



N old Indian, whom 

 I know well, told 

 me that he once 

 caught a bear in his deadfall. That same 

 day the bear's mate came and tried to lift 

 away the heavily weighted log that had fallen 

 on her back and crushed her. Failing in 

 this he broke his way into the inclosure ; and V 

 when the. Indian came, drawn in on silent, 

 inquisitive feet by a curious low sound in 

 the air, the bear was sitting beside his dead J 

 mate, holding her head in his arms, rocking 

 it to and fro, moaning. 



