Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-04-03

bear hanh-t0-hahu l6Ah aAb
came on victor. Then she went
home and Immediately became center
OF interest for the surrounding eoitn-
try. III a few days she Was married.
and she says that she and hsr hns-
band sat on the bearskin while she
wrote this interesting account o. = tleEe
startling encounter than usually
comes to bride She relates the ga
counter herself ~ follows.
III was the only thing ! could de.
II was the bear or me, and ] DID mot
propose 20 supply meal for sssai bear
| il could help 1t. nor Nas I eainE 70
| let Mrs Br1in make comfortable
| dinner on my PEI dog, which had 0san
my companion on many stroll before
/ II Mas a curious circumstances which
brought about my meeting with the
bear and really Tor d fen ese9neH !
heartily wished that bear aud brit cub
/ q thousand mites away Then ! fsitl.
lzsd that there was 81 b. no f0astfsg
with that Fea-sgea. sspEsy monster
anssred BY the death u her cab, and !
lust did some Of the quiekess sock vida
the gun and knife that ] exes ala %
ever expect 10 do. | had started osti
that morning 10 shoot rabbits - ] had
done hundred times before and car
ried my usual weapon. . z--eassbaf
rife. and good sized hunting KATE 10
my belt somehoW rabbits sgemet
scarce that morning. and ! MAS Nan
ierlnE along a ridge aboa. tpils from
ny home when heard peculiar chnk
sng sound just over the csest " the
,idke Al the same tttne noticed that
ny little fox terrier. which always nc
ompanled me was missing Thlrking
hat be was 10 srounis ! harried ID
he direction " the SQUAD, A. I pushed
be bushes aside ! heard my dog bark
and the bark was anawerea - o Efpwi
There. not ten feet away FROM e'hsee
I stood was a huge bear. HtRndtnE
rect on her launches and guarding
lRg cub from that iittls fox terrier "
mine. The cub par no bigger tbau shr
log. but the bear looked a. biz a. 40
5x. I had never bssfofe met 4 bear III
all my wanaerlnEs about tbs Nuoas
As | stepped through the bushes lotto
be open 10 which The beer ato0d Is was
4 question ~ 10 which was he mpa,
surprised. the bear 81 4 n was shcu
that for 9 moment ! Wished vac
home Without stopping 70 think ~
he small caliber " the rifle carried.
I raised my gun and. taking aim NJ
The head Of the big bear. I fltsd stss
at perfectly ettli Tor second. AND
then. suddenly dropping on M saafs
ran Of through the thick uadogaguaA
with my dog yelpins after her tbs
cub. being left alone ilst 10 sigae 10
Scrambiing up o tree and looking down
/. ~ me In few seconds ny dog r..
turned and began barking ~ toe zoo,
u the tree In which the cub had taken
!, refuge. To quiet the dog fred a. tn
! rub, and brought u doWu 1T the fiFHl
shot. but not before II had at Ii
> sauealing that QotfId H. heard hall !
mile on. Then ! knew there pR,
trouble ahead for me. for the ia baal
9 would surely return 70 see what wa,
9 the matter with her cub. / Was no
y mistaken. for 10 . minute 1 heard /
o crashing and cracking among 10.
bushes which indicated that Mrs. Bea
was losing no time Ia getting baek.
4 decided 70 20 bone quickly. but 1 va
b going 20 have that cub. I had iua
o started to pick Il no from where II ri
o when the old bear broke through III
bushes and vas almost upon me. Ina
only time to give her two quick shot
+ when she made o reach for me. knock
n Ing my gun one way and me the othe,
% ] stumbled and fell over q small 10
}. and that would have boon the and q
me had not my little dog 1uat the
taken an active interest In Rffairs A.
e. began nipping and barking AZ "a
lr bear and so took her attention awn
Ie from me. giving me q chance 10 ria
a and get at the long hputing-knife /
my belt. had a chance 70 get ava
then, but as my dog seemed 10 /
- getting the worst OF the battle 1 Il.
- eided to give the bear just one sta
!. with my knife. ! struck her d lilo
! back Of the shoulder and Il vas give
with such good will that think n W.
the cause Of her death, sor she esarts
=. ~ t"h Vuh HAp NOT 70 more than mn
z feet when she fell. with the knife att
! sticking IN her. The old bear was aea,
e 80 was the cub. My poor little ID
he was dying and then for the flrst I'm
! realized that 1 was hurt. When "A
bear struck me she tossed me again
u tree and the force Of the fsil III
q broken my collar bone. made a
~ way home as best / could aud had 4,
~ wounds dressed aud friends went q
Y and brought 10 the bear. The Zig .,
weighed 500 pounds. 1 found thai d
hrst shot had broken her law 4,
the other two had entered her brea,
Sut none Of them was fatal. ii was Il
=. knhe that killed her. for the 10,
ua plade had penetrated nearly 70 n
he neart and severed several arteries, I'm
~ was my first bear hunt aud. from i
ns experience. ! do not wiab for anoths
~ me skins Of both the big ana m,
~ bears were dressed and they make ye
~ comfortable FtIEk I9ttf .shnnat,s, ia.