Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1848-01-25
A TEXAS SNAKE SToR'


graz country. but as the uia1imous "a =
. sat oi Mississippi, th.y have some yeN
:, great liars there iot new country.
r lHt LARGEST SNAKE NEr.-We are moi In
tAe hdoi' OF giving Cr5delce t. snake stari. :
+ Ia general n'r would We wish our reader. tn
ne lrf'. nom The TACT of or giving publicity
III To ihe following, that W. are entirclv con-
. verified hio willing believers. We, aiye ib.
statement exactly as i, VA. made To NJ. by NJ
Cr1z", who resides At The stock farm nj in,
Hon. Ihomhs +. McAinny. on Onion Cr,st
about hlne miles southwest ul this civ. Nr
JfId' States that soma time since he was in
!ofmed BY MrrIruia Mores. Mexi.an. who
HH" resides al San Antonio. that hr (Morp,l
nd' : zen ABOUT SIX years ago, very hig1 up OH
lha Colorado rlver, a snake ar s,rns,f of .u.h
enormous size, that it could easily DESTROY the
largest ANIMAL found in this country; such a,
deer, bears. painters. AMI even fan crown
ouliiiocs. Ii Was also represented that Ihis
large serpent. trr III, distance OF five or i
hundred yards could surpas, in fPetnpss th,.
iaste>t morse. The statement was corrobor.
d'ed oy some CaddO Indians who now live
on or near the premises OF Mr. Cruze; and from
'nrlf Niun5ness to accompany him To tn,
place where they had stated lhey Ind seen this
snake, Cruz' iina 'iy concluded 10 90 with them
to the place deai 5nated. Alter travelling six
DAYS an d ball up the west side of the Col.
ofddo, Ue Indians announced themselves in
lie Immediate vicinity oil the spot wher. th.
serpent had been seen. All were now busy
Ia examining for signs. and in short time
'hel came on large track, or trail, which
evidently had been made by something of the
snake KIND. Following this trail which is
represented by MIR. Cruz as being about lour
let IN with, they We're soon led to consI-
efdb'e water-ho|e in a valley near the foot ct a
mountain. They then retraced their stems 10
the place where they had first discovered the
'Idli, winch they continued 10 follow: and at
tae loot or on the side oi the mountain, which
Is alb ut a mile from the alor said water-hoe.
hscoVefed something resembling the en-
trance OF cavern, 10 which the trail evidently
led. Alter approaching within about six or
seven hundred yards of the mouth OF the cave.
the lndiaGs halted, and insisted that it was
hlShly dangerous 10 advance any farther: and.
On an inlln ,tlon OF Cruzt that he was willing
10 make farther advance, they positively de-
cIared that 1t would b. impossible for him 10
estapeii be should do 50. They stated that
some years ago there was a similar serpent
discovered high up on Rel River; that it pgr,
sued and caught and Indian who had always
ben ACKNOWLEDGED the feelest of his tribe.
and who cou run nearly as last as horse
HEY said this Indian bad the boldness to adj
vance within four or five hundred yards of the
den OF The snake
The fierce animal on perceving him. IN
stantly ddrted iorth in pursuit and ia ID VERY
snort time overlook and devoured him. This
they stated was witnessed by their Chief and
several Others who had repaired thtller on the
tieetest horses they could procure, to witness
the Indians cmerity. Alter this the Chief
gave orders tor none OF ther tribe to hunt
WITHIN twenty miles OF the haunt OF this hor-
ROE monster.
WI, c'@5 listened To their tale with some
tttPiddl"h out having more confidence in the
do!lF OF ms morse ("hich was fine blood
SeidihD 10 take him out OF danger than they
had, he advanced within about three hundred
ydfus OF the mouth Of The cavern. where he
matted, oelevlng 1t unsafe to approach nearer
IRON ms position he could plainly see huge
mass 'tlhS III HE entrance OF the cavern,
winch ur at once discovered 10 be somet ing
having me; Tor he could observe it slightly
Nio'a't' IL may seem strange that at the dis
!'iSe VI three hundred yards the ordinary vi
-" 'io1S c3use" ny ih@ breathing OF even as
PohoeiouS an animal as tins, could be discern
lo'e ~ we 'ahta ele--ln tfath, we Wereoi the
'P''ho" ''a' H!iS part OF the story emanatel
h9I5 nom imagination than rralltf, but when
VIC "e'e informed that the view OF the en-
!tahcF Vi Inc cavern was wholly unrestricted
: s'i@ n tne sun oFinS on the decline, threw The
! "'' iaice % us 'i5ht Immediately On the por-
tloh u 'ue serpent peHeptble, we became
,e9 1 aa'oiis''eo DIT 'ne statement, and readily
ii1Neo maj Such d lHih9 might be possible,
l"as''iuC' as we circumference OF the snake
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