Rensselaer Union, Volume 8, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 November 1875 — How a Grizzly Treed Them. [ARTICLE]

How a Grizzly Treed Them.

The Calistoga (Cal.) Free Press spins a yarn of which the following is a condensed version, fbout two young Englishmen, Messrs. Tupman and Perkins, who recently went hunting on Mt St, Helena: They had camped for the night and were awakened early by the growling of some wild beast. They were sofnewhat astonished when they found themselves in close proximity to a large grizzly, a regular old pioneer, but, nothing daunted, these unsophisticated Englishmen slashed into the “Bloody Hamerican beast,” which attack bruin returned with all the ardor of his big California soul, and chased them up a couple of trees. Having left their arms on the ground to take care of themselves bi\iin was perfectly safe and kept them up there for his own amusement, occasionally striking ons of the trees viciously, causing the Johnny Bulls to tremble for their lives. Perkins says: “1 think we are safe, Tupman; if thej are like lions they can’t climb.” *‘No,” observed Tupman, “ but they can jump like the deuce.” “ Oh, heavens! we are gone then,” cried Perkins, as the bear began -to gnaw madly at his tree. “ Oh, don’t aggravate Sun, Tuppy! Don’t make him mid. Oh! blast the bloody country!” Tupman gave him to*underetand that he was not bothering the brute. The bear thus kept them in hot water all day, and when night came on departed; but his prisoners preferred to hold their trees until the next morning, when they came down and returned to Calistoga, declaring they were going straight norne.