Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 January 1886 — Fight with a Grizzly. [ARTICLE]

Fight with a Grizzly.

While two telegraph-repairers were carrying on their work in the Selkirk Mountains, one of them was attacked by a grizzy bear, which caught him by the calf of the leg as he was drinking from a stream. The bear endeavored to carry him into the cave, but h e placed his arms around a tree and bellowed for his companion, who came close to the bear and emptied seven Winchester balls into him. Seeing the seven balls did not make him relinquish his hold, he caught the ferocious animal by the ears and tried to haul him off. This caused the animal to move a little, thus enabling the friend to pull his companion’s riHe from under the bear. He then commenced pouring his friend’s seven bullets into the bear’s head, and had fired the last shot when tho bear rolled over. The trouble then was to get the jaws open to release his hold. This was done by inserting the barrel of one pf the rifles and prying it open. —Winnipeg Sun. .. ■