Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-07-02
Tackled u She-Iiear.

hulph NCN lou, III iuC
Elk Creek country, Jackson County,
Oregon, had an exciting hand-to-hand
fight with she-bear in her den the
other day. AS he was on his way
home the other evening, he saw the
bear on a sharp point of rocks over
hanging the river bank. Dropping on
his knee, he fred twice. The first
shot missed, but the second hit the
bear in the leg. and she rolled over
and apparently down the land side of
the rock. Newman examined the
ground where the bear seemed to fall,
but could find no trace of his game.
He then climbed the point of rocks
until he came to rock-ribbed basin
about twelve feet deep. At the bot
tom of the basin was the bear and
with her were three cubs. Newman
was able to see that he had wounded
the bear just enough to make her full
of fight. AS it was dusk, and as he
had doubts of the outcome of a single
handed conflict with the animal, he
deferred the attack until morning.
Early the next morning, Newman
accompanied by his wife, who knows
as we'll as her husband how to trap an
animal, went to the point of rocks and
besieged the she-bear and her cubs.
They carried trap, stout rope, and
two rifles. Newman examined the
basin and found fair sized hole in
the bottom. Against this aperture
the trap was placed to head off the
young bears should they attempt to
escape. Newman then tied the rope
around his waist, and, with gun in
one hand and torch in the other, de-
scended into the hole to do battle with
the boar. Newman had hardly OBJ.
tanned foothold in the bottom of the
hole before the bear made for him.
The first stroke of her ponderous paw
put out the light and Newman and his
game settled their differences in total
darkness. Newman escaped hug
ging by retreating into corner where
he had an opportunity to fire shot.
1t caught the big bear in the throat
and took all the fight out of her. Two
more shots finished her. Then the
trapper killed the cubs and carted his
game to Eagle Point. The she-bear
weighed 500 pounds.
A Regiment That Went to Battle Unar,med
While they were in camp, before tho
battle of Murfreesboro, the Forty
fourth Mississippi Regiment, more
familiarly known among the men rs
Blythe's brigade, was separated from
the camp on account of the measles.
In order to equip recruits, that were
constantly coming in, with the sorely
needed guns, the Forty y-fourth was
practically disarmed, the intention
being to arm them later with guns ex-
pected from the rear. About this time
the Federals began the movement
from Nashville which brought OH the
celebrated battle at Murfreesboro, and
when the brigade was ordered into
position an effort was hastily made to
arm the Forty-fourth, who had now
recovered their health, with the old
SIN ooth-bore muskets. These the
regiment fatty declined to have, and
were then told that they would have
to go into the fight without arms.
This they did, and when the order to
charge was given went yelling and
barehanded across the field, but as
soon as fallen foe-or friend, either
was spied he was promptly relieved
Of his gun and accoutrements. So
that by the time the battle was over
the men were nearly all we'll armed
with new Springfield rifles. Memphis
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