October, 1920 
FOREST AND STREAM 
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then went off in search of the cubs. We 
found one under a log a hundred yards 
distant. An arrow was lodged in his 
head and he had breathed his last. Look 
as we would, we could not find the other. 
Young’s arrow was missing, so we as- 
sumed that only a skin wound had been 
inflicted and the little fellow would re- 
cover. 
Just for curiosity and to pick up our 
arrows, we went over the ground where 
the monster passed. One arrow was 
gone. That gave us hope, so we journeyed 
on. There was blood! We trailed him. 
There were spatters of blood, as if 
sprayed on the dewy grass. Here was a 
pool of blood, and more pools, clots! 
Then began the tracking. He had wan- 
dered in and out of the little clumps of 
jack pines. We followed, cautiously, 
peering under the limbs, watching piles 
of fallen timber, as he had wandered 
round in circles. 
1 Then we picked up the anterior half 
of Young’s arrow, deep stained with wet 
blood. More pools of blood! Then we 
picked up the feathered end of the ar- 
row. It had been drawn out by his 
teeth. Now the bleeding stopped, with 
only an occasional spatter. 
The trail then entered the open for- 
est, where we could track him only as he 
crossed the fallen logs, and left his 
bloody smear. Here he had dug shallow 
holes in the earth and lain down. Four 
of these were close together. He must 
have been badly hurt! 
Then his trail disappeared. We went 
over every inch of the hard ground. We 
circled; we went back; we went in big 
circles; we cross-cut every trail that left 
the country. We searched up and down 
the creek, but he was gone! For five I 
hours we hunted in vain. 
W E sat down, ate a little food, took 
a nap, and woke up to discuss the 
problem. He must be near. It is im- 
possible for a bear to live that has lost 
so much blood. We viewed the last wal- 
low he made. There it was in the soft 
loam beneath a big fir. No tracks left 
the area. He must have gone down in 
the ground, or straight up in the air. 
We looked once more along the rim 
rock. There was a patch of blood! Be- 
low was a trodden trail. We clambered 
down, and there he lay, great hulk that 
he was, on a rock straddled across a 
tree! He was as dead as Caesar, cold 
and stiff ! His rugged coat was matted i 
with blood. Well back in his chest the 
arrow wound showed clear. I measured 
him ;— twenty-six inches of bear had 
been pierced through and through One 
arrow killed him. He was tremendous. 
His great wide head, his worn and glis- 
tening teeth, his massive arms, his vast, 
ponderous feet and long curved claws, — 
all were there. He was a wonderful 
beast. It seemed incredible. I thumped 
-Young on the scapula. “My boy! I con- 
gratulate you!” 
We started to skin our quarry. It 
was a stupendous job, as he weighed one 
thousand pounds and was on a steep i 
canyon side, with no bottom. But by 
means of ropes and braces, by flashlight, 
acetylene lamp, candle and fire light, by | 
using up all our knives and by assiduous j 
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