LOOSE FANG S ROBE 



We guessed his weight to be between 

 700 and 800 pounds, but there was no 

 superfluous flesh on him, and he :ould 

 easily put on 200 pounds of fat. The 

 skin when taken off measured about 9 

 feet by 6 feet. Henry presented a fine 

 appearance packing it down the moun- 

 tain across his shoulders, with both 

 ends trailing on the grass. It weighed 

 about 100 pounds. 



This grizzly was a fierce old fighter. 

 One of his lower tusks was broken off 

 and hanging to the gum, and must have 

 been so for years, as it was worn quite 

 smooth. One of his front claws was 

 missing and a large bullet was embed- 

 ded in the skin on his back. 



A few days later we crossed the south 



fork, which was in flood. We had to 

 swim the horses and use our canvas 

 boat, which worked capitally. Henry 

 constructed an excellent frame for it in 

 a short time. We had a little excite- 

 ment in the shape of a stampede, and 

 a couple of the horses ran over me, but 

 there was not much harm done, and we 

 soon repaired damages. 



A day's travel over a very rough 

 trail, where we had to do a lot of cut- 

 ting out, brought us to Cadwallader 

 Creek. We found it so high that we did 

 not fancy trying tocross with the horses. 

 I had just cut down a tree for a foot-log 

 when a tall stranger in a buckskin shirt, 

 and carrying a rifle, appeared on the 

 other side, and started to come over to 



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