Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-05-17

explained tndl III ferytnin went wen
he would hire all the chiefs and young
braves for his show.
After we got to bed pa said he was
almost sorry he told the chief that
he would take a grizzly bear by one
ear, and cuff the other ear with the
fiat of his hand. as he didn't know
but a wild grizzly would look upon
such conduct differently from our old
bear in the show used to. Any per-
son around the show could slap his
face, Dr. cuff him, or kick him in the
Stats, and he would act as though they
were doing him a favor. The big
game hunter told pa that there was
no danger in hunting a grizzly, as you
could scare him away, if you didn't
want to have any truck with him, by
waving your hat, and yelling: "Git,
Ephraim." He said no grizzly would
stand around a minute if you yelled
at MIN. Pa made up his mind
he would yell all right enough, if we
came up to a grizzly.
will We I'LL L oACCp uluCA tndt
night, cause pa kept practicing on his
yell to scare a grizzly, for fear he
would forget the words, and when they
called us in the morning pa was the
poorest imitation of a man going out
to test his bravery that l ever saw.
While the Indians were getting ready to
go out to a canyon and turn the dogs
loose to round up a bear, pa got a big
knife and was sharpening it, so he
could rip the bear from Genesis to
Revelations. After breakfast the chief
and the Carlisle Indian, and the big
game hunter, and the cowman and ]
went out about two miles, to the
mouth of the canyon, where it was
very narrow, and they stationed pa by
a big rock, right where the bear would
have to pass; the rest of us got up on
a bench of the canyon, where we
could see pa be brave, and the young
Indians went up about a mile, and
started the dogs. Well, pa was q
sight, IS he stood there waiting for
the bear, so he could cuff it's ears, and
rip it open, right in sight of the chief
and skin it; but he was nervous, and
we could see that his legs trembled
when he heard the dogs bark mp the
canyon. I yelled to pa to think Of
Teddy Roosevelt, and Daniel Boone
and Buffalo Bill, and set his teeth SC
they would not chatter and scEre the
bear, but pa yelled back: "Nefer you
mind. will kill my bear in Icy own
way, but you can make up your mind
to nave bear meat for supper"
Pretty soon the big game hunter
said: There he comes, sure's you are
BORN" and we looked up the canyon
and there was something coming, al
big as a load of hay, with bristles
sticking up a foot high on its back, ant
its mouth was open, aud it was looping
right towards pa. Gee, but | wa;
proud of pa, to see him sharpening his
knife on his boot leg, but when the
great animal got within about a bloch
of pa, the great father seemed t.
have a streak of yellow, for he dropped
his knife and yelled: "Git, Ephraim,'
in a loud voice, but Ephraim can't
right along, and didn't git with any
great suddenness. When the bear gor
within about four doors of pa, he saw
the great father, and stood up on his
hind legs, and looked as big as {
brewery horse, and he opened hi
mouth and said: "Woof," just like
that. That was too much for my pa
who began to shuck his clothes, ant
then started on a towards tn,
mouth Of the canyon. The bear LOOKED
around as much as to say: well
what do you think Of that?" and W,
watched pa sprinting toward the In
dian camp like a scared wolf.
The big game hunter put a few bull
let's in the bear where they would d.
the most good, and killed it, and W,
went down in the canyon and skinned
it, and took the meat and hide I,
camp, where we found pa under a BET
in a squaw's tepee, making grand hail
ing signs Of distress, and trying tt
tell them about his killing a bear b,
letting 1t run after him, SO 1t woul,
tire itself out and die of heart failure
When we found pa he had com
out from under the bed, and was look
ing at the hide of the bear to find tn
place where he hit it with the knife, a
he said he could see that the onl
chance for him to kill the bear wa
to throw the knife at it from a dis
lance, cause the bear was four time
as big as any bear he had ever killed
Pa took out a handful of gold piece
and distributed them among the In
dians, and told the Carlisle Indian t
explain to the tribe that the great ia
ther had killed the bear by %hypnoti,n
and they all believed it except tn
chief, who seemed skeptical, for b
said: Great father heap brave ma
like a sheep, Go play seven-up wit
squaws."" Poor pa wasn't allowed t
talk with the men all day, cause tn
old chief said he was q squaw mai
Pa says they don't seem to realize ths
a man can be brave unless he allow
himself to be killed by a bear, but b
says he will show them that a gres
mind and q great head is better in tn
end than foolishness. Now they wal
pa to run a footrace with the ychn
e Indians, as the record he made ge
ting to camp ahead of the bear is be
ter than any time ever made on tf
reservation.