Show KNIFE THRUST SETTLED BEAR Alaskan Native Killed Monster In Single C Combat Bear hunting as pursued by the Alaska native is an interesting game remarked J. J P P. Gardiner a Nome miner I witnessed a bear hunt hum on Kadlac Island a few months ago A big Drown brown brownbear bear one of the species familiarly known on Kadlac Island and the other Aleutian islands Islands was pestering the settlement and a native who bore a wide reputation for prowess among his people decided to go after the animal Before starting on the expedition however however how how- ever he went to his mother and obtained obtained ob ob- her permission His mother was the oldest woman of the tribe and without her consent he wouldn't have stirred an inch She gave her consent consent con con- sent so the native hunter armed only with a started out Three more of us with rifles accompanied him We agreed among us to allow the native native na na- tive to have the first chance at the bear and to shoot only if he failed to kill the beast We came upon the bear In a ravine The native crouched on the ground as ashe the he bear came up We b became came quite excited It was to be a hand hand to to hand battle and we feared the native w would uld get the worst of It As the bear approached approached approached ap ap- I the native it reared on its bind legs We had bad our guns ready for tor instant action But the guns were not needed Quick as a flash the native native native na na- tive sprang up and nd had his knife plunged Into the animals animal's heart and was away several steps before the bear knew what had happened It was wasa was wasa a death blow and we packed the pelt back to Karluk in triumph |