The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-03-15
GRIZZLIES OF IDAHO.
A Tacit Agreement with Men In the Early
Days Not to HIoIesr Each Oth.r.

Days Not To Modest Zach Other.
Speaking Of grizzly bears said
Judge Henry l. Warren to-a New York
sun man, we didn't look on these an
imals a. particularly dangerous in
Idaho when ! was the United States
district attorney Of that territory If
a man attacked one At close quarters
he sometimes got killed. but Al a lit
tie distance not much more attention
was paid To bears than If they had
been - many hogs or cattle Between
human beings and the bears there
seemed to Toe Al that time a tacit
Agreement t. let one another alone
One of my hardest horseback trips
led me through a wild region where
often saw bears. At one point the
trail crossed an open valley. dotted
with scattering big trees and clumps Il
underbIush- and un the further side
wound up steep mountain side
through thick oak and pine woods
Coming down into that valley one day
! saw. little way otf ON my right.
five bears. two very large ones and
three smaller ones constituting pos
sibly a family party They were run
ming about here and there noSing the
ground. turning over stones and knock
mice and gruhS They apparently
paid no attention To me a. / rode past.
one hundred and fifty yards away
My horse looked little wild and tid---
eted some at the sight Of them. hut
kept him IN the trail without difficulty
At another time bear gave me
considerable of a scare I had Just
crossed this same valley and was Just
H. q a
heights beyond II l had di>mounted.
and was leading my horse up the steep
hillside when bear broke out Of th,
bushes a little behind me and came for
me furiously. showing her teeth and
growing / stood still. expecting To
be torn To pieces the next moment.
from the determined way Ia which she
came-iJ was q she bear-but she
stopped Just short Of seiziug me and
turned To dash in the same way al my
horse, and AT that I dropped th, bride
and made mp the trail a. fast a. ! could
go My horse. instead of turning hack
To run for life in the clear open ground
of the valley. when She charged al him.
made detour mp the hill and came
back on the trail behind me. The bear.
looking mighty ugly with her frothinC
mouth and hristlin- hair. kept up her
demonstrations, directing them princi-
pally at my horse Nou know how a
horse. when thoroughly frightened,
VIII seek the company and protection
Of humanity and -. do all ] could To
drive him away my beast all the time
kept right behind me with his nose at
my shoulder trembling with fear but
refusing 10 leave me a. the bear kept
making dashes Al u ont of the bushes.
sometimes from one side and sometimes
from the other.
Il didn't know then what I have
learned from the habits Of he animals
since. that the bear was ruunin-a a bluff
On uS and did not mean - much Ia
harm u a. To scare u away. She mn
doubtedly had cub> concealed close 10y
in the bushes and re>orted Il a common
trick of the female bear t. drive away
intruders- Probably II ! had stood mv
ground she would have tackled me and
in that ease IL would have been all up
with me She followed rs one hun
dred yards or ~ and then. seeming Sat-
i>fied that She had got Us fairly on the
run. fell hack into the bushes and
watched Us ont OF sight