Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-01-25
A GOOD BEAR STORY.
A TRANSFERS QUEER ADVENTURE
IN iNClAN TERRITORY.
Knocked ser by silver Tip Dam and
Buried D. tn SNOW When She Game
Back Tor Yeast, the La4dcr Was Empty,

Back For a east, tuc iaTacr VI a. A-ihl-
aud The Situation was Reversed.
Early in the fall OF $50 ourrcgiment
WAS ordered into the field against hos-
tile Indians and about the beginning of
/ October We We're cncampcu 0n Poplar
creek. a tributary cnp,ymg into the
Missouri from the month"; about ID miles
distant from Fort Bu.0Io
Our Instructions required AS 20 re-
main hc.c uull further orders should be
received and during these icw Gays ,hat
we lay idle in camp the men amused
! themselves IN various ways, bus pllucl-
! paliy by organizing short bunting cNpe-
/ ditions into tho surrounding country.
Our chief Of toamstols was Henry
Morgan, a good all Eouud shot and ono
who had more tnan once brought down
/ big game uy hie skill He started of
alone one morning JUST as q mild biz
card began to fly and openly declared
that when he returned hC would bring
an antelope or "a deer back with him.
and perhaps both.
We saw him disappear ln the dircc-
! tion Of Mill creek VITA his ride over
his shoulder, but the narrative Of his
subsequent movements is best told by
himself
II had gone perhaps three miles Up
the creek, and bad o. yet seen no signs
Of any wild animal, whom all at once
from behind a cottonwood log uoar
thick bunch Of uud0Lrush long cared
cottontail rabbit leapod uimhiy into
sight and the next moment my shot
! laid him low.
II hurried over 10 tie spot and was
| leaning over 10 examine the animal
when | felt a crash as III tho whole cam
yon had exploded, and rs l tumbicd
over in the snow my fast departing
senses recognized "a huge silvortip bear,
whose powerful paw had been the au-
thor of my mischief
Il lay there half stunned and badly
bruised, with just enough conscious
ness left to observe what was going on
around me
THE old bear uosed and rolled me
about. and finally succeeded iu r- hing
and dragging me al-ut 20 feet. then s4o
( pushed me down into wash0rt of the
creek bottom and paved away until sha
/ had me almost covered with snow
brush and Other uah had now To-
covered my scll. is, o.: could easily
/ breathe through tine loose pile taat cow
cred ne Thought il safest 10 lie sull
and await the outcome
Completing n.v funeral a@augo-
ments, the bear wa Ee about aal shifted
a few times su piciously ut f.a spot,
then by the sound ol l.r satisGod uerla
and gTow!s growing fainter and less
distinct knew that she was moving
! oil.
''N hen J considered She was TAR
1 enough Gw.v scrla ..d ou. oi the
hole, shoai, myself c..-r u the trash
and then looked around Tor my gum
1t was LYING slic and little damaged
near the log whore killed tAe cotton.
tail, but wa somewhat scratched and
checked with neF
/ first cleaned the piece cut, placed
it in good order and thcn went back TO
my involuntary grave, where / found
tho tracks made hy Druin 70 be quiet
distinct ana widely separated showing
that the beast had gone Off down stream
somewhat IN a hurry ! suspected the
old monster would be back sooner or /
later; so, rearrauguC iho cavity and re-
storing the brush and trash as naturally
as possible, ! refined TO q safe position
behind the cottonwood log, which had
been the scene OF my first disaster, and
sat down to wait
Perhaps three quarters of an hour bad
passed when far down the open | saw
the old mother with her cubs uotting
merrily at her heels, making all haste
up stream toward my place Of conceal. /
ment. kept MS still as death and scarce
" breathed, but got NY rife into posi-. /
tion aud nervously waited until the trio
should come within easy range.
ION she came, rolling from side TO
side, and then / saw that her object
was the hole in which had been SO IN.
tremendously buried.
"Sho hurried TO the spot, growlcd
III -, -,
inc the brn.b and Trash osido and sen1.
inc it in q rorfect shower bl-inh tboro