The marvellous country, or, Three years in Arizona and New Mexico.: Containing an authentic history of this wonderful country and its ancient civilization ... together with a full and complete history of the Apache tribe of Indians .../ By Samuel Woodworth Cozzens. Illustrated by more than one hundred engravings.

E EXCITING BEAR H U.YT.
killing the growth of the trees, but leaving them standinig)
remarked, "Yonder is the hole of a Cinnamon bear."
The information was electrical in its effect, all expressing
themselves, as with one accord, eager to share the adven.
ture of a bear-hunt - myself excepted - I having had quite
enough of that kind of sport, for the present at least.
Still I resolved to stay by and watch the fun, for fun I
was sure there would be before Bruin yielded himself
captive. Selecting a position some distance from the scene
of action, where I could observe the movements of the
party, I watched them, rifles in hand, slowly and laboriously ascending the steep side of the mountain, here catching, hold of the charred limb of a balsam, which snapped like a
pipe-stem at the touch; now balancing themselves on a
stone, which failed to give a firm footing, as with difficulty
they worked themselves up to the mouth of the cave,
where his cinnamon-colored majesty was supposed to
hibernate.
The guide, who acted as leader, took a position directly
over the mouth of the cave, pointing out to the others the
places they were to occupy, with directions that as soon as
the bear should emerge from his den, each one should fire,
aiming directly behind the shoulder-blade.
When al] had announced themselves ready, the guide
p)icked up a handful of large pebbles and commenced drop.
ping them immediately in front of the mouth of the cave.
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