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stretched over them, with the ''grub box" built up behind. 
On the ground beside this wagon one of our men and his 
wife had made their bed. On the other side, and farther 
along, about opposite the end of the pole, I had spread 
my blankets, and the friend who saw the foot race with me 
at the Old Faithful was close by. Another member of the 
party was some little distance away in another direction, and 
farther off still in a third direction was a tent occupied by 
the married couple of the outfit with their little boy. And 
at another point of the compass reposed our second man. 
We were decidedly scattered. 
The first night in camp here an old bear with three cubs 
paid us a visit. The mother went beside the wagon, stood 
with one foot on the corner of the bed in which the two 
people slept, and reaching up tried to get into the wagon, 
tearing a hole in the cover in the attempt. She and her 
family were driven off, the camp being roused in the process. 
As it was full moon we had a good sight of them. 
The next night we laid in a supply of ammunition in the 
shape of empty tin cans beside our beds. During the 
night I waked up with a feeling that there was something 
about, and raised up and twisted around in bed, and saw 
the old bear come alongside the wagon accompanied by two 
cubs. She walked on around the front wheels, and, stepping 
up on the pole, started to reach under the cover which was 
drawn down over the front. I decided then it was time to 
take a hand in the proceedings, and lifted up my gentle voice 
and requested the lady to leave at once, emphasizing my 
demand with a volley of tins thrown against the side of the 
wagon. She took the hint and stepped down and departed 
with her children, the third cub having been on the other 
side of my bed and close to me. Probably some noise made 
by it waked me. The four went down below the camp into 
a little park some fifty or seventy-five yards away, and there 
