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

3 aps are really afraid 0f, said Egerton S Young, the Baptist minister who re.
 cently returned fren long soiourn
 among tho Hudson Lay tribes, where a he was the pioneer missionary. 'sThat 3 is the grizzly bear, the tiger of North
 America. Only once have heard of q l grizzly being captured alive, and in 4 that case the feat saved the life of fa- nous old warrior
 Among many of the Hudson bay riles 1t is tho custom for the ablebc9- 3 fed 10 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 I simply knocked on the head without ceremony. The process of getting rid of l an old man Is more elaborate. The h. j 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 ance in their power.
 nWhen it has been decided at a sol chm 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 arc always the sons of the condemned man. The day after sentence has been passed these ex- ecutioners call OH the veteran, attack hip with stones and spears and drive him into the wilderness. There they , leave him to his fate. A few days later they rethrn and collect few we'll Agnawed bolas. which they bring back
 h fitting oerssonies.
 dAmong all tkS,garriors belona;no
 eANibe 1Swhieh I made long so-
 sy at2 nop2phad a more glorious record
 Efise Mics But Miss Miss was get f'e e.a .4ls sfs Ntle dim, his hands Fwere slow, and rarely did he bring home I 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 he had as- sisted i'll 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 TeviIing the ingratitude of tho young boy rushed in to say that huge grizzly was feed ing a short distance from the camp. Here was the veterans chance. All tie braves were away at the hunt. Children and squaws and Miss Miss were the solo 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 and tomahawk and went forth 10 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 d seanty 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 no further effget than to infuriate the brute and tufn it's attention upon him. Miss-Miss took his stand with his back to a tree, gTasped his little tomahawk firmly aud awaited death.
 Now, had it been m ordinary little black bear the peril of Miss Miss would have been small. A black bear would have risen on it's hind legs when it came to close quarters, and leaving its 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 haye been to wait until 1t came within arms lsnsth and plunge his bunting knife in to it's chest One thrust would have teen sufficient. Bnt q grizzly is differ ent It strikes with its mighty claws. Miss-A1iss awaited the onset. When the hear came to close quarters, it rose on It's hind legs and made mighty, sweep ing blow at his body. Setting his teeth, Miss-Miss struck at it's head with his fsmahawk. Tine weapon was dashed from his grasp and he was hurled to tho ground, but, much to his surprise uninjured. Instead of the sharp claws n his side he had felt mighty buffet as if from huge boxing glove Miss. Miss scrambled to his feet. The next glance explained matters. Like himself, the hear was veteran. It 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 l was dim with age, aimed blow after blow, with 10 other effect than that of l bruising its paws against the trunks. 1 Tho fight went on, and Miss-Miss strength was giving way. when through l an opening in the forest he espied the l blaze of the campfires close at hand. 1 The bear saw #, teo, and with grunt l of disgust and disappointment turned l round and irotted Lack into the depths 1 of the forest to res's me its meal
 Miss Miss hastened back to the 1 camp and called the oldest of tho boys 1 together Take your lassoes. he cried, and We will capture grizzly alive. So out they went When inc party ar l rived within range, Miss Miss whistled. l The bear raised it's head and the boys cast their lassoes Che moose fel over u set