Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-11-18
MISS MISS SPARED.
HE CAPTURED THE GRIZZLY JUST IN
 THE NICK OF TIME.

How the Huslson Bay Tribes Dispose of
 the Old and Tndisent Menrers--Tlnis
 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 long sojourn among the Hudson hay tribes, where he was the pioneer missionary. That is the grizzly bear, the tiger of North America. Only once have heard of q 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 ableboa- 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 oil the head without ceremony. The process of getting rid of an old man is more elaborate. The h. dians Go aet think it we'll to stain their hands with the blood of one who was once MalI4or So they delegate the task to their hereditary enemies, the 1 wolves, to which they render all assist anee in their power.
 When it has been decided at q sol emn powwow that any particular old man is to die, instructions are given to 6 number Of young men to take meas ares 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- ecutioneFs call on tho veteran, attack him with stones and spears and drive him into the wilderness. There they leave him to his fate. 4 few days later they return and collect few well 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 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 fat buck Furthermore, food was scarce, and Miss Miss retained an excellent appetite. One morning Miss Miss got orders 10 be prepared to receive the next day delegation of young braves led by his two stalwart sons.
 But Miss Miss, though he had as- sisted i'll many such eeremonials in his day, had not yet come to consider him. self old and useless. He was very angry Just as Miss-hIiss had done reyiling the ingratitude of the young a boy rushed in to say that huge grizzly was feed- ing short distance from the camp. Here was the veterans chance. All the braves were away at the hunt. Children and squawB 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 a 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 seanty 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 infariate the brute and turn it's 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 Miss would have been small. A black bear would have risen on its hind legs when it came to close quarters, and leaving it's chest quite unprotected. tried to insert it's paws between the man and the tree i'll order to hug him to death. All Miss. 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 its chest. One thrust would have teen sufficient. But grizzly is differ ent. 1t strikes with it's mighty claws. Miss-Nfiss awaited the onset. When the bear came to close quarters it rose on its hind legs and made q mighty, sweep ing blow at his body. Setting his teeth, Miss-Miss struck at its 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 Ill his side he had felt mighty buffet as if from q huge boxing glove. Miss. Miss scrambled to his feet The next glance explained matters. Like himself, the bear was veteran. It had lost it's claws long since Miss-M Miss lodged 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 in the forest he espied the blaze of the campfires close at hand The bear saw it, too, and with grunt of disgust and disappointment turned round and trotted back into the depths of the forest to resnme its meal.
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