Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-11-12
MlsS-MIss SPARED.
ffe CAPTURED THE GRIZZLY JUST IN
 TIE NICK OF TIME.

the Oid and Indigent Nemhers-rI..s
 Old Warrior Sought Another Death ans
 Gof New Lease In Life.
 There is but one beast that the Iudi. ans are really afrai,l ef, ;, said Eoerfof Yonng, the Baptist minister who TO. gently returned fleaa I long soionrn among the Hudson bay tribes where he was the pioneer missionary. That IS the grizzly bear, the tiger of North America. Only once have l heard of a grizzly being captured alive. and in that case the feat saved the life of T fa- nous old warrior.
 Among many of the Hudson hay tribes it is the custom for the ablebod. ieztsto put to death the old men and wo. men who are no longer able to do their share of the work. The old women arc simply knocked OH the head withant ceremony. The process of getting rid of ap old man IS more elaborate The h. dians do not think 1t we'll to stain their hands with the blood of one who was once warrior. So they delegate the task to their hereditary enemies, the wolves, to which they render all assist. anee ill their power
 When 1t has been decided at sol emn powwow that any particular old man IS to die. instructions are given to q number Of young men to take meas uTes to get rid of him immediately. Among tho exeeutioners are always the sons of the condemned man. The day after sentence has been passed these ex- ecutioners call on the veteran, attack him with stones and spears and drive him into the wilderness. There they leave him to his fate. A few days later they return and collect n few we'll gnawed bones, which they bring back with fitting ceremonies.
 Among all the warriors belonging to tribe with which made long so- journ. nene ha9 a more glorious record than As4as.-,iiz.. 5..a Miss Miss was get ting old His eyes were dim, his hands were slow, ahd rarely did he bring home fat buck. Furthermore, food was scarce, and Miss Miss retained all excellent appetite. One morning Miss Miss got orders to be prepared to receive the next day a delegation of young braves led by his two stalwart sons.
 But Miss Miss, though he had as- sisted i'll many such eeremonials in his day, had not yet come to consider him. self old and useless. He was very angry. Just as Miss Miss had done reviling the ingratitnde Of the young boy rushed in to say that huge grizzly. was feed ing short distance from thescamp. Here was the veteran sachance All the braves were away it tue hunt. Children and squaws and Miss Miss were the sole occupants of the camp. He knew that to face a grizzly single handed was certain death. but it was the death of man. So Miss-Miss armed himself with his spear and tomalfawk and went forth 10 seek the hear.
 He had not far to go. Within few hundred yards of the camp he espied the largest and leanest bear he had seen for years, making a scanty meal off dried roots. Crawling up as close as he could, he hurled his spear. The weapon struck the bear ill the flank As he had calculated, the wound had 10 further effect than to infuriate the brute and tuNn it's attention upon him. Miss-Miss took his stand with his back to tree. srasped his little tomahawk firmly and awaited death.
 Now, had 1t been an ordinary little black bear the peril of Miss Miss would have been small. A black bear would have risen on it's hind legs when 1t eame to close quarters, aud leaving it's chest quite unprotected. tried to insert its paws between the man and the tree in order to mug him to death All Miss Miss would have had to do would have heen to wait until 1t came within arm s length and plunge his hunting knife ill., to it's chest One thrust would have teen sufficient. But a grizzly is differ ent IL strikes with its mighty claws. Mlss-Miss awaited the onset. When the bear came to close quarters, it rose on its hind legs and made mighty, sweep ing blow at his body. Setting his teeth, Miss Miss struck at its head with his t2mahawk, The weapon was dashed from his grasp and he was hurled to the ground, but. much to his surprise, nninjured. Instead of the sharp claws in his side he had felt mighty buffet as If from huge boxing glove Miss Miss scrambled to his feet The next glance explained matters. Like himself. the bear was 2 veteran. It had lost it's claws long since. Miss Miss dedged round and round his tree and from one tree to another, The bear, whose sight was dim with age, aimed blow after blow, with no other effect than that of brnising it's paws against the trunks The fight went on, and Miss-M strength was giving way. when through an opening in the forest he espied the blaze of the campfires close at hand The bear saw 1t, too, and with grunt of disgust and disappointment turned round and tretted back into the depths Hor the forest to res9fne its meal.
 Miss-Miss hastened back to the camp and called the oldest of the boys together Take your lassoes, he cried,