The Litchfield County post. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1826-1829, 1827-12-20

husstcrs OF the COLONY, 60 destroy him. They
accordingly provided themselves with loaded
muskeis, and ether arms, and sought an Oc
c,siOn TO encounter him. Il was not I'LL the
night Of the day above stated, that this Occa-
sion offered. One Of them perceivng fIom
the gestures of domestic m0nkey he kept,
that the tiger was near, tied the monkey on
the outside, went into the house himself and
opening his shutter he awaited his approach.
He soon appeared. Horace fired his musket,
of which part Of the contents cut a hind
foot Of the animal entirely of, and the rest
wounded him severely in the thigh. UnfOr-
tunately there was no more ammunition in
the house. The tiger setting up loud cry,
expressive of the most ferocious rage, and bit
terest pain, remained the whole night in the
enclosure, and completely blockaded all ac-
cess and egress, to and from the house; in
which the alfrighted Horace proceeded to for
tify himself by every means in his power. At
the dawn of day, the wounded animal return
ed sullenly into a thicket about third of
mile distant from the place, where he had
spent the night. He left his track, marked
with blood, and with the almost inevitable eff
fects OF his wrath aud suferings. Several
green sapIings Of the hardest wood, and
2 IL inches in diameter,wer literally gnaw-
ed, or rather from the appearance of the
stumps, often off at three Or four q pes of
his powerful jaws. A company of 20 men,
armed with muskets, cutIasseS and bayonets,
went in pursuit of him at half past five in The
morning. Several native Africans, who were
acquainted with the perilous nature of the
enterprise, and the habits of the animal Pur
sued, stripped quite naked, and advised the
rest so follow their example. But their adj
vice was disregarded. The Gordon of the
hunters approached the retreat of the Tiger
much sooner than their expectations-and the
first notice of their arrival was given them by
&c animal himself, who raised a tremendu-
Gus roar, of peculiar note of which the ex-
preston was uncOmmonly ferocious, and its
effects appalling to the stoutest heart and
rushed upon the line. He passed the first
man, who happened to be one that had pru-
IDENTIFY Invested himself of his cIothes--but
assailed the second, who was startled SO as not
use his musket or even to retain it. He gave
a few unsuccessful strokes with his cutIass-
grappled with his enemy and fell. This was
Louis Fernandez, a native Of Aux Chayes, g.
bred sailor 1t is believed that the enemy
made three desperate punges at Fernandez,
at each infcsing deep w"und-when HOr-
ace. who CHANGED to stand next in the line APP
preached and deliberately shot him through
the shoulder. Ferdinandcz had thrOttled him
SO determinedly, that the wounded animal
might have found some difficulty 10 disenga-
ging himself hadnot Louis inclination ia the
matter co-incided with his own. He was in
an instant back to the covert, and silent. For
what reason the whole company now made
hnI 0f hot hos bnn
to town, they have never informed me. But
man, whose wounds in his head, shoulders,
and arms, were found to be- very painful, but
not dangerous.
But the hunt was not abandoned at this
stage. Having discharged several muskets at
random. towards the thicket where the Tiger
was supposed to lie concealed, he darted out
the second time, with the same terrific cry as
before. His object appeared to break the cor
don and affect his escape. His aim was d.
rected at one Of the party who was nearest at
the moment-D. George, from Philadelphia
whom he succeeded in disarming of his
musket and dashing it to the ground in an in
slant. George had the presence of mind to
draw his cutlass, and the good luck to use it
with some effect. In the mean time the saw
age animal had fastened his fangs on Georges
legs one of which was quite bitten through
below the knee. An African approached with
a cutlass,and several bullets were shot through
the Tiger at the same instant-and just in time
to save his antagonist from the most terrible
laceration--Happily the shot injured none of
the understand the whole party returned at
8, in moderate triumph, bringing the dead
beast on pole carried by six men, followed
by the wounded man ON litter. The latter
has suffered considerable pain-but hiswounds
are not expected to prove dangerous.