Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1897-09-23

polar bear, which, however, 1t must be
said. has habit of killing and devour-
ing such persons as may seek sport at
it's expense"
The brown bear Of Alaska is q huge
and shaggy bear, varying in length
from six to twelve feet and weighing
from 300 to 1900 pounds, and is dan
gerous adversary, the terror of the ma
tives. 1t is an expert fisher, with Q
good appetite for salmon in it's season:
and when the years run Of that dainty
fish is over it takes to the hills, where
small game awaits consumption. The
brown bear has been particularly use
full as a roadmaker in Alaska, treading
the river banks nd,plains in purpose
full manner, so that the traveller, by fol-
lowing it's footsteps, will find the easiest
routes to the hills and rs the best ford.
ing places. It's habitat is believed to
run as far north as the Arctic ocean.
AS to its ferocity, the. natives do not
possess monopoly of the stories. Yet
there is an authentic report that some
time ago two men killed seven brown
bears in one day upon the mainland adj
jacent to the island of Unga, and ex-
hibited the skins in proof of their good
faith. This story ought to give encour-
agement to those sportsmen who like
q spice of luck as well as of danger in
their sport" #:a@5. t>@|f@%. VIA. e.. ,s.> go
" It is hard to tell whether the grizzly
bear of Alaska is more ferocious than
the polar:bear or the brown bear Of, that
part of America. But some of the men
who Travelled near Mount St. Elias say
that the grizzly found there is un.
equaled for ferocity, being fiercer even
than the Rocky mountain variety. The
Indian will never attack it; he takes
to flight at the sight of it. It has no
fear Of bullets. It is happy. when il.
lays eyes on a human being; humanity
is but provendcr for it. The natives be.
lieve that it possesses supernatural pow.
ers and can hypnotize the man who goes
out to kill it, Yet it. is related that
upon one occasion party of two Amer
leans in the Mount St. Elias region saw
a grizzly at. a distance catching fish
upon the banks Of a stream and deter
mined to try conclusions with it. They
got reinforcemcnts by which their
party was raised to the number of six.
The six men raised their rifles and
poured a volley into the body of the
enemy, which thereupon rushed toward
the firing party. As the animal ap-
preached they peppered it with thei1
bullets until it's life was extinct. The
SHINING of it was the next thing; and
it was one Of the members of the party
of six who said: "When the skin was
stretched out it looked to me bigger
than the biggest bullock hide had ever
.seen!" ..,...> gf ~ $....."
That was an adventure for sportsmen
who have no fear of danger, but rather
like it. In truth, there is no part Of tho
American continent where an adven.
turols hunter can get ivelier expert.
ences in bear hunting than those which
are to be found in Alaska. He can take
his choice between the polar bear, the
brown bear and the biggest grizzly on
earth. He can hover about Mount st.
Elias, take observations upon the main.
land near Unga, or go stalking among
the ice fields which border the arctic
ocean, some, distance this side of the
north pole. There are yet lots OF
chances for sport in this country be-
tween Florida strai and p Bair On,
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