Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-09-01
MISS MISS SPARED.
HE CAPTURED TIE GRIZZLY JUST IN
 TIE NICK OF TIME.

Did Warrior Sought Another Death and
 Got Eew LeAss 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 q grizzly being captured alive, and in that case the feat saved the life of fa- nous old warrior.
 1 Among many of the Hudson bay 1 tribes it is the custom for the ablebod- l jed to put to death the old men aud wo- men who are no longer able to do their share of the work The old women are l 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 warrior So they delegate the task to their hereditary enemies, the wolves, to which they render all assist ance in their power.
 When 1t has been decided at sol emn powwow that any particular old man is to die, instructions are given to 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 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 long so- journ, none had 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 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 in many such ceremoniaIs 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 ingratitude of the young boy rushed in to say that a huge grizzly was feed- ing short distance from the camp. Here was the veterans s 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 grizzly single handed was certain death, but it was the death of man. So Miss Miss armed himself with his spear ana tomanawI1 anu 'YuIu IUrtIi 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 off 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 DO further effect than to infuriate the brute and turn its attention upon him. Miss Miss took his stand with his back to a tree, grasped his little tomahawk firmly and 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 1 have risen on its hind legs when it came to close quarters, aud leaving it's chest quite unprotected, tried to insert | its paws between the man and the tree | in order to hug him to death. All Miss 1 Miss would have had to do would have | been to wait until it came within arm s | length and plunge his hunting knife in- to it's chest One thrust would have been sufficient But grizzly is differ ent It strikes with it's mighty claws. l Miss-M Miss awaited the onset When the l bear came to close quarters, it rose on its hind legs and made mighty, sweep ing blow at his body Setting his teeth, Miss-Mis struck at it's head with his tomahawk. The weapon was dashed from his grasp and he was hurled to the ground, but, much to his surprise. uninjured. Instead of the sharp claws in his side he had felt mighty buffet as if from huge boxing glove. Miss MISS SGIAulUl6u lO HIS 16SL LH0 HHAb glance explained matters. Like himself, the bear was veteran. 1t had lost it's claws long since. Miss Miss dodged 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 bruising its paws against the trunks. The fight went on. and Miss Miss strength was giving way. when through an opening ill the forest he espied the blaze of the campfires close at hand. The bear saw it, too, and with a grunt of disgust and disappointment turned round and trotted back into the depths of the forest to resnusa its meal.
 Miss Miss hastened back to the camp and called the oldest of the boys together. Take your lassoes, he cried, and we will capture . grizzly alive So out they went. When the party ar rived within range, Miss Miss whistled