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8 at the same time what he could not, the fearful proximity of the bear. The alarmed village poured out en masse to the rescue, with such arms as they could snatch up in the confusion of the moment; some had guns, some bows and arrows, whilst others were armed with spears, knives, or war clubs, and away went the whole troop to do battle with the bear; and now followed a most exciting scene. When Ish-pau-bi-kau reached the advanced guard of his friends they separated on each side, opening for him as he ran an avenue or lane leading direct to the lodges. The bear apparently as much excited as the man, almost reaching him at every bound, looked neither to the right nor left, and seemed totally unconscious of the presence of a human being, with the single exception of the one he so obstinately pursued. Yet now, at every bound the bear made, a bullet or an arrow entered his body; a spear blade was snapped off from the handle and left quivering in the wound; or the deep and well directed thrust of a knife was followed by a torrent of blood. On they went, and Ish-pau-bi-kau has at length reached the first lodge of the village; right through this, he dashes, straight across the fire which is built in the centre; he dare not stop, for he knows by the uproar and shouts of rage, that the bear is still at his heels; another lodge is before him; the slight fabric of mats and poles tremble and shake as he dashes through, and still the bear, a white bear no longer, so covered is he with his gore is within an arm’s length of Ish-pau-bi-kau. The third lodge is before him _ it is his own _ he stumbles as he enters _ makes a heavy lurch forward _ again reaches the open air and falls _ a stream of blood gushed from his mouth and nostrils and he becomes insensible. The staggering bear faint with the loss of blood enters the lodge of Ish-pau-bi-kau just as its owner falls insensible. A blow from a war club dealt by the hands of Ish-pau-bi-kau squaw deprives him of the little vitality remaining and his huge carcass almost filling up the lodge, is an object of astonishment and wonder to the congregated village.