The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-03-18
|vtsran GrizzIyofSouth-
ern Colorado Is
Killed.
GAIN BY TIE . CHOPPERS.
= More Than Nine Feet in Length
WEIGHT LOO Pounds-Lons
Terror to Everyone.

= Id NOSE" a veteran grizzly
WY that Inhabited the Sierra Ma
DIRE mountains in Southern
Colorado for a number OF
~ years. has been slaughtered
rouple OF tie choppers. who are the
~ Of a number Of old hunters.
"a animal has been the terror OF the
!. indian braves for years. He had made
...sslonal raids on the borders of their
walton. and hardy hunters hunted and
,ss,sd for the old brufn without ever get
- bead on him, He became a we'll
issvn character, was bugaboo to
-.serz. and mothers frightened their
sfdren into obedience by just intimating
a aOld Nose" was coming. The In
- also had name for him, which was
.syst spgngeni" or Big Belly" which
! vas ehristened one time after eating
Z bad OF freight
couple OF Indians hauling a wagonload
<sun from Durango to the agency camp
4 aver night In the bottoms of the San
~ river. Their load consisted of apples,
ouarter Of fresh beef. several packages
pgar, some -four, and a can of syrup.
ming the night his bruinship approached
mir camp, and the first that the sleep
y Indians knew OF his presence was the
Vi snortings OF their horses picke,ed
~ BY.
ne animals broke loose and ran 10 the
aGhss, followed by the frightened Indians
~ Nose took possession OF their camp,
"a when they ventured back at daylight
~ discovered that he had eaten the bar
nj Of apples, the meat and the sugar and
A. ~ ripped the -four sacks open and scat
/ NJ the contents all about the camp IN
| N manipulation the wagon had been up
xind the syrup can had been cuff.d abou;
| Wi he had succeeded In rupturing a
xsm and got al the contents. That was
w Ne got hts Indian name
4 short time ago a party of tic chop.
Ms working for the Denver a. Rio Granie
7aoad, about five miles from Chama, NJ
T. slittlc way south OF the Colorado line,
niied oug 10 their work one morning, and
w Of the men ran across the tracks Of
N bar They were fresh. they knew, for
Mhi coating OF snow had fallen during
~ night That It was the trail OF "Oid
lase' they were certain, for the tracks
s~s about the size OF a web snowshoe.
fastening back toward the camp, the
ssed choppers notified their compan-
Hs There were only two men in the
sssd that had rifles. and they were the
MY twu that dared tackle the bear,
MY sereF C. Hoagland and ]. NJ. Gill;
Asi The men took the trail OF the chop
~ uatii reaching the spot where they
aa struck the tracks made by "old
x~ witch they did not have 10 follow
mr. than two miles before they came
W. The monster. About seventy-five
lsds away, he was getting a breakfast
- wide patch OF Wild rose bushes.
fssa upon his launches, tho bear was
WY engaged In stripping OF the cured
ssw bulbs by raking the bushes through
y sssih with his paws.
NJ hunters, unobserved, watched the
Fxssdings for time. planning the at
They finally fred simultaneously.
'&As a. the brute's neck. That he was
vas evident, lie began clawlng with
y IND feet. filing the air with a cloud
,aev. brush and earth. The hunters
we concealed behind large rock, and
VI pumping the magazines OF their
7ss until the bear discovered the source
ne trouble. Then, with angry roars.
made for their direction.
Wien within thirty or forty yards OF
= snbush a bullet entered one of his
~ passing through the brain, and
YAsd beneath the skull. The bear was
nA Their game was mountain OF
~'A weighing about 100 pounds. A
s0as wagon was brought from the
As2 70 cart IN the meat
~ peit was taken 90 camp and
h'esned on framework Of timbers for
Veg Y was nine feet six inches In
70 zaa over seven feet In width. The
vas prime In texture and color and
aaA sis inphos in length all over the
So and seven or eight inches In
w. o. the neck and back over 200
enssss q Cat was rendered from the car