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"When within about half a mile, I heard the report of a rifle ringing among the rocks. I was filled with alarm. Were Mary and the children attacked by Indians? perhaps by some savage animal? perhaps by the grizzly bear? "I did not hesitate a moment, but ran forward leaving Cudjo with the wagon.
"Samson, I declare you elected the strongest man in this county. You've got the muscle of a grizzly bear. I'm glad to be quit o' ye." "It ain't a fair election, Abe," Samson laughed. "If you were rassling for the right you could flop me. This little brush was nothing.
It was this idea that had put the doctor in such affright, and caused him to ride back so suddenly. "Nonsense, doctor," said the naturalist, "we are yet far to the east of the range of the grizzly bear. It was a black bear you saw." "As I live," replied the doctor, "it was not black, anything but that. I should know the black bear. It was a light brown colour almost yellowish."
Lewis and Clark were the first white men to give an account of this beast. Many of the Indian lodge-tales to which they had listened rang with the fame of the grizzly, as a background for the greater fame of the narrators.
I was going to shoot one in the rump, but Willis stopped me, saying that we had our hands full without inviting any more bears to join the scrimmage. Before those five bears, got out of sight three more broke cover and joined them, and for a moment there were eleven Grizzly bears, young and old, in sight from where I stood.
It was a perfect night, and not at all dark, for a young moon was riding over the hills. Not a ripple ruffled the surface of the lake, and the great forest lay silent and mysterious around. Weston told several stories of his experiences in the wilderness, especially of his encounter with a grizzly. "I am very proud of the final shot which brought the brute down," he said in conclusion.
That grizzly you promised Big Bill might really turn up." The two men struck the headwaters of Wild-Goose Creek about noon and followed the stream down. They traveled steadily without haste. So long as they kept a good lookout there was nothing to be feared from the men they had left behind. They had both a long start and the advantage of weapons.
He opened his glazing eyes, made a convulsive movement with his paws as if he would like to attack his foes, and then his head fell back and he moved no more. "He's gone, sure enough," said Bickford. "Good-by, old grizzly. You meant well, but circumstances interfered with your good intentions." "Now let us look up Hogan," said Joe.
It was he, looking much the same as ever, wooden and grizzly. "I am much honoured, sir," I began, "by seeing you here." "You are Signor Grandi?" he inquired, with a stiff bow. "The same, Signor Conte, and very much at your service," I answered, rubbing my hands together to give myself an air of satisfaction. "Let us not waste time," he said, severely but not roughly.
You, sir," turning to the superior animal "are, as he has accurately observed, a rabbit. And you" to the other "are correctly described as a jackass. In transposing your names man has acted with incredible folly." They were so pleased with the decision that they declared the Coyote their candidate for the Grizzly Bearship; but whether he ever obtained the office history does not relate.
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