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to look for them, and after some search 

 found the bodies of both, as well as that 

 of one of the horses. One of the men still 

 showed signs of life; he came to his senses 

 before dying, and told the story. They had 

 seen a grizzly and pursued it on horseback, 

 with their Spencer rifles. On coming close, 

 one had fired into its side, when it turned 

 with marvellous quickness for so large and 

 unwieldy an animal, and struck down the 

 horse, at the same time inflicting a ghastly 

 wound on the rider. The other man dis- 

 mounted and came up to the rescue of his 

 companion. The bear then left the latter 

 and attacked the other. Although hit by 

 the bullet, it charged home and threw the 

 man down, and then lay on him and deliber- 

 ately bit him to death, while his groans and 

 cries were frightful to hear. Afterward it 

 walked off into the bushes without again 

 offering to molest the already mortally 

 wounded victim of its first assault. 



At certain times the grizzly works a good 

 deal of havoc among the herds of the stock- 



