Connecticut western news., 1899-08-31
EMMONS HUNTS BEARS.
Our Alaskan Friend Heard From Again He's Hot Stuff With Rifle.
 He Has Stalk ed Some Good Claims.


 On the 10th of last June I joined a party of six to round up a To, of bears that lay in every nook We travel from day to day, taking two fox hounds and our Winchester repeating rifles. With plenty of ammunition we saunter- ed forth for the uplands of Porcupine river, some five miles distant. Amid these with our heavy packs of provis- ions, blankets, tents. etc. late in the p. m., tired and foot sore. Pitching our tents we built our camp fires and dined on the luxuries of the place and season which usually consists of beans, bacon, rice, oatmeal. biscuit. flap jacks, the latter being somewhat similar to our tasty griddle cakes only they are usual ly large and thick, covering the surface of spider and about one half inch thick and are turned over in the air. Simply by twist of wrist it is elevated out of the chimely top and the cook runs ont of the door and catches it las 1t falls earthward) in the spider all turned over with all the deleterious gases extracted therefrom by it's sliding through the at- mosphere. Our boys are prscticing at target shooting. l must follow suit for l must shoot accurately. Yes sir, it's gone through IA inches of solid fir wood. 100 feet away from the tree. We'll I guess if Mir Bear runs against one of EJ bullets he will know it. Now we are aiming at the bullseye. I pierce it and l guess I will do. Sometime men gets rattled when a bear come bounding towards them and to keep yeur nerve and take deliberate aim when Bruin Is tearing up small trees, bushes and everything in his way is the proper caper.
 Now we turn in to sleep and rest up for the work before us on the morrow. Sleeping finely and awaking bright and early we get cur breakfast and soon are hustling our dogs after our game. In few hours we hear the paying of the hounds. Nearer and nearer it comes and all at once we hear the crashing of brush and we find ourselves face to face with four bears; two old ones, the others doubtless their last years offspring, Grizzly bears are ugly fellows, black bears are harmless but these grizzlies are fighters. They are about 1000 feet from us. They do not seem to notice us one way or the other. The dogs are worrying them and we are now within 100 rods of them and my partner has just wounded one of the cubs and what a change comes over these hitherto do- cile beasts. Now they dive right for us. We take careful aim. Bangi bangl baDgl rang out six rifles. One old bear bites the dust but they are reused to a fury of rsge and they are charging us and we run for our trees which we have located. An. what shelter when hotly pursued and it was lucky for us we had tree with us this time. They are not always where you want them and they are too cumbersome to carry along with you, but fortune fs- vored us this time, and my partner aud l are safe among the hemlock boughs with our guns strapped to us. Old Bruin Is mad. How he tears up the earth in his rage I have eight shells in my magazine and one in my barrel. I will settle your hash ''old commodore" and raised my rifle to my shoulder, resting 1t on limb. sent message to bis lordship that acted like Dovers powder on 8 sick child Why, he never whimpered. One leap into the air and he quietly stretched himself to rest.
 We crept down from our trees and found that my explosive bullet had broken his neck and literally tore his heart out. Out yonder my partner is banging away at the last of the four and while badly wounded be is dying game" Now he is on his pins trying to get to us, now he falls over and after seven shots are poured into him he gives mp. Having killed four bears and being tired, we return to our tents with our bear skins and all the meat ws want, which we cook, eat and enjoy. While we are tired ont we finish our days work stretching the hides in the sun, az sun shines here from o'clock 8. m. till II o'clock p. m. at this season.
 After this was all done we turn in and sleep, but to be awakened in the morn ing by our dogs coming yelping and closely pursuing them. On they come, 1 bounding towards us. I have just caught sight of an old grizzly within eight feet of my tent. Out of my blan kets I spring las we were all in bed) grabbing my rife which has only two shells therein, take quick but careful aim and send hard nose explosive bull. let right through his lungs, entering just back of his shoulder. How be wilts. the blood pours out of the wound like slaughtered OK which he resem- bles in size. He sinks in the snow. Up he jumps and makes for me but he is too weak. He falls down The dogs are worrying him. Away he runs and falls and runs. Ire my last shot after him striking him in the back
 Putting on my clothes and finding my shells hustle after my game which l overtake 100 rods down the hill, fight ing the dogs. When he sees me he tries to come for me but he is getting weaker. After firing four more shells into him he laid quiet and we relieved him of his heavy coat. This was the fifth bear and the largest one of the lot and this finished up our bear hant for this time.
 You, no doubt, want to hear about our prospects for gold. We'll, there is lots of gold here. Three men made the discovery last fall and staked three claims O 20 acres each and got Jack Dalton to stake Discovery Claim" Riv. ing him one. quarter interest, thus the three men own 75 acres of rich placer mining ground. They were poor men, coming here with $2l5, all told, the three of them. That is all they had to buy their outfits and they have all they can ever want and more. I have banned out in one pan of dirt on one of theii claims $6S, and one pan means one shovel full lone long handle shovel) Three men with shovel and pick take out from $500 to 5000 day. They have the cream as they were here first and those of us that came in later have the leavings. How much we may oi may not have is yet to be learned. but have seen enough to satisfy me that my coming will not be frnitless. am glad l came and am sure of more than enough to make me comfortable. ..
 My present partner is q whole-souled man, Louis K. Pratt of Denver, Col an attorney and co lnselor of law, also formerly judge. and he is hustler
 We made location Aug. 3 that is O. K. and we shall gather in some other