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218 T H R O U G H T H E M A C K E N Z I E B A S IN
fectly furious, and i t came on so very q u i c k l y that there was
no time to reload the g u n ; but just as i t was about to spring
at and close w i t h the man who had fired the gun at it, the
other man struck fiercely at i t w i t h his spear, and both soon
dispatched it w i t h their knives. This animal w i l l not only
hug, and i f possible crush, any unfortunate f a l l i n g into its
clutches, but w i l l also bite w i t h its sharp teeth and scratch
v i c i o u s l y w i t h its powerful claws, as Indians and Eskimos
have occasionally experienced to their cost. In the spring
of 1864, one of the leading men of the Mackenzie R i v er
Eskimos, while hunting w i t h a comrade on the slopes of a
high sea- bank, was suddenly attacked, knocked over, and
severely bitten by a large male, which would doubtless have
speedily finished h i m had not his companion, who happened
to be near by, k i l l e d the bear by a quick and well- directed
k n i f e thrust. Another instance of b i t i n g occurred i n the
Anderson B a r r e n Grounds i n the month of August i n the
same year. An I n d i a n on a h u n t i n g tour observed an animal
of this species, which he determined to shoot, reposing on
the top of a k n o l l , but to make sure of his quarry he crawled
quite close to it, and on p u l l i n g the trigger of his gun it
unfortunately snapped; but the sound awoke the bear and
before the I n d i a n could draw his k n i f e he was thrown down,
and the bear at once began to bite h im i n the shoulders,
arms, and legs; but for some unknown reason it soon desisted
and disappeared, leaving the poor fellow i n a badly mutilated
and helpless condition. L u c k i l y for him, his friends
missed h i m and a search was made which resulted i n his
discovery; he was then taken on to his own lodge, not far
away, where he was carefully attended to, but some three
or four months elapsed before he recovered sufficiently to
be able to hunt again, and he w i l l no doubt carry the scars
of the wounds of his very narrow escape f r om death to his
grave. The wonder is that he was not k i l l e d outright.
E a r l y i n the morning of J u l y 15, 1865, as I was i n my
tent, emptying some birds' eggs gathered the previous day a
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| OCR | 218 T H R O U G H T H E M A C K E N Z I E B A S IN fectly furious, and i t came on so very q u i c k l y that there was no time to reload the g u n ; but just as i t was about to spring at and close w i t h the man who had fired the gun at it, the other man struck fiercely at i t w i t h his spear, and both soon dispatched it w i t h their knives. This animal w i l l not only hug, and i f possible crush, any unfortunate f a l l i n g into its clutches, but w i l l also bite w i t h its sharp teeth and scratch v i c i o u s l y w i t h its powerful claws, as Indians and Eskimos have occasionally experienced to their cost. In the spring of 1864, one of the leading men of the Mackenzie R i v er Eskimos, while hunting w i t h a comrade on the slopes of a high sea- bank, was suddenly attacked, knocked over, and severely bitten by a large male, which would doubtless have speedily finished h i m had not his companion, who happened to be near by, k i l l e d the bear by a quick and well- directed k n i f e thrust. Another instance of b i t i n g occurred i n the Anderson B a r r e n Grounds i n the month of August i n the same year. An I n d i a n on a h u n t i n g tour observed an animal of this species, which he determined to shoot, reposing on the top of a k n o l l , but to make sure of his quarry he crawled quite close to it, and on p u l l i n g the trigger of his gun it unfortunately snapped; but the sound awoke the bear and before the I n d i a n could draw his k n i f e he was thrown down, and the bear at once began to bite h im i n the shoulders, arms, and legs; but for some unknown reason it soon desisted and disappeared, leaving the poor fellow i n a badly mutilated and helpless condition. L u c k i l y for him, his friends missed h i m and a search was made which resulted i n his discovery; he was then taken on to his own lodge, not far away, where he was carefully attended to, but some three or four months elapsed before he recovered sufficiently to be able to hunt again, and he w i l l no doubt carry the scars of the wounds of his very narrow escape f r om death to his grave. The wonder is that he was not k i l l e d outright. E a r l y i n the morning of J u l y 15, 1865, as I was i n my tent, emptying some birds' eggs gathered the previous day a |
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