| Show unpleasantness between the yale scientific expedition and a grizzly in the uintah mountains SALT LAKE CITY september 5 1873 editor deseret jaems early dawn was just rendering things material indistinctly visible on the morning of Saturday Aug 23 as the yale hunting party were started from their warm rolls of blankets as they slept indian fashion feet towards the fire by rapid shooting sounding from the direction cheeney and dewing had taken earlier in the tho morning to stalk deer near the little mountain lake sam smith the guide was the first to wake up to the situation ho he remarked in cool mountain style the boys must have corralled a herd of elk let us go and see the fun with feverish haste the party rallied towards the scene of action some with one shoe on 0 3 some with none hatless and co coatless a t t but all jre tre prepared prepared pared for a general massacre when suddenly cheeney appeared ppe ared recklessly smashing through the bushes waiving a pis pia tol in one hand and the double shotgun shot gun which was to have llave killed deer in the close underwood in the other he told us in broken accents as soon as his wind would let him that in going through a dens dense e willow thicket they had unexpectedly come right on an immense grizzly eating wild berries and arid that on the impulse of the moment ho lie had given it one load of buckshot buck shot right in ili the nose and dewing a rifle bullet in the hip the bear with a terrible growl went for them the place being very miry they kept their distance for how long he did not know for on looking round four or five minutes before seeing Us neither dewing nor the bear sight and we had intercepted himin him in looking tor for worthem them with many misgiving mU gIvings and much more caution the party continued the hunt but u under d e r S bams sams in Js direction spread out like scouts so as aa to cover the whole willow thicket from the edge of the lake to the pine timber beyond after a short march in this fashion a 11 hallo hailo there he is escame came from irom huntingdon and there sure enough in a small cottonwood tree treo was dewing being rocked to and fro as if several hurricanes w were ere ene after him at once and at the same game time with futile zeal attempting to at aim m his revolver at ibe me bear hidden from us in the bushes below huntingdon advanced rapidly to a little glade where a fair shot at the bear could be had and going down on one knee nee took good aim and birin firing 1 hit it in the shoulder the bear r let iet ae I go the tree which was vas most fortunate as dewing exhausted must have lave fallen in another moment stopped an instant and seeing in huntingdon whom he had had already smelt the tho wind vind being favorable rushed towards him huntingdon with perfect coolness fired again but without effect and seeing the dang daug danger dangen er of waiting any longer ran to the lake ma margin agin where there were no bush hush bushes hushes es butth mit nit ibe bear gain pulsed id rabidly oa cd liliu him and when lie he reached the open ground to the horror of all the bear was only a few feet behind and seemed about to strike nna and tear him at every ftp at that moment waring hidden bidden in the bushes fired three times with his hid WIn winchester cheater the third shot taking effect the bear stumbled and huuton huntingdon don jumped into the lake up to N hia hla neck the bear raising one eye blinded by cheeney Chee neya s shot the other with rage did aid not eee see him meantime wicks wick who had remained behind to saddle his horse so 50 as to ride into the supposed elk herd coming at full gallop through the bushes rode within FO or 30 feet of the grizzly when his horse burse seeing it stopped with a jerk trembling all over wicks fired apparently with effect and haa had just drawn another bead when the bear making a dash towards lim him him the horse reared and threw up his head knocking the gun out of wicks hand and then gave three fearful bucks but wicks though thrown clear off the saddie saddle on the horses back kept on un until til recovering a littie little common sense gense the horse turned and starting at it a full run disappeared with his rider until late lato that night oaks kinney and sam were now all ali within fifty feet of the grizzly which seemed dazed and stood stood looking with an uncertain air towards them oaks having the least underwood between himself and the bear and having therefore the best shot took a good sight and fired the grizzly staggered forward and fell into a clump of bushes bushel in the deadly De Dea adly tily adby illy thunder yelled sam who with mcinne kinney y rushed forward to give him a sort of coup de grace but when within about ten ton feet neet of the grizzly their course was suddenly stopped for the bear raised himself up reeled a moment and then went for them kinney had just thrown up lup his gun to fire when tt stepping epping in a mire hole he fie neil fell delit sam immediately seized his hand to aid him out but gave only one pull for the bear nearer than ho he supposed rose to seize him sam aimed his needle gun but the grizzly struck it out of his h is hand band before lie he could fire the dreadful paw was raised ral rai red med again did sam see it what suspense and horror was the lot of the helpless lookers on when they saw that dreadful blow descending on sam sampa apparently unconscious head mad but sam did see it and jumped sideways from it but only enough to break the force otho othe of tho the blow struck I 1 on the side of the head ho he felt senseless esp esc in the mire the bear no now wreak weak from loss lose of blood reeled declet L up to finish his victim but came cam within the reach of kinney hinney stilt still tuck atuck in the mud who stabbed ff ibb desperately in the shoulder with a heavy bowie bowle knife the grizzly tum ed stood on its hind feet but stabbed again this time in the tho heartfelt heart fell dead in ili its tracks thus ends according western to td mountaineers the most meat ex exciting eltink bear hunt that has taken place in iii the rock rock bock or its branches braach eg for many years the dead grizzly was wag a female und and about the weight of df an average bolfer very large with terrible teeth anz any and claws all the party are now glad ts tar have had the encounter and to have it over except sam smith poor fellow who however is doing well uia ursa need werm FIL up people reo peo I 1 0 living livi U on the line of th the e IT S Ball rail road from the depot to the outskirts of the city complain of the existence exis of deep holes by the alde aide of tb tho track which are filled with wat water q and rubbish and covered with a dank green alamy substance causing cau can abominable niomi alomi nabie vapors which ar arm are D ungrateful to the sense of smell and detrimental to health when a rock is thrown into one of the pools the disturbance thus created in the water sends bends ot off an effluvium that thickens and poisons the air nir so they kly kiy who live dowa down there thera these miasmatic ought to he im filled edep up O KW 0 os o jl S kate kata of voi vor TJI 0 WM irr lir denti 1 flitt niti muti cf ore if av e |
