The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-04-12

This was greeted by a yell of APP
prevail.
After being urged by all present,
particularly the Yankees, Don Jose
consented to lead the bear hunt. Al
ter a general discussion of the sub
ject, it was decided that all could
be gotten in readiness for the necktie
party by Tuesday night.
BY early dusk Tuesday night every
mans horse was carefully saddled and
bCidled, riatas coiled and hung on
the pommels and the latigos left so
that one pull would tighten them suf-
ficiently for the journey. Anxiously
we waited, loafing around the corri-
doris with occasional chances at our
horses, discussing the prospects of the
hunt from every standpoint and relat-
ing incidents and accidents of prev
ious hunts engaged in by different in
dividuals.
About 10 o'clock Don Jose put new
life into the circle by shouting out of
the door of the house, "A las armas,
muchachos, adelante!" ("'TO arms,
boys, forward!") In less time than
1T takes to tell every man was in his
saddle and we were strung out on
the trail by twos and threes. A finer
looking cavalcade could not have been
pickeS Jut for perfect pose In the
SAM p, mounts and equipment for the
" -spective work.
Don Jose rode slowly ahead, list
ened intently for a moment, then said
in an undertone: The old woman
has arrived, sons.' Ell Buerro wanted
to know how he knew The old man
replied: "The dog that eats does not
bark. Don't you hear the coyotes
yelling? In other words, the bear is
eating horse, the coyotes want to eat
hcFse, but are afraid Of her, so stand
off and yell at her. If the bear was
not there the coyotes would be eating
and could not yell"
Well" said the burrero, chat is
easy to guess after you know how"
Every man shook mis- feet in the
stirrups to see if everything was
tight and Don Jose, pressing his gray
with the calves of his legs and slight
ly leaning forward, went off with a
bound like a shot, yelling: Santiago!
At the bear, boys! Don't be towards
or gourd sellers
Every man followed at like speed
over the mesa, down the steep slope
to the bajeo, hooting and yelling like
demons. In the dim light we could
see a massive form which looked to
me as I got nearer more like my small
boyhoods idea of an ogre than any
thing | mad ever seen. 1t was terrify-
ing, but upon nearer approach my
ogre resolved itself into an enormous
grizzly standing with her forepaws
hanging purposely before her Two
cubs were sitting on their launches
at her side looking at us in wonder
and curiosity; the other was hidden
behind her and the carcass.
We all expected her to stand her
ground and fight for her cubs, as bears
generally do, but she evidently
thought them big enough and old
enough to take care of themselves, so
when we got within about sixty feet
of her she lit out with snort (about
the same sound that large hog would
make IL she did her very best) for
Precipice Canon
According to instructions, Don Jose,
Ell Lenero and Nevarro only put out
after the bear. Ell Georchy, Ell BSer-
no and l deployed as scouts between
the cubs and the arroyo; FL Cir, Ell
Guero, Ambagsio Ybarra and Chato
charging the cubs, which stood their
ground and made a game fight from
start to finish. Don Jose led the trio
after the old bear, a little to the
right and about sixty feet in her rear.
Nevarro was Immediately behind
him. FL Lenero about a hundred feet
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