Paar 6. ob Ar THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT, BELLEFONTE, PA., JUNE 17, 1909. BY A GRIZZLY HUNT THEODORE ROOSEVELT P. Putnam's Sons. gement with G. I, York and London.) out In the late fall or early it 1s often possible to follow a bear's trail in the snow; having upon it either by or hard hunting having found it leads from some carcass on st has been feeding. In the pursuit must exercise great caution, as at such times the hunter is easlly seen a long way off, and ga: is always especially watchful for any foe that may follow its trall, Once 1 killed a It was earlr I Copyright, 1893, by G. Published under arrar itnam's Sons, New F spring, come chance or J $11] where which the bea one grisly In thls man A slight on the ground, h 3 boded a storm camp was bleak, wind valley, high amon; the mountains which form the dl between the head-water and Clarke's Fork At dawn | rose ar of the buffalo frost. Thesashes less; bitter « but sr fur cap an a side ravine; a mouthf of supper Two hours of toll uj tain brought me to the The sun had risen, bu 1s h hind a bank of sullen clot divide 1 halted, and gazed out o vast landscape, Inconceivably wild and dismal. For ty hours | walked on wards across the ridges and Then among scattered spruces where the snow to the depth of half a foot, 1 suddenly came the fresh. broad trall of a The brute was evidently ro ng restlessly about in of willing food that the tral side, ahead wind A! walked rag At last ridge saw | My swept ils y the stes Pp moun top of a spur idden be ids, On yer a w valleys some lay on grisly in search work ) ping quiet end of the struck na ran past wit the bear was w was a rather close gr evergreens, affording though In one or V He down and erawl the When I reached the point was alming, the bear had rooting, and was starting off whistle brought him to a and I drew a bead behir and low down, res rifle a the crooked branch of a dwarf spruce At the erack he ran off at speed, mak ing no sound, but the thick spatter of blood splashes, showing clear the white snow, betrayed the mortal na ture of the wound. For some minute I followed the trall; and then, topping A ridge, | saw the dark bulk lying motionless In a snow drift at the foo of a low rock-wall down which he ha tumbled, One day while eamped near the Rit ter Root Mountains In Montana I foun! that a bear had been feeding on the carcass of n moose which lay some five miles from the little open glade In which my tent was pitched, and ! made up my mind to try to get a sho! at it that afternoon. I stayed In eamp till about three o'clock, lying lazily back on the bed of sweet-smelling ever stand d his sh ting the on the | “Gril.” green boughs, watching the pack po- nles as they stood under the pines on the edge of the open, stamping now and then, and switching thelr talls. The alr was still, the sky a glorious blue; at that hour In the afternoon even the September sun was hot, When the shadows began to length- en, I shouldered my rifle and plunged nto the woods, At first my route lay along a mountain side; then for half a mile over a windfall, the dead timber plied about In cre lon. After that I we Y up the bottom of a valley by a little Drool: the ground belng carpeted with a sponge of soaked Oss, At the head of this brook was a pond covered with water lilies; and a scram- ble through a rocky pass took me into a high, wet valley, the thick growth of spruce was broken by occa slonal strips of me In this valley the moose carcass lay, well at the up per end. In throt the dar} y confu where MUOW, trod voods. softly as already 1 chill of even 1 the clt re the Iked with redot slight I Iay intently began to dark to sb Kfudde aaa miess on the gath fear that It ot before the and great bear stepped on and trod ac the 1 such swift and sile: od unrea WAY with ross bulk seem tious continually around, hind valley reach tween while gavage f gle fe and 3 the the case the bear die the thicl I sper ich hunting the Balmon and Sna the Montana of the of 1880 head -w of the ke In Idaho and along boundary line from the Big Hole Basin and the head of the Wisdom River to the neighborhood of Red Rock Pass and to the north and west of Henry's Lake. During the last fortnight my companion was the old mountain man, named Griffeth or Grifin--1 cannot tell which, as he was always called either “Hank” or He was a crabbedly honest old fellow, and a very skilful hunter; but he was worn out with age and fall aters | rheumatism, and his temper had failed | i even faster than his bodily strength He showed me a greater variety of | game than | had ever seen before in "| short a time nor did 1 ever before or after make so successful a hunt. But he was an excesding'y dlzagreeable companion on account of his surly, moody ways. 1 generally had to get up first, to kindle the fire and make ready breakfast, and he was very quar relsome. Fioally, during my absence from camp one day, while not very far from Red Rock pass, he found my | fired, - — | whiskey- flask, which I kept purely for | | emergencies, and drank all the con. | tents, When I came back he was quite | drunk. This was unbearable, and after some high words 1 left him, and struck off homeward through the | woods on my own account. We had with us four pack and saddle horses; and of these I took a very intelligent and gentle little bronco mare, which possessed the invaluable tralt of al ways staying near camp, even when not hobbled. 1 was not hampered with much of an oulfit, having only my buffalo sleeping-bag, a fur coat, and my washing kit, with a couple of spare pairs of socks and some hand kerchiefs. 1 walked, while the little mare followed almost like a dog, often without my having hold the lariat which served as halter. As dusk was coming on I hs camped In a little spot slde of a small, nolsy brook, tal water. I opened the pack, the bedding on a haltered the litt) few dry rifle gloamin grou A al cam the ited and by the with crys tossed spot, knec- gged up a iled off, frosty up a Op n smooth ts WK ng « ng towards » up to the ore nd looked over in valley » sixty yards off. Im ately I caught the loom of some large, dark object; and anotl her glance show. ed me a big pg kl ] with his | t of one of to the med! grimy I walted e, raking het He made a victous side 1 ne nt me smashing his lower Jaw and going Int the neck. 1 leaped to one side alu as I pulled trigger; and through the hanging smoke the first thing 1 saw was his paw as he made a viclous side blow at me. The rush of his charge carried him past. As he struck he lurcifed forward, leaving a pool of bright blood where his muzzle hit the ground; but he recovered himself an i made two or three jumps onwards white I hurriedly jammed a couple of eartridges Into the magazine, my rifle! holding only four, all of which 1 had) Then he tried to pull up, bm as he did so his muscles seemed sud denly to give way, his head drooped | and he rolled over and over like a shot rabbit. Each of my first three bulleu aad inflicted n mortal wound. 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