American Big-Game Hunting 



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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