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14
Refers to 2.18? (date given by AMA 0 May 29)
to look for bear up on the mountain
side. One was soon located and one
of the party started up the snowslide
after the bear which was about 1,000 feet
above us. Two of us stayed in the boat
and by motions with the paddle kept
the hunter informed of the movements
of the bear. In about 40 minutes we.
heard 6 shots and there we heard something
come rolling down the mountain with dull
thuds. It was the bear. He fell and
rolled about ΒΌ mile and there lodged
behind a log or he would have slid
clear down the snow slide into the lake.
When we skinned him the next
morning we found that 4 out of
the six bullets had tubero effect. The
bear's nose was mashed and his skull was cracked by his rough tumble
to say nothing of his numerous bruises
and cuts. When we skinned him we
found numerous old scars which led
us to believe that he had fallen before.
He was 6 ft. 3 inches long and judging
from the skull I should say that lie