New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-16
A HUNTERS MARROW ESCAPE.
Killed a Bear as It Was Chewing His
Arm

One evening while I was so1ourning in Wyom-
| ing a couple of my young friends went out into
a quaking asp thicket after grouse. One of
them was armed with a "A Winchester, the
other with shotgun.
About half mile from the ranch they entered
the thicket, where they knew the grouse
plentiful They advanced cautiously, parting
the bushes, expecting every minute to flush
covey into the scattering trees. when they would
have a good chance at them.
They approached large bowlder, which was
about the centre of the thioket. when young
Stokesberry, who carried the Winchester and
was in front, discovered two or three cub bears
playing around the bowlder. Without hesitation
two hasty shots brought down two of them and
a third shot crippled the other, which raised
terrible yell.
thing Ike q whirlw!rd-ths notf1sr bear>--a
monster silver tip, breaking the fallen timber
and tearing the brush UP by the roots. Stokes
berry went up sapling TO the top of the bowl
der, the bear with mighty roar after him.
The boy with the shotgun damned it against her
side and pulled the trigger, and then took to HE
heels through the brush.
The shot did not stop the progress Of the she
bear. 1t only brought forth another roar.
She kept on after Stokesberry, who had
reached the top of the rock and began to pump
A bullets into her as fast as he could. But the
ammunition was too small and did not seem to
do much harm It only enraged the huge ami
NAL
The rock was not tall enough to protect
Stokesberry, so he ran down the opposite side
and attempted to make his escape by fight, and
probably would have done So but the fallen tim
Der was a great tangle and the brush thick.
He hung his foot and fell The bear was upon
him before he could rise.
Then the bloody tussle began. With one stroke
Of her paw the bear broke two of his r1bs ana
grabbed him by the thigh with her mouth.
But Stokesberry had held on to his gun. There
was only one cartridge in it. and that was In the
magazine From cause the bear let loose
of his thigh and grabbed him py the LETT arm m
lust above the elbow. Stokesberry with his
right hand and the breech Of the gun on the
ground, managed to spring tho lever ana throw
The shell into the barrel, and worked the gun SO
that he got the muzzle into the bears mouth ana
pulled the trigger. 1t blew the top OF the pear
head off, and she fell dead across the BODY or
the young man.
In the mean time the boy had made all possible
speed for the ranch, and with two other men,
well armed came back quickly as they could
They found the bear and the man as nave de-
scribed and thought both were dead
But after pulling the big carcass on OF STOKES
berry they found he was still alive: Iney
FASTENED to the ranch, got q wagon. dispatched
a messenger twelve miles to Carbon for DOCTOR
and used all the remedies they could Wflch re-
stored him to consciousness before the doctor
arrived He terribly lacerated ana oleedlls
nrof,1seIv and his case looked hopeless. But ne
had nerve and in a couple Of months he was
shle to walk about. He had but little use or MS
left arm , a
brought the four bears TO the ranch. me ola
one timed the scales at 500 pounds. AFTER
ward bought the hide, but the shotgun loaded
with No 6 shot had made a hole about SIX
inches square behind the left shoulder None Oh
the shot went any further than to the lids
noenyer Post.