Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-11-09
MISS-MISS SPARED.
HE CAPTURED THE GRIZZLY JUST IN
 THE NICK OF TIME.


 Old Warrior Sought Another Death and
 Col New Lease In life.
 There is but enc beast that the Indi- ans gre really afraid ef. ' said Egerton eYoung, the Baptist minister who re- oenfly retnfned from q long sejonrn among the Hudson hay tribes, where l he was the pioneer missionary. That is the grizzly bear, tho tiger of North America. Only once have heard of q grizzly being captured alive, and in that case the feat saved the life of I fa- nous old warrior.
 Among many of the lIudsen bay tribes it is the custom for the ablebeG- 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 In- dians do not think it we'll to stain their hands with the blood of ono who was once warrior So they delegate the task to their hereditary enemies, the wolves. to which they render all assist anee 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 tho condemned man. The day after sentence has been passed these ex- ecntionera 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 well gnawed bones, which they bring back with fitting ceremonies
 Among all the warriors belonging to tribe with which 1 made q 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 homo fat buck Furthermore. food was scarce, and Miss Miss retained an excellent appetite One morning Miss Miss get orders 10 be prepared to receive the next day q delegation of young braves led by his two stalwart sons.
 But Miss Miss, though he had as- sisted iii many such eeremenials in lis 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 tho young bey rushed ill 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 sqnaws and Miss. Miss were the solo occupants of the camp. He knew that to face Il 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 hear.
 = 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 scanty meal of dried roots. Crawling mp as close as he conld, he hurled his spear The weapon struck the bear i'll the flank. As he had calculated, the wound had no further effect than to infuriate the brute and turn its attention upon him. Miss Miss took his stand with his back to tree, erasped his little tomahawk firmly and awaited death.
 Now, had 1t been an ordinary little black bear the peril of Miss-Miss would have heen small A black bear would have risen on it's 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 in order to hug him to death All Miss Miss would have had to do would have haen to wait until it came within atm s length and plunge his hunting knife in- 10 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 the bear came to close quarters, 1t rose on it's hind legs and made Il mighty, sweep ing blow at his body. Setting his teeth, Miss Miss 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, uninlured. Instead of the sharp claws in his sido ho had felt mighty buffet as if from a huge boxing glove Miss. Miss scrambled to his feet The next glance explained matters. Like himself, the bear was veteran. It had lost its 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 hlpw with m ofher effect fhop thai cF bruising its paws against tho trunks. The fight went on, and Miss Miss strength was giving way, when through an opening in the forest he espied tho blaze of the campfres close at hand Tho bear saw it, too, and with a grant of disgust and disappointment turned round and trotted back into the depths of the forest to resline its meal
 Miss Miss hastened back to the camp and called the oldest of the boys together Take your lassoes, he cried, taAi1 xvn will raDfnrf a tpizzlv alive