Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 December 1892 — Four Big Silver-Tips. [ARTICLE]

Four Big Silver-Tips.

John Chapman of Wyoming relates a thrilling experience his wife had recently with four silver-tip bears, a she bear and three cubs. John was away from home at the time. After eating an early supper, Mrs. Chapman stepped outside the kitchen door, intending to place a pan of milk in an outhouse. She had just closed the door of the kitchen when, looking up, she was confronted by four bears, all resting upon their haunches and within a few feet of her. She screamed and rushed into the house and told the hired naan the cause of her fright and assisted in finding the cartridges for a rifle that stood handy. a.td then sunk into a

chair exhausted and helpless, while the hired man made an attack on the bears, killing the old one and two of the cubs. When Mr. Chapman returned he found his wife in an alarming condition, her nerves being at such tension that he feared she would go into hysterics. That night she complained of hearing the bear screaming outside, and finally, to satisfy her, John got up, and taking his gun went to the door, where, sure enough, was the remaining bear, standing out in the cold. The cub made for the bush as soon as he heard John coming, but in the morning the dogs ■were turned loose on his trail, and young bruin was brought in to complete the family. The cubs were fully half-grown silver-tips and averaged over 180 pounds each. The she bear was a big one—as large as a cow.