The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-03-21
ROLLED DOWN A HILL.
Fresno County Hunters Rough and Tum-
Bile with GrIzzly.

BILE with Grizzly
From the San Francisco CALI
To roll down suoW-Coyere1 mountain
side tightly clasped in the embrace OF .
grizzly bear is an experience few men
pass through and live 10 tell. but tina. is
what happened to Frank Lecky. OF Frcs-
no, about two weeks ago. ami be- has
only a few scratches and bruises AMI
big Dearskin To show as signs Of his ter
rible encounter
1T was the wickedest fight / ever go
into said Frank when telling Of his tx
! peTienCes. and / have been IN 4 good
many, going out hunting in the Sierras
every winter as / DO.
This big fight happened up in tho
Whitney country Il was just d few
miles east Of the Minarets. and In a spo-
where a fellow is always pretty sure %
find big game.
1t was pretty late in the afternoon.
and / was all alone In camp. as the OtEet
boys had not returned from a deer hunt
they started on in the morning
Il had been doing in the tent all day.
! but came out 10 have a look az the sky.
AS | glanced along the top Of A biuf a.
few hundred feet from camp / saw some
thing DARK moving about.
That was enough for me. / got my
rife and started right after Il. The KIM
OF game / was going after didn't cob
cern me a ALL but / really didn't eKpr.f
bear. al least such big, cantankeIO-s
bear.
Taking a roundabout way through the
SNOW, / soon reached the top Of the bluH
and began 10 CTaw. along carefully in Or
der 70 get good resting shot and not
come upon my game too suddenly
Finally ] caught a close view OF a big
dark body moving behind a Clump o.
bushes. II was 50 large that for a mo
nent | thought / had been stalking
COW and was ready 10 kick myself Then
long-draWn sniff and a deep grswI toll
me u was bear ] was sighting Instantly
was all excited with interest an
strained every nerve 10 get the beast LOO
line and 50 plant a bullet into the r.gFr
spot The bear, however had Il mind fY
keep his eyes on me. and kept mogjrs
about as re- peered between The braneh-s
o. the brush.
Suddenly one Of the horses down In
camp neighed loudly and attracted the
pears attention As the bear turned alI
exposed MS side ] fired Down went The
bear like a bag Of wheat. and I frggerf
my rife ball must have gone clean
through his brain. Without sr6guIrs %
consider whether my shot had really been
fatal, ] rushed forward. As ( -tg0ra5
down 70 see where the bail struck, .a-
bear jumped up, and then / knew { bad
only creased it-that Is, tUsl grand .rs
head or spinal cord, and knocked % sense
less for a moment
Before / could swing my rife f0rwss!
10 get in q shot the bear had knocked b.
out OF my hands. and was right Oh Top W
me. Somehow ] managed % draw Hs
knife and get in few jabs that ga DO
damage, The bear Rugged me lighter aLl
tighter. and ] kicked harder and harder
and jabDed wildly with my knife IArH
we both rolled on the ground. ard tHr
= T.. "a
his fast ciaWinE Blows Hy EGEEllE ts#.-
ly against him. ! jabbri and jagy-- d.
ne rolled over and over. ard tH- 1-a. F.
face and jaws were pretty badly eal - d
one Of his eyes pat out ~ service. TITO
snow al around was torn uD aH1 sp-l-
Before I knew Il We we're jgst on ne
edge % the blum, ana an almost s-f-. a.
wall Of snow lay just below Us Tor g,'. o
hundred feet 10 the bottom.
This frightened me more than DE a+af
for / knew what ID meant. but before f.
could think % doing anything Hr Hi.
over the edge and rolling down G. -s-.
ming speed
III c0uid not have taken more t.lr %
few seconds. but u seemed ty m- .--'
years NOW ] vas OF Top ~ mo ..l
and now underneath. SNOW i.l.3 Iy
and ears. and ] was scratched and "D.' b
= and bumped Until I thought ~ .'
had come.
1T reerns 10 me that kept s-rs.-E =.
the bear a. we rolled 0f raill
downward. for We were going l- TOO ..f
Of a cannon bail Then there sas
Den bump. while ] va Or TOP. a-- i-.
bear gave a moan OF pain. and .~' 30 -
me.
That gave ne my chance. and J Grove
ny knife into his heart
The skin measured over seven '.f.
found out while we were cutting --'. y
that when Dc struck th- rock st OBJ. so
tom Of the hlll he Ahalterr3 DIS ry--
Was just a piece % luck ffti -.
struck the rock ard not mY-rt4