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

How the Hudson Bay Tribes Dispose of the old and Indigent Members-This old Warrior Sought Another Death and Got 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 a 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 heard of grizzly being captured alive, and in that case the feat saved the life of @ 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- men 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 oLce a warrior. So they delegate the task to their hereditary enemies, the wolves, to W which they render all assist aEce in their power.
 When it has been decided at a sol emn powwow that any particular old man is to die, instructions are given to a 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 a 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, 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 be 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 as Miss Miss had done reviling the 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 g 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 seer 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 haC calculated, the wound had no further effect than to infuriate the brute anC turn its attention upon him. Miss Mis-
 
 grasped his little tomahawk firmly anc awaited death.
 "Now, had it been an ordinary littl' black bear the peril of Miss-M Miss would have been small. A black bear would have risen on its hind legs when i came to close quarters, and leaving it chest quite unprotected. tried to inser its paws between the man and the tre in order to hug him to death All Miss Miss would have had to do would hay, been to wait until it came within arm length and plunge his hunting knife in to its chest. One thrust would hay been sufficient. But a grizzly is differ ent. It strikes with it's mighty claws Miss Miss awaited the onset. When th bear came to close quarters, it rose ol its hind legs and made mighty, sweep ing blow at his body. Setting his teeth Miss Miss struck at its head with hi tomahawk. The weapon was dashe, from his grasp and be was hurled t the ground, but, much to his surprise uninjured. Instead of the sharp claw in his side he had felt mighty buffe as if from a huge boxing glove. Miss Miss scrambled to his feet. The mex glance explained matters. Like himself the bear was a veteran. It had lost it claws long since. Miss-Mis dodge round and round his tree and from on tree to another. The bear, whose sigh was dim with age, aimed blow afte blow, with no other effect than that c bruising it's paws against the trunks The fight went on, and Miss-Miss strength was giving way, when throug an opening in the forest he espied tn blaze of the campfres close at hand The bear saw it, too, and with a grun of disgust and disappointment turne round and trotted back into the depth of the forest to resume it's meal.
 "Miss-M hastened back to tn 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 al rived within range, Miss Miss whistled The bear raised its head and the boy cast their lassoes. One moose fell owe the brute's neck
 "When the braves returned in tn evening, prepared to chase Miss Mis into the wilderness, they found huge roaring grizzly tethered in the middl of the camp. No one of the tribe eve had done such a deed. They conclude the Great Spirit had willed that Miss Miss should live, and Miss Miss is aliv today and in high honor with th tribe "-New York Sun.
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