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M A M M A L S O F N O R T H E R N C A N A D A 217
post. He informed us that as soon as the bear perceived
him, it at once advanced toward him, and when at a few-yards
distance, he fired at and k i l l e d it. On the 8th of the
same month an Eskimo secured a large male on the east side
of the Lower Anderson, about 50 miles north of the fort.
The first shot struck and broke one of its hind legs, which
greatly angered the bear, which fiercely pursued its assailant;
but a second ball fortunately l a i d it low i n rather close proxi
m i t y to his person. Again, on June 30. 1863, a member
of our Indian collecting party succeeded i n k i l l i n g a very
large male on the shores of F r a n k l i n Bay. From a high
and narrow shelving ridge near the head of a deep ravine,
he observed the bear at some distance below, and i n order
to attract its attention he began to whistle and throw stones
at it, much to master bruin" s disgust, and it immediately
started to ascend to where the Indian from his chosen vantage
ground stood prepared to receive it, After permitting
it to approach within 10 or 12 feet he fired at and mortally
wounded it, but to make his work sure he at once rushed
out and drove his knife to the hilt i n the bear's heart. The
skin and complete skeleton of this animal were secured and
forwarded the following summer to the Smithsonian Institution
at Washington. About three weeks previous to our
arrival at F r a n k l i n Bay, i n the end of June, 1864, two
Eskimo hunters observed a brown bear at some distance, and
being, for them, well armed, they went forward to meet it
and did their best to annoy it by uttering very loud and
s h r i l l cries. They made a stop, however, at a driftwood
stand, shortly before constructed by them for the purpose
of shooting therefrom at passing ducks, geese, and swans,
and there prepared for action. One of them carried a Hudson's
B a y single- barrelled flintlock gun, and the other had a
spear formed by firmly attaching a long knife of Eskimo
make to the end of a somewhat slender pole about 6 feet in
length. When the bear had closely approached them, it was
shot and severely wounded, which, of course, made it per-
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| OCR | M A M M A L S O F N O R T H E R N C A N A D A 217 post. He informed us that as soon as the bear perceived him, it at once advanced toward him, and when at a few-yards distance, he fired at and k i l l e d it. On the 8th of the same month an Eskimo secured a large male on the east side of the Lower Anderson, about 50 miles north of the fort. The first shot struck and broke one of its hind legs, which greatly angered the bear, which fiercely pursued its assailant; but a second ball fortunately l a i d it low i n rather close proxi m i t y to his person. Again, on June 30. 1863, a member of our Indian collecting party succeeded i n k i l l i n g a very large male on the shores of F r a n k l i n Bay. From a high and narrow shelving ridge near the head of a deep ravine, he observed the bear at some distance below, and i n order to attract its attention he began to whistle and throw stones at it, much to master bruin" s disgust, and it immediately started to ascend to where the Indian from his chosen vantage ground stood prepared to receive it, After permitting it to approach within 10 or 12 feet he fired at and mortally wounded it, but to make his work sure he at once rushed out and drove his knife to the hilt i n the bear's heart. The skin and complete skeleton of this animal were secured and forwarded the following summer to the Smithsonian Institution at Washington. About three weeks previous to our arrival at F r a n k l i n Bay, i n the end of June, 1864, two Eskimo hunters observed a brown bear at some distance, and being, for them, well armed, they went forward to meet it and did their best to annoy it by uttering very loud and s h r i l l cries. They made a stop, however, at a driftwood stand, shortly before constructed by them for the purpose of shooting therefrom at passing ducks, geese, and swans, and there prepared for action. One of them carried a Hudson's B a y single- barrelled flintlock gun, and the other had a spear formed by firmly attaching a long knife of Eskimo make to the end of a somewhat slender pole about 6 feet in length. When the bear had closely approached them, it was shot and severely wounded, which, of course, made it per- |
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