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water, and were passing under a vertical clay 
wall, a grizzly bear, lying hid on a shelf of 
this wall, reached down, and with both paws 
caught the heifer about the neck and threw 
himself upon her. The others at once ran 
off, and a short struggle ensued, the bear 
trying to kill the heifer, and she to escape. 
Almost at once, however, the Indian saw a 
splendid young bull come rushing down the 
trail toward the scene of conflict, and charge 
the bear, knocking him down. A fierce com- 
bat ensued. The bull would charge the bear, 
and when he struck him fairly would knock 
him off his feet, often inflicting severe wounds 
with his sharp horns. The bear struck at 
the bull, and tried to catch him by the head 
or shoulders, and to hold him, but this he 
could not do. After fifteen or twenty minutes 
of fierce and active fighting, the bear had re- 
ceived all the punishment he cared for, and 
tried to escape, but the bull would not let him 
go, and kept up the attack until he had killed 
his adversary. Even after the bear was dead 
the bull would gore the carcass and some- 
times lift it clear of the ground on his horns. 
He seemed insane with rage, and, notwith- 
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