The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-25
FIGHTS WITH GRIZZLIES.
OWE OF THEN DRAWS A BoUT WITH
THREE LIONS
A Second Routed in n Panic by n Terror
Stricken Burro-Edorts to Catch Third
AliVe-Escnpc of the Rear and the Timely
Diversion Made by Railroad Train.

Diversion Made nv n Railroad Train
| ga. n ,,orro,,, :, AL, ,,, ,.e,,, o.. w..
chad CHARGE ~, nya ,ri,,nto. ,vho 80 a.,
| t,pc ,n,.o,o,h ,oIaa IL ,ho too,hu,a ~ 49,.
| 1cstern sido ~ n NaroIa ,,,.,,nt,Ir MI.
,,olos war. tor n ~, ,i,,orv or.rh ond ,ro h.
nm abundance -, ,,r,b.r 10 so,.,, ,ron, nno
dov whilo ont ot,or trosh n,oo, tor o,r oa,,r
snddoniv ,o,rd wal, ~ tho odno -, az ~
mos, circular has,n y, about m ,cro In nrtont
TbIs hns,n ros en-, TIA h,,,o,r -, :, io,oi ,,i,h
| n s,ono doun intc 4, o,r,o.t orroa,t, 49,,
Th.rn w,s ;,st ono ,rao In the h,sin ,,t,h .
| thick c,rnet ~ e-,so IN tbo orornd ,nd Iu,.
| uonderinu over tho tr.ok ~ n,turo r1h,n a
| b,ltgrovn ,,orr..t, ill., ,nr,nn IT, IT,
from the alone h,vn ,not.n a, II. cana out
| n, tho hushes v,,b oyarv onnooronno ~, haInr
| rattIed and .,tar, bocl vord iooi ara unari
| he ralloned across the grasa and sonebt shoI.
for e,,ct,v h.ne,tb M nrohoh,r IN oora 7
couId bavo mt br,,o, IN 70 h,p, o,.uv nnon,h
but az II VIVA summer his f,,r vas M GOOD
"ue vns b,rdlr o,t -, ei,ht n,hn, Ihoar5 =.
snorting and coughino and crosbins, ovar ~
slope and hair a ninut, Iotor n bie gr,y,ir
tumbled into viey 70 In nursu,+ ~ Tho Iion
no had taken tbinue eaav uo stood md
looked around for , ,,irutn ,rd ,boro IN, ~
dopht in nv mind ,h,t ho lnootod tha Iior,,
dan both nv sigbt and ,,,oII ua didn,, haa1
for e. hovover but ,mhIod ,ior. 20 ~ 100
and began A cIrcus performance Fortnp min
utes be rstod M hort ,,I,h hto oloma 49,,
tnrnhled srornd ond ,,,s ro,,In,r ,oaa,r o.,
FIRE a bullst into him a. a SCARE vhsn vIsitor.
ar,,o,.aa r., .,a .t ""'n ..ei'oi'
appeared From out OF the den below me
crept three lions-malc and female and the cub
had seen. pcrbons tb,v uaro mad ovor tho
,,n,, 49, ,,,, NY W. .n"u o'1 , 'no
haps old Ephra,m had been daring them to
como out and settle mntters AT nnv rate thew
III
they meant business. The grizzly welcomed
them with n low crow. and then stood atm
Whiie the hons separated to attack him from
throe different sides at once. The old fellow
~. ~ u", o"o. anu ne f'inpS
t. "I .no olu mae non all MS attention.
ru,h Thop ,hsv , sn, mons ~oG'9 e" IN with
for all they hey, were worth Each beast advanced
the Cub lion took tho gritty, rsar Ths tam n
damned ~ oa,," we ~, p,,,.,, rs. ni,"
pretty we'll back. and the malo made direct
advance. All four animals kent m n low erovl-
ing. and now and then one Of the lions would
spit like cat There was no signal and vet
the three made their springs simultaneously.
i 'nink the distance covered was about ten
feet The thing was done SO quickly that my
,,:or, ,;, Lat, ''.o 'ni &c ''o ~,
were D'hG nan ctouched on the grass and tho
a
rolling about on the erass
"Tha .,.,,l.I,. ~. -
ihe struHeIe on inc grass lasted about
minute, and the growls and snarls and yelps
made my hair stand up. Whom the ball un-
ro!led itself the cub was out OF the fight. lie
but the other simply retreated a few yards TO
get breath. This time it was the lioness who
rear. Ipresume no watched her out tot. OF the tail
OF his eye but his attention was centred on the
m n han a in
together. This timo the grizz y did not q down,
and the trio went round and round the tree
the lions was rolled over and over by blow, only
to como back again. and twice tho big bear was
the hottest kind OF lighting Tor several min
utes. and then the lions suddenly drew of |
n"a sods s:s T q asmsss By RAD bs. 5sn
tn The bear seemed to heys he'd one eye clawed
lions we're impthc and Covered t With bn" H 'n
looked Tor the light to go on but after watching
each other for a quarter Of an hour the COM
l2r decided on making the affair draw;
she was soon fotoxed ~ the maze. and "f tRoush
growis Of defiance at the retreatine u foe He
acted like a bear, who was willing to let well
to himself he Iumbercd across the grass and and
di!s!alKreared on the ush,covered slope.
Hrs Is no "HGT yd beast t on the face Of
min and an4 viii Pot b. svG dts-
forward to attack q man unless 9 hni iepced. but
Mt the same time he would not retrent hayH
tail ell with Indians in California. Nevada lduh1
and Montana who had hunted the grizzly ior
years and encounterrd him under al eircun,
sranres and none OF them me could say they had
ever seen him ratified On the contrary. ali
wore agreed that there was no such thng: as as
once saw Old Ipnrn!m so frigh,ensI that n
prairie wolfrUuld have kept him on tie run,
:" We had campni on a I6vri snSt IN inrun-
tninsde in M"nfars, nHi thourh we had nc"m-
Ilod it for i've days snd hunted lar and near no
signs OF grizzly had been seen. The sixth
about and gave our traps an overhHuiing Va
had three mules and ono burro in the Pack
Uurro hal his freeium How it happeuod thai |
he was on the east side of the cnmp by hTmseif |
while thH mules wore together on the west.
can't saw hut surh was tLs aitnn+i%ni
The burro had eaten Ms Mi and STOOL |
beside a bush about 200 feet from tHs |
tents ard his attit,I,i, was go anIvv an3
4 e!ected that it had boen remarked. Of a SUD ,
den we were stnrtled hy a choking sort oi |
noise from tho little beast. and As wo iooSei IN
he stood almost nose TO nose with a rrizzIyp
The bear had coma down n suIlv hevSnd IA
bush, HAVING doubtiess iocste nnr "an,p s .ri
his Intention was to walk right in on ne viii |
out any Introduction He diin't COT siubt ~ |