Charlevoix county herald., 1904-07-09

"Old Nose" the most dreadful griz-
Fly bear in the United States, met
death BETTING his long life of murder
and outrage OF a recent Saturday
evening His last stand was made in
a quaking asp draw within the con-
fines OF his home among the broken
rocks at the northwest corner Of
Black mountain. He died BETTING his
rank and lay down in his last sleep
with imposing grandeur.
Shot through and through times
without number, baitcd with every
device and cunning known to the trap
per; chased by demon posses Of COW
boys and ranchers bent upon his eX-
termination--in all this he has met
them with superior generalship, cum
ming uneXcelIed, and knowledge SUI
preme for thirty-five years by actual
record Of the cattlemen of the middle
southern Colorado country. His TAX
ing away is due solely to years OF
training of a pack of Incompatible
bear dogs. who know their quarry, his
habits, mode OF attack, and retreat as
we'll as this magnificent animal him.
self He was handicapped by this
band of intelligent trailers and knew
not their circling, pinching, running
away tactics.
The talk of the dogs brought the old
monarch TO a standstill with wonder
ard amazoment. He did not even
strike at them, but sat still, and seem
ed to ponder and try to unravel their
unknown and untricd quality. So he
sat and looked and looked without
growl or even q passing of the MUIR
derous paws. J. w. Anthony knew
the language os his pack with won
derment, this hunter with over forty
bear pelts to his credit, and his amaze
ment grew as he watched the unusual
action of the monstrous grizzly.
Now, what VII thunder is that old
fellow figuring on? Never in my life
did l see such an attitude of utter in
difference by any bear toward my
dogs" muttered Anthony.
"I'll just take a shot-lemmc see
about eighty yards"
Bang went the carbine, carrying a
soft nosed 30-40. Old Nose ignored
the shot, although it went through his
jowl and cut quaking asp on the
other side. TOO low-darn that dog
that was in Che way"
The bleeding wound did not even
interest the massive animal, and he
did not as much as look toward the
man with the gun. His interest was
conferred upon the four dogs swapping
around his immense bulk. Likely he
said to himself, you are not the first
that has put bullets in me. I'll attend
to you lator-at present ] must in
Vestigato these funny acting little
dogs"
The second shot went into the left
shoulder and passed clearly through,
and still he stood specializing upon
the little fighters-merely CHANGING at
the man who was firing the death
dealing missiles into his body.
The third shot brought the seeming
inanimate body into lightning activity.
The bullet struck a quaking asp and
threw splintcrs in his face. A sweep
of his mighty paw directed at one of
the dogs cost him a claw, and, miss
ing the dogs, he uprooted an aspen
that was six inches in diameter. Bat
never snarl nor growl from this
king Of all grizzlies. In n leisurely
manner. without even condescending
10 notice the dogs, he started at
slow walk toward Anthony.
The hunter fred his fourth shot,
which went a bit high through the
shoulders, and Old Nose turned and
went back TO the point where the dogs
had stopped him and sat up for
moment, apparently surveying the
country, and acted as though there
was neither man nor dogs within a
thousand miles. The fifth and sixth