The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-20

aMlul yeli, ana Ialllnf roileu right Gown toWerd
3 %f the Sl sulg 5sq t% 8 sos Is STEPS Ss r u sfS as SSRoiS asc (! f's &c
the very place l had been standing. He lit on
wild shot Into, him and ran. Never before, or
mountain. really believe that on the sleeper
places made thirty feet at a Jump and the
that dsst o MsSH 81 i nay G shots was %S' IN III SR,f soG y and and i he
other one, had broken 9 front leg.
be %wS when ! w [ rs sSSHs forty my R Rorss. ahead anS | Of Gid The
even touch the stirrup,, but vaulted into the
SssSdfls at e, S SDsd leap az fU so aHf ny Th hse stsr la,S H. BIS
on as last as he could 20. But in the excite
and when the horse reached the end Of Il Re;
turned a grand somersault In the air, end I
to the sroSnd with a ,t6ud which Knocked the
wind out OF me, my rife disappearing In some
t StnsF t SirS SorsS s@0ins i4 Ei. Ai Isst T ,ss bear by H shs
t lEponI o him inn ard ~ IT. then AZ they aG ro had ,d It up and dOw5
on Had he been able to do 60 b, would have
could. and chased Il up and down. occasionally
biting a mouthtul out Of IL. tell and soaring
Ali this time sat sill, not daring to move,
even 70 look, for my ride. for the wind was
Knew my Only chance was to Keep auIst, and
then Z Psssh S 1Sps; the grizzly 6Gt !; Would pSadb not std 1S sst sd ne;
out OF hls mouth. He gazed at the horse a
while, and then looking around spied me. he
s s9ins 10 Charge eP but an he s SSsHH &c % .Rlne e be Tss
OF 1t, and resumed his sitting position and
finally he got up and staggered of three or four
, fffbedr I fo6 SSsSds .b 5esG for SnS @9 ride Rs'G ND Gf a SrHsa;
1t; l p ant the picket e rope and n 3Auite ti leg Lea What
were ~fearfully lacerated. The next day 1 got
my partners to accompany me to the scene OF
eGdf F Esislf; H dead " IN ' t6e brush rns peat pateh. '' The ea bGi:
let which entered his body had pierced a lung.
and, cutting the liver. had ranged back into the
Not far from here lives, a half breed named
P5Sndf h @Har9fba u Tf he Win VI f hunt aa ny more nas O esiDs 3
to b,n a LITTLE ni s%I mTisIgnde IT T%6 a ss had Nth Nth q
ripe and Monroes women folks were anxious
to gather a quantity Of them for winter use, SO
g. so4 SSI sae as' " sRs 5S OSs = II ~ ! ssaH Sh S9s
soon caught enough trout iSr &c sTsgpi ETi
team, and. straddling the old mara rode up on
G ga Rs siS5 slPT sSd P blGsb. R Monroe Esy h taFY Siss s e:
stripping a bush oi lts berries. opistIy, slip;
about his waist. and carefully aiming his ride
pulled the trigger.
ana "a d lisa pesPsdi a. another 9th rom one ss sem ming INTO kSes View
a short distance to the right; Monroe shot that
DEAD 3esi aH IN the the bis I.' ShsreS upon Ss q very y large rst
female grizzly Id Appeared to the right td and stood stood
fet. and she she went ID down " with "a a roar % d pain.
brush behind him. and he lust had, tim to
Are a shot into the animal when the
Brush a Then Tor a time there n was 4 a
the last thing nef IonrO oes saw El Before si he tSipteid was was
the bear trying to grab the mare and she kick
a tps ei so, as Is. h foand d' that sas he Ssu had % vi sio MeaFo on
above his waist. His cheek was torn. his breast
laid open to the bone. his back was lacsrated,
mare was still standing by him. except for a
BY this time tie women and children came
up. having heard the shooting. and managed
RED hi him NOV down home and called Il the DOCTOR e@to It
was many, months before he got outdoors
Els arm and hand The old mare undoTbtedly
saved his life. The day after this happened
s Trou Mri' With T'' The 1 View Of T indi 1Set the enc ear Sssssss
where the manIbear andihorse had mixed it up,
the ground was all torn and trampled, and
there were several bloody trails which led OF
Into, the thick pine timber a little distance be-
| 1ouu. Dul Illcoo pcSdLlc LuOIc eiuNl III ulu,
over we the thick layers q pine needles dies Which, hiIh
Anumber Of years ago the writer was hunt
Ing t buf bost on on the M Missouri One lPs. morning &c n Gns
the heads Of the ooulies to Eills blssSktssiI deer
for 9 change, So after breakfast he saddled
It was nearly noon when he came back down
the long bare Ridge from the prairie. walking
camp and rolled a very large grizzly skin on
the saddle; -,
on mRels 3 a ssSs y yssR ssE 5IIsz USs fan he S ss,d Over oY tPs
"Bow was it p" some one asked.
well, you see, l rode out to the head Of the
down at the head Of a little fork Of It, so1got
this old mud rooter walks up out Of the coulie
right In troRt # me- I dldp't lose no time
for n 'ms. 'u Wei. . list Climbed bach @ onto So Old
after me. ]. Kept sheotin', back at, him. and
consarn me II l could hit him. and he gettlp'
fI9 sn. al r saS Eh!!l ct Y BafSy's fl tsill IN he t TsH m a Sis.
time I had shot of all the cartridges, in
the magazine 81 my gun, an when REACHED
forgotten to put 1t on when I started out this
morni9' Well ka sirs; my hair tbf j1st ri Tiz Strsi Sat
come when found one cartridge in my trous;
sGHs k 6siSr Su | T paf!ed ' shs tri Teeq q 4p S y < .,
twas a lucky cartridge. for it struck the darned
mud rooter squar' in the brain. and he keeled
over dead I've fought Indians, as you know:
was scarf before. But you may, believe. II or
not. tell you that when | got down Of, that
couldn't wabble."
As said at the beginning Of this article.
grizzly bears are not nearly so ferocious as
they are represented to be by the average
writer. The above are three instances Of their
attacking men when wounded. and besides
them the writer knows OF one other case OF
similar nature, and Of, two instances where
men were attacked by them without provoca-
tion and killed. But to offset this. during, a
residence OF twenty and more years In the
Rockies. the writer has known OF hundreds Of
them being killed without a single mishap to
the hunters. 1t may be safely assorted that
not one in a thousand will attack 2 man with
out proyocation and that ninety-nine in a
hundred will try to escape when. wounded.
But look out for the hundredth one!
Outside OF Alaska, Montana probably affords
the best grizzly hunting to be found in the
country, The bears are yet fairly numerous
along the eastern slope, OF the Rockies north
and south OF the Great Northern Railway. and
numbers OF them are to be found in the bad
lands OF the Missouri east Of Fort Benton.
THE CdBMLN AUDITOR.