Show BOYS SAVED FROM HUNGRY BEARS BEARSBY BY BIG REINDEER eskimo herders gerders take refuge among animals and attacker fear to follow anchorage Ancho roge alaska evidence of reciprocal cipro cal protection between men and animals came to light recently ut at cantwell where big reindeer herds are arc ranging under the supervision of the united states survey and eskimo herders gerders her ders several eskimo boys had been stand ing guard over a herd to ward off wolves and other predatory animals the boys were sitting bitting idly while the herd grazed when a monster brown bear followed closely by her yearling cub rushed out of the woods the boys boya saw no refuge and to outrun the bears was impossible sensing the only means of escape they headed straight for the herd with the mother bear in close curmit the rein leer which ordinarily would have taker the running approach or of th thi eskimos as a signal to move forward scented the danger instead of fleeing they turned as if by some command and the big bucks buck rushed forward comard to meet the boys and th bears at tile the same instant the does docs called their fawns to their sides and huddled together the eskimos shouldered their way into the middle of the herd watching the elemental maneuvers ol of bear and reindeer the monarchs mon archa of the herd stood with antlers anglers pointed forward and the bears beare swerved milling up and down dow n as AA 11 looking for nn an opening the bucks buck turned with the motions of the bears bear their sharp anglers antlers forming a barrier of bayonets finally realizing it was impossible to snatch a fawn or an eskimo th great bear and her cub retreated retreat oL th herd relaxed and the eskimo boys to iril |