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Title: Beyond the old frontier : adventures of Indian-fighters, hunters, and fur-traders
Year: 1913 (1910s)
Authors: Grinnell, George Bird, 1849-1938
Subjects: Ross, Alexander, 1783-1856 Ruxton, George Frederick Augustus, 1820-1848 Garrard, Lewis Hector, 1829-1887 Palliser, John, 1807-1887 Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.) Indians of North America -- West (U.S.) Fur trade -- West (U.S.)
Publisher: New York : C. Scribner's Sons
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
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ycould get away. Here bear, antelope, elk, and sheep were extremelyabundant and food was always plentiful. One daywhile Palliser was beginning to skin an elk, just killed,Boucharville, who was about to clean his gun, wascharged by a grizzly, and escaped her by dashing intoa clump of rose-bushes. The bear, which had cubs withher, charged after Palliser, who was running towardhis horse, which he feared would be lost if it smelt thebear. When he reached the horse he stopped andfaced the bear, which also stopped and stood up, andthen turned and ran. Palliser shot at the bear, buthit her too far back. She stopped to bite at her woundand gave him time to load again. Just as he was put-ting a copper cap on the nipple the bear rose on herhind legs, and he sent a bullet through her heart.Palliser was very lucky in that his horse did not pullback or shy, and that there was nothing to disturb hisaim. When the horse was brought to the bear and theskin put upon him, he paid no attention and showed
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OS wffi w en O w03 w H u OH OH s w C. - OH 0. O O O z OHCO a as Hoo The Solitary Hunter 317 no signs of fear, a very unusual thing, for horses arecommonly very much afraid even of bear-skins. After they reached camp Dauphin started out tocapture one of the young bears, but as Palliser thoughtthe chances of finding them were very slight he did notgo with him, but afterward regretted this. Dauphinkilled one of the little bears and tried to take the otheralive, but it fought fiercely, tearing his clothes and cut-ting him with its claws. Dauphin had armed himselfwith a stout club, but, even so, had done no more thanmake a draw of the battle. They now started backtoward the Little Missouri and on the way saw a bear,which, to Pallisers very great disgust, was lost by theeagerness of Dauphin. At the Little Missouri Palliser went duck-shootingwith his smooth-bore gun, but coming on the old car-cass of a bull found all about it large bear tracks, someof which looked very fresh. He drew his cha

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