The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-26


lightly and fiat backed as boy. as if 10
mere so near the sky she had found the
fountain of eternal youth to nuHify her
dens.
Simple, Brave Folk Are These.
Bog is like his mother, six feet four
| inches tall; thin as an Indian afraid OF
| nothing he has ever met, and like her
ne VIII be child all his days Sim,
PIE honest hospitable. but with strange
IDEAS OF the majesty of the law, they live
~at the top OF the mountain ridge, owners
OF all the land in sight from the hight
| where the cabin stands. Bog is a Car
| Oh al the russians on his own land with
a patronizing amiability for city folks"
Oh whom he stands in great awe when in
| their own confines, butt considers less than
children in his. He has laid down laws,
una whoever comes within mis- domain
must obey them. No dog which noticed
deer could stay longer than a man who
would shoot doe or yearling or a bird
IN Inc mating season. Even a bear has its
rights and they must be respected.
And the ranch pays well. There are
| from so to 100 pelts every year, and they
bring in from $40 to $50 each. The oil from
a 600 to 700-pound bear sells for from $50
to $40. Besides, jerked bear meat is very
| good, indeed and SO is bear steak when
| the bears have lived on nuts or an occa-
sional pig or sheep for sandwich. Add
| to these items an occasional SIS to 800
for a cub, and as farms go, Bowmans
bear ranch pays without counting the an
nual band of hogs.
The Worst Kind of Bear.
Now, these bear are the ferocious black
| bear and their cousins or brothers, the
cinnamon bear. Bog says the two are
brothers-often sons of one mother, not
| withstanding scientific classifieation-and
| Bog ought to know for he has lived
among them, hunted and raised them for
! twenty years. Bog is a hunter and a true,
| fair sportsman and truthful as hunters
| and sportsmen are. When his words are
| of his imagination and of the things which
are not his eyes and lifting eyebrows tell
! the truth and I know which of his tales to
retell.
| He called my attention 10 The dogs with
| as much pride as ne ever evinces fer any
| of his own achievements Early enough
| to make an excuse for their existence, the
dogs are bred to hunt bear. They are a
| judicious minghng of blood hound and
fox hound-for nose and fight. Short legg d
| with deep hound voices and badly shaped
| bodies only a small portion of any and
| frequently none of a litter are wor h rails
| ing, but when they are good they train
| into sldllfuf bear hunters and ferocioUs
| bear fighters Taught not to modest the
! frequent deer or small game on the range
! they win bring from $50 to S125 each, and
! Bog never lacks for a purchas for a good
! dog when he has any too many for him
! self
! The dogs start out coupled, but when
| scent is found he uncouples them and the
| chase beeins. I have been IN at deer deaths
| in the summer time, but September saw
/ my first bear hunt and the pelt win ala
ways harbor a reproach In its black softN
! ners.
a Dear Hunt.
When we heard distant "ah-hoo,ng"
| from The dog in the lead Bog knew a b ar
! hadI been located and quickly sH1pe1 the
coubEes and away the dogs went with Bog
after them. He loses no time, for the DOES
| in worrying tie bear are sometimes
| wounded or killed, or Their courage broken
so that they will never fight again. The
| chappered and chinese thicket Parted
seemingly Of their own volltion to let Fog
| pass, so swiftly did he get through the
! thickets which held me back I had to
make my way guiied by the howlng and
| barking of the dogs, and when I came
up Bog had one deg by the collar and Che
others were bowling and prancng about
| the base of great sugar pine Away up
! in the tree was Bru.n. He rantel from
! his enforced run and climb and looked
1 down at Us with -you-do-now
air Z $ if he felt himself absolutely secure.
| He leaned bis ugly head down and peered
at us. KEEPING ii constantly wagging. l
| knew Bog's law that 10 baar might be shot
| except through The head-if I missed that
ungalniy WagglnS head Bog would be dis
! appointed, for whomsoeyer he honored
WIN shot at his game he expected 10 in
Varaply hit their mark. Two or hree fail
ures meant lapse OF friendship.
And Then the Bear Fell.
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