The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-09-22
MISS-MISS SPARED.
HE CAPTURED THE GRIZZLY JUST M
THE NICK OF TIME.


.T,oro Ia Inn, one beast that the Jndi.
ops are reolIv afraid Of" said Eeerton
yorry. tbe Bnptist minister who re-
r,u,lv ,oturuod from n long soiourn
o,,on, ,he Hudson bay tribes. where
no ,vas the pioueer missionary. "That
20 tho ,rizzjv hear. the tiper of North
America only once have heard of a
y,;z,Iv bcinp .cop,ured alive. and in
tb,, case tbe fept saved the life of a fa-
mons old warrior
"Amopp m,py of the Hudson hay
tribes IL is the custom for the nblebod-
led IN mt 20 death the old men and wo.
mo, who ,re mn longer able to do their
share of the work. The old women are
si,rn,r knocked on the head without
ce,euouv The rrocess of getting rid Of
an old man is more elaborate. The In.
dinns do not think IL we'll to stain their
hands with the blood of one who was
once n warrior So they delegate the
task 70 their hereditary enemies, the
wolves. 10 which they render all assist
ance In their mower.
"When IL has been decided at a sol
ann powwow that auy particular old
man is TO die, instructions are given to
n number of Young men TO take meas
ures to get rid Of him Immediately.
Among the executioners are always the
sons of the condemned man. The day
after sentencs has been passed these ex-
ecutioncrs 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 well
gnawed bones. which they bring back
with fitting ceremonies.
"Among all the warriors belonging
70 a tribe with which I made long So
iourp, none lad a more glorious record
than Hiss. Miss. But Miss Miss was get.
ting old. His eyes were dim. his hands
were slow, and rarely did he bring
homo fat buck. Furthermore. food
was scarce, and Miss Miss retained an
excellent appetite. One morning Miss.
Miss Qot orders TO be prepared to
receive the next day n delegation of
young braves led BY his two stalwart
sons.
but Miss Miss, though he had as
sisted in many such ceremonials in his
day, had not yet come TO consider him
self old and useless. He was very angry.
Just az Miss-Miss had done reviling the
ingratitude Of the young a boy rushed
in to say that huge grizzly was feed
ing a short distance from the camp.
Here was the veterans chance. All the
braves were away mt the hunt. Children
and squaws aud Miss Miss were the sole
occupants Of the camp. He knew that
to face q grizzly single handed was
certain death. but it was the death of q
man. So Miss Miss armed himself with
his spear and tomnhawk and went forth
to seek the bear.
"He had not far to 20. Within a few
hundred yards Of the camp he espied
the largest and leanest bear he had seen
for years, making scanty meal Off
dried roots Crawling up as close as he
could, he hurled his spear. The weapon
struck tho bear In the flank. As he had
calculated, the wound had no further
effect than to infuriate the brute and
turn its attention upon him. Miss M iss
took his stand with his back to tree,
grasped his little tomahawk firmly and
awaited death.
"Now, had it been an ordinary little
black bear tho peril Of Miss Miss would
have been small. A black bear would
have risen OH its hind legs when IL
came to close quarters, aud leaving its
chest quite unprotected. tried to insert
its paws between the man and the tree
in order to hug him to death. All Miss
Miss would have had to do would have
been to wait until it came within arm q
length aud plunge his hunting knife in
to its chest. One thrust would have
been sufficient. But a grizzly is differ
ent. 1t strikes with its mighty claws.
Miss Miss awaited the onset. When the
bear came to close quarters, il rose on
its hind legs and made mighty, sweep.
ing blow at his body. Setting bis teeth.
Miss-Miss struck at its head with his
tomahawk. Tho weapon was dashed
from his grasp and he was hurled to
the ground, but, much to his surprise.
uninjurod. Instead Of the sharp claws
in his side he had felt n ,niobtv hufya,