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force in St. Louis and patrolled one of the
hardest beats in the city. He was prospecting
in the upper part of the range west of Chloride
on the side of a mountain. Having occasion to
stop a few minutes he placed his Winchester
by the side of a tree and hung his belt contain-
ing his revolver and hunting knife on a limb.
He stepped a few paces further to an open
space, and while there he heard a crashing of
the brush above him. On turning suddenly he
was confronted by an angry she bear which was
almost upon him. He had no chance to escape,
nor time to get his gun. He braced himself for
the shock, and as the infuriated animal was
about to close in on him, planted a powerful
blow squarely on the end of her nose. She rose
to her haunches and he, fearful that she would
use her claws on him, grabbed her around the
body with a counter hug. The next moment
they were both rolling down the steep incline
and over a cliff 10 or 12 feet high. Hugh for-
tunately landed on top and as the fall broke
the clinch they both scrambled to their feet.
She rose for another hug but only succeeded
in getting his left hand in her mouth, when he
met her with a stinging blow on her nose which
knocked her down and released his hand but
not until it had been stripped of its flesh. The
next round she knocked him down, severely
lacerating his shoulder.
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ug but only succeeded
in getting his left hand in her mouth, when he
met her with a stinging blow on her nose which
knocked her down and released his hand but
not until it had been stripped of its flesh. The
next round she knocked him down, severely
lacerating his shoulder. Six rounds they fought
without either getting any decided advantage.
He soon found that her nose was the most vul-
nerable part, and well directed blows on that
organ kept her from getting close enough to
take him in her embrace. She warded off the
blows and struck as skillfully as a professional
of the pugilistic art. Out of 5 rounds Hugh had
only scored two knock downs while the bear
had three. With the sixth and last he felled
her so that her head hung over a narrow ledge
under which was a large mass of slide rock.
He jumped on her with both knees grabbing
her by the neck with one hand and the tail with
the other, tried to force her over. She man-
aged to get her head around and caught him
by the knee. In wrenching his knee loose, his
hand slipped from her neck and she caught
it. They had struggled until they were just
balanced on the edge of the cliff. Hugh had all
this time retained his death grip on the bear’s
tail, now saw that he controlled the balance
of power, easily turned her over into the loose
rock at the foot of the cliff.