Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-08-01
A Game Grizzly.


our camp was near the head waters
q the Big Horn river, just where owl
creek runs into it-an ideal spot for
shanty, and In every way adapted 10
hunters requirements. We were
out ON business trapping for what our
fhrs would bring us In dollars-pot
merely a pleasure party. Under such
circumstances a bears hide helps 10
tote" up the balance, and there was
plenty OF such game In the mountains.
old Ephraim" ranged where he pleas.
ed--the giant grizzly OF the Rockies.
about which such thrilling stories have
peeh written, some OF them probably
100 mighty colOred. III Ii the fashion
ioMhnhys TO accept with incrednlity
mich that travellers and spOrtsn,an
write, aud 10 consider ii hunters
privilege 10 draw the long how. /
don't pretend 10 deny that som. do
enbeiiish their narratives. so as 10
make them SAVIOR OF the miraculous:
iiat those who have themselves hnn;.
M can always discern between The
truth and the fiction, even wber. Tho
truth looks beyond belief.
THAT The lion Is the king ~ heas,ss
etriils 10 us from infancy 10 be 20
~ ID" hut the lion cant hold 4 can.
dic % ihe grizzly bear, either "a To
fvufasr % ienaetiy Of life A full.
grown grizzly II more than four times
~ heafy as the lines; lion that ever
sirlifei THE Neldt: aud where tie lion
Nih more often than not endeayar 10
Ths Ne who ever heard OF grizzly
acting hkewisef mean II once mo-
Tested. 81 late years the grizzly. 10
common with other animals. has ..tunl.
hl'si 70 the Increased efficacy Of mod.
.rh Firearms; bIt il IL il respect which
demands reciprocity. Hunters and
hsar agree pretty well nowadays. ~
long a. both 80 their respective WAYS.
Lhs hunter provides the hear with snn.
dry meals. and Ia return h. Is permit,
ted 70 enjoy himself on -sphfaims
preserves uiice modest hiIn. hswrn.r
ansi THERE II sure 10 be trouble
Hn must return 80 Owl creek
where Gerard. FaweeIi ami wer.
hunting and Tripping generally. uns
morning we M.re all engaged In chop
/ PING weed, II MIS- before the DAYS 81
tbe cr"ss-ellt saw. aud every tree had
q be choi,iied down aud chopped mp
the si.ilflntis pleasure ~ which wufl
eau oily la appreciated by those whe
have tried IL. | was anaihenlzing IN.
bluliiLsss 1T niy az and the nscessiis
/ ~ laying In 3 simply Of hiring, when i
| prolonged whistle from Gerard mad.
Ne both look w: and there. sur,
eruu.h, stood huge grizzly In ih,
swamp. SOME eighty rods from our bil
| ol CLEARING Snow had NOT yet falleI
Il Mhrr~ we were cainp.d. although 81
the foothills there WAS plenty, aud III.
hear WIS engaged Ia fnnnching III
! What few cranberffes remained. 10
even the earnirnruus grizzly enjoy,
| such dainiirs nj times. In fact. whsr,
the Mild plnins grow he win tear down
trees tn get NJ the fruit lie had no
appeared io pay any attention TO tn,
sound Of our axes, but when we lief
on choppins he booked up and raise,
him self on his bind legs. as thougl
better 10 take Ia our position.
Fay. bu' be has an elegant hide
MaN fawcrtt's remark. which I Gu
short bs bidding him 10 shut up or h.
own hide might become elegantly
! scored. Meanwhile the bear had ~
sun cd his normal gait and disappear
I'd into the timber. nj the edge ~ III
mrish through which the creek mad
bend
Thinking that in all probability b
would not cross the stream. but 10
lew II up toward tie monntniLs. "
hasiii, arranged that I should folio,
on n trail. which was easy enoug
a. held. even through the leaves
whilst Gerard was TO ciit across SON
distance "a the west and head him %
Fawcett. who was never really sur