the act of scram bling
up the boulder.
The other two, seeing the foe in full
flight, and regretting the loss of so splen-
did trophy OF their expedition, fired
after the grizzly, and succeeded in break
ing the creatures hind quarter bone.
Halted in this manner, the bear turned
about and waited the arrival of its foes
with a snarling mouth, but seeing that,
| although wounded, the animal was by
no means hors de combat, but still game
| to the death, the hunters did not ap-
/ proach closer, but from their perch on
! the boulder kept up a steady fire on the
! grizzly until the great head fell to one
| side, and the terrible claws ceased to
| tear at the loose soil to apply to its nu-
/ merous wounds
Thinking the animal dead at last, the
| three then descended to look at their
| prize, but as the foremost reached the
| spot where the bear lay, it suddenly
| strove to rise on its feet, and failing in
| this, sank back again, closing its eyes
| Drawing his knife one of the soldiers
bent down to make sure of dispatching it
| this time, but as he was about to plunge
! the blade into the heaving side of the
| dying beast the creature, with an expir-
| ing effort snapped at his hand, and the
keen teeth closed on the member in a way
to seriously lacerate the flesh.
TO SEARCH FOR THE MATE.
The huge Jaws relaxed almost immedi-
! ately and the grizzly was dead at last
| The hunters counted in all twenty-seven
| wounds on the animals body, the skin
! being so badly torn as to be of little value.
/ IT was suspected from the desperate fight
that the creature had made that its den
| was near at hand, and, as it was a young
/ female in milk, it was thought that she
| probably had cubsu hidden somewhere
among the rocks, and search was made
| for these. After half an hours hunt
| about the vicinity the soldiers returned to
! the spot where the mother bear had been
| left without having discovered the den ;
| but here they found two cubs few weeks
old beside the old one licking her bloody
wounds and whining because she did not
notice them. '7
The little fellows, missing her, had
| probably wandered to the spot, and had
found her thus They were easily cap
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! one died a few days afterward and the
| other deliberately starved itself to death,
! although an attempt was made to force
| milk and other liquids down its throat.
but in doing this the man is charge was
severely bitten by the strong little teeth
! Of the cub.
A herder in the mountains, near where
the grizzly was killed, has since reported
that he has several times caught glfmpses
of the male Of the family proving discon-
solately about the rocks ef-the glen where
his mate died and that a fine cow under
his care was day or two ago found near
there slain and mangled terribly by the
claws Of some such animal. So it is pro-
posed to organize party to go after the
survivor, and to capture him if possible
to take the place Of the cubs, which had
been sold to the agent for travelling me-
nagerie. The party will provide itself
with plenty of weapons and ammunition
for the campaign, for, to judge by the
fight made by the female, the facing of
one of these creatures is a very danger
| Ous undertaking.