The Press., 1897-10-07
MISS-MISS SPARED.
HE CAPTURED THE GRIZZLY JUST IN
 THE NICK OF TIME.

HE CAPTURED THE GRIZZLY JUST IN
 THE NICK OF TIME.
 the Old and Indigent Members-This old Warrior Sought Another Death and Got a New Lease In Life.
 ''There is but one beast that the Indi- ans are really afraid of, said Egerton Young, the Baptist minister who re- gently returned from long sojourn 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 grizzly being captured alive, and in that case the feat saved the life of a fa nous old warrior.
 "Among many of the Hudson bay tribes it is the custom for the ablebod- jed to put to death the old men and wo mon who are no longer able to do their share of the work The old women are simply knocked on the head without ceremony. The process of getting rid of an old man is more elaborate. The h. dians do not think it we'll to stain their hands with the blood of one who was once a warrior. So they delegate the task to their hereditary enemies, the wolves, to which they render all assist arce in their power.
 "When it has been decided at sol emn powwow that any particular old man is to die, instructions are given to a number of young men to take meas ..s 1p oAo1rx Among the executioners 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 few we'll gnawed bones, which they bring back with fitting ceremonies.
 "Among all the warriors belonging to tribe with which I made a long so- journ, none had a more glorious record than Miss Miss. But Miss Miss was get ting old. His eyes were dim, his hands were slow, and rarely did he bring home a fat buck Furthermore, food was scarce, and Miss Miss retained an 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 in many such oeremonials in his day, had not yet come to consider him self old and useless. He was very angry. L ! ! AI.r ingratitude of the young 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 at the 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 8 man. So Miss Miss armed himself with his spear and tomahawk and went forth to seek the bear.
 "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 of dried roots. Crawling up as close as he could, he hurled his spear. The weapon struck the 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 Hiss took his stand with his back to tree grasped his little tomahawk firmly anC awaited death.
 "Now, had it been an ordinary little black bear the peril of Miss-M Miss would have been small. A black bear would have risen on it's hind legs when il came to close quarters, and leaving itr chest quite unprotected, tried to inser it's 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 arms length and plunge his hunting knife in to its chest. One thrust would have been sufficient. But grizzly is differ ent. It strikes with it's mighty claws Miss Miss awaited the onset. When tht bear came to close quarters, it rose oI its hind legs and made mighty, sweep ing blow at his body. Setting his teeth Miss-Miss struck at it's head with hi tomahawk. The weapon was dashed from his grasp and he was hurled tC the ground, but, much to his surprise uninjured. Instead of the sharp clawl in his side he had felt mighty buffe as if from huge boxing glove. Miss Miss scrambled to his feet. The mex glance explained matters Like himself the bear was veteran. It had lost it claws long since. Miss Miss dodge( round and round his tree and from ont tree to another. The bear, whose sigh was dim with age, aimed blow afte, blow, with no other effect than that O bruising its paws against the trunks The fight went on, and Miss Miss strength was giving way, when through an opening in the forest he espied th' blaze of the campires close at hand The bear saw it, too, and with grun of disgust and disappointment turned round and trotted back into the depth of the forest to resume it's meal.
 'Miss-Miss hastened back to tht camp and called the oldest of the boy together. Take your lassoes, he cried and we will capture a grizzly alive. So out they went. When the party ar rived within range, Miss Miss whistIed The bear raised it's head and the boy cast their lassoes. One moose fell ove the brute's neck.
 "When the braves returned in tn, evening, prepared to chase Miss Mis- into the wilderness, they found a huge roaring grizzly tethered in the middl, of the camp. No one of the tribe eve had done such a deed. They concluded the Great Spirit had willed that Miss Miss should live, and Miss Miss is alivt today and in high honor with th tribe. "-New York Sun.
 It is calculated from Revelation xxi