Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1840-09-22

Another Ierian Tger.-A late Houston
Morning Star gives the particulars, of des-
pelate rencontre between a Mr.F.- and
a large tiger on the banks of the La Bacca
river, which occurred recently. Mr.F-
furnished the editor with the statement him
SELF 1t seems this gentleman was hunting
cattle in the bottoms," and after forcing
his way for half q mile through the thick
cane IN order 10 strike across from one path
to another, he heard rafting and cracking
OF the breaks in partial opening a short dis
lance before him; supposiEg that he had
eesaae lip ,s''h the otjoot ofhie ooeroh he hoo
tened forward. As he como within ton feet
OF the spot, he saw, crouched upon his bel
y IN the attitude of springing, an enormous
tlger.-Hls eyes were fixed with fiery in
tensty upon him, his tail was vibrating
slowly, and every movement showed the
animal to be ready to spring. Mr.. F
quickly cooked his rifle and brought it to
his shoulder. The spring aud shot were
almost simultaneous. AS the animal struck
the ground with yell he writhcd and rolled,
and uttered unearthly ceilings for nearly a
minute, when he seemed exhausted Mr..
F. then drew his Bowie knife, and steal
thily approached as the animal lay with his
back towards him, and drove the steel to
the handle into his side. A sharp yell and
spasm, and he was dead. The ball had
entered the breast, and penetrated into the
region Of the heart This was one of The
largest tigers ever killed in Texas, and
was equal in almost every respect to the
royal Bengal Tiger Of the east. 1t meas
ured l feet from the tip Of the nose to the
extremity of the tail. Mr.. r took the
skin from the monster, and keeps it as a
trophy.
Discovery of MunumieS at Durango, Mer-
ico.-A million of mummies, it is stated,
have lately been discovered in the environs
of Durango, Mexico. They are in a sit
ting posture, but have the wrappngs, bands
and ornaments as the Egyptian. Among
them was found poniard of flint, with
sculptured handle, chapIets, necklaces, &c,
of alternately colored beads, fragments Of
bones polished like ivory, ine-worked elias
tic tissues, (probably our modern India
rubber CLOTH moCcasins worked like those
of our Indians now, bones of vipers, &c.
1t remains 10 continue these interesting re-
searches, and America will soon become
another Egypt to antiquarics, and her ru-
ms go back to the Oldest period of the world,
showing, doubtless, that the ancestors of
the Montezumas lived on the Nile, and
their luxurious civilization was broken and
overpowered by the hardy hordes of Asia
tic Tartars, who came down from Beh-
rings Straits and the Rocky Mountains.
The scenes Of Attilla and Alaric in Rome
and Greece, were rehearsed at an earlier
day on the shores of California, and the
plains of Mexico. 1t is unknown Of the
mummies above mentioned, what kind of
enbalmment was used, or whether it was
nitrous dispositions in the caves where they
are found. A fact of importance is stated,
that the shells of the necklaces are of d
marine shell found at Zicatecas, on the Pa
cifc, where the Columbus of their fore
fathers, probably, therefore. landed from
the Malay, Hindooston, Chinese coast, or
from Islands in the Indian ocean, Tex
as Star.