Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1843-01-21
~ IN y lafe number Of the Tr6pic, We End
lo following account Of an ok hunt.

ihn follow ING account Of an ok hunt.
RprurAwav BAYor, Dec. 20. 1912.
Gents;- - have just got through one Of The
most exciting hunts that bag taken place IN
The South for years, ~htrl, terminated IN the
dra'hof = s"rr cnough EHt. and one # mnrnae
sizo VIII rot attempt \ description Of tbs
bln', but merely give you thr outlines, from
winch you may form yoiif own npIuione.
ON Thursday morning last was still hnut-
ing for door, with rife IN band, between
Rotpdaway Bayou and he River, somewhat
IN ito direction nf Vickshurg. frhtn my house,
eud shout ! miles ~ a straight lnr from ~"
rcaldercc Of VI . Carroll, when = crash a,no1o
lhn limbs and fnnrsfeps Of some heavy brast
startled me. soon found tha' Whatever 4
might br, II had not seen ms. bnt bad bounded
or from the noIsr | had made. ! stole gently
On in purault. and came in view Of The M
mcnse animal. with horns that seemed to stand
among The hrgln,tlmhF ! Their full height
I should not have been able 10 trace, huf for
his tossing them hIther 8Dd thrtbcr, as h"
ranged his eye around IN quest Of The noise
my horse had made in coming ~. Ny over
anxiety 10 got y deadly shot lost ne that ops
portunity. HI detected my slightest move
mep' 10 placing MY rife wbere it could scnd
III I5Il |.fN VI l|IfilFs hfii MI M bt'tFI'b. INV
gems and earth, What = the matter1 I
stood IN amaz~ment and listened to what you
would have supposed i young hurricane :"
The crashing Of limbs, and anvoring Of vines.
and bend ng to and FRI d young s~,pIings, as
they would tire from beneath this n,onstrr Of
Tho woodssoavs me an uue,r,ng md cation Of
he route he was pursuing. on, on hn vent,
| in pursuit on foo, following without difficult
-, | -. I-,,, f.t ,r,,t. o,.l J,,bn. LIB. .-I
barked treea. In the meantime | sent Mr..
Harvey back for dogs and mcn, TO klll, Tscarce
know what While he b. was gone I %confip-
nod The chase, and time after time b" would
eIlow me TO get within 80 OF 100 yards Of him.
when of .ho bound again with the apend Of
'hc wind, alwaYe, however, snIcrttng y
tangled or thirk place where he couiIpauHe.
p~ccrcfc himself. and fake hls obacrvations I
concluded thts was instinct or wnnderiul a1-
r,clty,,for IN stopping he always wheeled of
| at a right angle and took hs position in Some
almost impene'rabla- thirkrt: and hcrc, " here
eye could not srr, or~ear hear, nntil his II un-
dcrjnp feet would again dash Gathering lhro'
the swamp.
After 40 absence Of aone time, Mr.. Harvey
| rc'urnod wiih0m assistance, no one believing
HAT had srro anything but a large
DUCK. AZ fli' EId-G VI lhf prov ''liiNL, ! icHnh
that nv on1v chance Wa TO worry HIM Until
night, u hen he would he so much f~atipuod,
! the he would gladly rrsf for the nigh, and in
morning could renew The chase with dogs.
With ibis view | hurried on nntII dark, when
I loft him cnsronccd in the cane and paImnt-
to Of Walnut Bayou, opposite Mrs.. C]arrelI's
The next morning, with my arrangements all
made, I was on the ground by light, With three
-. -. n D.11..J II G,,x Is
+. King, w. Harvey and myself, now ror1-
posed the party. Very sooo nv Old dog ,,1res
inn opened r~iolrniLr, and so different rom h 4
usual noe, that ] felt assured he vas on the
cEs track! | Ioosed hi t., and on hc went IL
beautiful pursuit, the orr dog that Their
tonchcd the track! II: elk was soon up, am
roy old do4'7 single .aico close at his heels
The rest cannot be described! Gun after snr
was fired in rar'L surcea-lon until my old dog
Co him at t.5y, and al the excitement Of wor
rylng =, extraordinary animal 10 de1th, wal
our IN less than half an hour | n short W.
! led hm? Harvey having the first no
! King the second, and nyseIfrhe third and Ia4'
az he fell froD his Hottest bound al The cracI
Of nv IA thf1l deer gun, m AiLsey" Hnrr
for America. IIurra for Lnusiana-. Hurr
f "oF P~reston!'" Hurra for "o1d AiIseq ,
Hmrt!! Hurra!!! With hats high in al
thus closed the scene over the last gasps {
this noble a~njraaiit
> Gross weight, 74 BIS.
Weight without ~entraiis. $50
Length from the tip Of the nose to
the end Of Inc hinder hnpf, IL #.
Height from the tip Of the fore hoef
to The top of me back, Sta !,
+ length Of horus, #. 2 II
y From the tip Of one horn to tie tip
Of The other, 2f.6 il
. HIS color : a dirty, brownish drab, WI
long hair and d deeper brown about he nee.
You're, truly, II S. D.
d AaoTRER STEAMBOAT AccIDEHT-We lea
o from a gentleman who reached the city We
g terday that Captain Joel Green, Of the Pat
e finder, on the last upward passage # that boz
g ioined the Total Abstinence Society, at Ma
: chez He wes under the Impression that
5. bad been carrying too much steam.'-
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