Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1841-04-13
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uliHh must nave hrCd bah do
zen times, / had plenty of powder,) the
sharp sticks CHANGING off the head, scratch
nag and Yex!ng he animal, tiIlapproaching
rather lacautlously near, | succeeded in
driving one OF them directly INTO the eye
ball. With tremendous toss and roar,
he charged directly, rearing on his hind
legs 10 beat enc to peices. succeeded
luckily, in getting behind small tree, and
advancing on! y few strides, he retrcatcd
back to his covert, twirling his long upper
lip, tossing his head, snotting and beating
the saow with his fore hooyes. In boiling
TO The tree had dropped my gun in tic
show, which getting into the barrel, rem
dcrod It unfit Tor further service in the az
fair.
d" Misfortunes in these matters seldom
come alone: | found that had lost my
hunting knife some way or other in the
chase must have hur;icdIy and loosely
returned it TO its sheath, after giving the
death stroke 70 the cow moose. had
small bowie-knifc with a spring handle
still about me. My next plan was to cut
Il sapliug down with tonlahawk, about II
feet long, and tied this knife to the end Of
OF II with piece OF my shoe thong. |
crepE with this OF the outside of the fallen
tree, and forcing through the branches as
near as | could to the moose, | watched
my opportunity to get his blind side to-
wards me, and drove it to the hit behind
the (orc shoulder. The Sudden short start
Of tho animal at receiving this wound,
snapt the blade of the KNIFE in it, and
though the blood gnshcd freely, s,l! he
seemed to feel it but slightly. Fooled in
all my attempts, ! scarce new what to be
at next, or whether to give up, when, as a
last resort, George proposed 10 me TO lei
him have my tomahawk, ana slipping off
his snow shoes to mount into a tree, hav-
ing large branches Immediately overhang-
ing the spot where the moose seemed IN
ciincd 10 keep, aud try TO cash him be-
hind the ear so as to bring him Gown. |
consented to this, and my poor fellow was
soon at his station; and reaching down as
we had planned, made blow at the beasts
ear, as he stood directly uadcr-this he
unfortunately missed, and his tomabawk
glanced off OF the check bone and fell out
of his hand. The moose, reused and Gg-
grayated by the pain of the additional
wound, and looking upward with his re-
naming eye athis new assailant, with
savage roar Immediately lcaped and reared
on.end, and struck at the poor boy on the
limb, his hoovcs swapping the twIgs and
branches on all sides of him. The boy
now got deadly frightened, AID lost al!
presence Of mind-what with the yc!I-like
roars Of the enragcd animal, and the furi-
Gus crashing Of his blows underneath and
around him-nor did wonGcr at it.
s.. Robert, Ro5ert-oh! my God, Rob
ert, am getting blind; | am getting weak
and loosing my hold must fall, and he
will beat my brains out-oh! save me, save
mer sung oct ny poor brother. He was
my mothers darling, one that | myself
loved dearly above the rest, and minute
more would see him dashed in a bloody
mass under the hoovcs Of the gigantic
brute, now goaded to seeming madness
forgot every thing III that moment, but
the one purpose Of saving him or losing
my own life in the attcmpt--for home with
his mans!ed corpse | could never face
You talk OF fright-aye, felt it at that
moment as | never knew or felt SHINE
not for nysc!f, bet for him, as ! saw him
lettering on that tree limb, and the horrld
death awaiting him below. | seized my
gun from the snow, and clubbing it rushed
upon the rearing and striking moose, with
a wild shout to attract him from his intend
ed victim oycrh. ad
"'Gcorgc,' roared out, for your life
nv dear boy, hold on few moments, and
ali will be right. Keep looking upward to
the sky, and you will get your strength
again. while | will drive the moose from
YOU My shouts as expected, brought
the animal directly upon me. He charged
fuliouSly and ere could raise the gun
stock to make blow at him. he struck Eat
me with his fore feet, missing my head,
but Daring the trent Of my capot with his
sharp hooves, throwing me down, and dri-
wing one OF his legs through the net work
of my snow shoe. In his struggle to get
free from the hamper OF the shoe, and be-
ing weakened with his previous wounds
and loss of blood, he fell over me in the
snow, and foundered about, almost dislo-
eating my leg with his efforts to get free
from the snow shoe. Just at this moment
my hand rested upon my tomahawk, that
George had dropped from the tree. This
had a sharp steel ferule at the handle end,
{as always get my tomahawk fitted up
in this way and grasped it firmly, for
life or death, was on the game in hand
I plunged repeatedly up 10 the sharp axe
head, wood and all, in the brute's body,
wherever | could get blow. And, TO
come 70 a short close Of my long story,
when George came down from the tree,
after recovering his strength and courage
by the simple means po.aed out 10 linn