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right before my eyes, without offering any resistance, so, 

 after seeing that Little Horn had his gun ready, I fired upon 

 the robber. He let go of the calf and fell, but came toward 

 us as fast as his broken hips would allow. Each of us gave 

 him a shot, which struck him square in the chest, killing him 

 almost instantly. He measured more than ten feet in 

 length. 



This danger being past we slept sweetly until morning, 

 when I awoke to find myself alone. Filled with surprise I 

 looked around for my companion, and saw a large grizzly 

 bear covering the body of our rescued elk with leaves. I 

 drew my rifle from under the blanket, when I was startled 

 by a voice saying, "No shoot, he heap kill us both," and just 

 below me, in a bush about ten feet high, I saw Little Horn, 

 trying to screen himself from view. 



I realized that we had very different game from elks or 

 deer to deal with this time, and that our lives would probably 

 pay the penalty, should the first shot not prove fatal. Be- 

 sides the bear was on the up-hill side of us. This gave him a 

 great advantage. I had once nearly lost my life in a similar 

 position when attacking a grizzly and thought it might be 

 advisable to let him alone and say nothing about the calf. 

 Then the thought struck me that I had never yet weakened 

 when called upon to rid the world of one of these brutes, 

 and got behind a small pine tree, within thirty yards of him. 



As I watched the powerful beast tearing up the earth 

 as a covering for the calf, I thought of climbing the tree 

 before shooting, but the idea seemed so ridiculous that it 

 was soon abandoned. I gave the customary whistle, and, 

 when all was ready, took sight intending to sever his jugular 

 vein, if possible. The sight blurred before I got ready to 

 pull, he changed his position and the ball broke his lower 

 jaw only, passing on through his nose. He made a bound 



