. Our pioneer heroes and their daring deeds . ns ; so that it was useless to think of overtaking the Avas received, a few days later, that a party of Siouxhad attacked a small body of friendly Indians, and killed fiftyof them; but Captain Lewis decided not to take active part in awar between the tribes unless in self-defense. Leaving the camp about the first of April, they were alarmed,on the eleventh of May, by a member of the party who had beenon shore, who now came running toward the boat with every 310 iiEWIS AND CLARKE EXPEDITION, symptom of fear and distress. A mile a
. Our pioneer heroes and their daring deeds . ns ; so that it was useless to think of overtaking the Avas received, a few days later, that a party of Siouxhad attacked a small body of friendly Indians, and killed fiftyof them; but Captain Lewis decided not to take active part in awar between the tribes unless in self-defense. Leaving the camp about the first of April, they were alarmed,on the eleventh of May, by a member of the party who had beenon shore, who now came running toward the boat with every 310 iiEWIS AND CLARKE EXPEDITION, symptom of fear and distress. A mile and a half below he hadshot a large brown bear ; wounded and maddened by the pain,the huge animal had turned and pursued him; but from weak-ness, by the loss of blood, could not overtake him. CaptainLewis and seven men immediately set out to find the bear j andtracking him by the blood to a thick brushwood, where he haddug with his paws a bed two feet deep, despatched him. Thiswas their first conflict with the terrible animal, so dreaded that. A CLOSE SHAVE. ^ we had rather encounter two Indians than meet a single brownbear. The oil obtained from this one amounted to eight was not to be the last bear encounter, however. Three dayslater, six experienced hunters, having discovered a large brownbear l^ing in the open grounds, about three hundred paces fromthe river, came unperceived within forty paces of him. Four ofthem fired at the same instant, two balls passing through his lungs,two lodging in other jjarts of his body. Furiously the animalrushed towards them, his open mouth displaying the strong, cruelwhite teeth. A blow from a hunting knife partially disabled him,and the two who had reserved their fire now took aim, one ballbreaking his shoulder. They had no time to reload; on the mad LEWIS AND CLARKE EXPEDITION. 311 brute came with fearful rapidity; two jumped into the canoes; theother four, separating, and concealing themselves in the willows,fired as fast as they
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