On another occasion I was with a party of 

 mounted hunters with dogs who chased a grizzly 

 out of his territory and cornered him in a deep box 

 canon. He was at bay and the excited dogs were 

 harrying him as we came up. He stood in the end of 

 the canon, facing out, evidently watching for an 

 opportunity to escape. He discouraged all attacks 

 by his swift and cool-headed defense. If a bush 

 stirred behind he made a feint to strike. If a dog 

 came close to his side he appeared to strike without 

 looking. He did not allow any rear movements or 

 attacks to divert his attention from the front, 

 where the hunters stood at short range with rifles 

 ready. They waited for a chance to shoot without 

 hitting a dog. Suddenly the grizzly charged and all 

 was confusion. With a stroke of fore paw he broke 

 the jaw of one horse, with another stroke he caved 

 in three ribs of another horse, he bit and broke a 

 man's arm, disemboweled one dog and wrecked 

 another, and made his safe get-away. Not a shot 

 had been fired. There was no pursuit. 



While with three hunters, I once came close upon 

 a grizzly who was digging for mice. The hunters 

 opened fire. For seconds the canon walls crashed 

 and echoed from the resounding rattling gunnery. 



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