Hillsdale Whig standard. (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1846-1851, 1851-04-08
Battle with Blcodhounds.

Lieutenant Msyne Reid. who served i
the American Army during the late wa
with Mexico and subsequently, left this cnuu
Try TO tender his services to the strugglin;
HungariaDs, bGt, like old Dan Tucker, fouut
himself 100 late 10 come To supper pub
lished vo0me Of adventures m Soulheu
Mexico soon after bis arrival 10 London, ia
which we fnd the following account Of
battle with bioodhounds. We doubt if Ma
jor Longbow could have told il better:
Now. bows. for the bluff Next momenr
we were slrainiug up the gorge that led 10
the precipice; and the next, we had reached
the highest point, where the cliff, by bold
projection, jutted over the Stream There
vas level platform. covered with tuited
grass, aad upon This we took onr stand We
stood for some moments gathering breath,
and uerving ourselves for the desperate stfug-
GLE could not help looking over the pre-
icplce. 1T was fearful sight. Below, in a
vertical line 300 feet down, the stream, rush
ing through the canon, broke upon a bed of
sharp, jagged rocks. snd then glided on in
seethiug snow-white foam. There was no
object oetweed the eye aud the water; no
Juitlne ledge--nOt even a tree 10 break the
iail--nothlng bat the spiky bopldefs below.
and the ioaming torrent that washed them.
IL was some minutes before our unnatural en-.
emies made their appearance, but every howl
sounded nearer and nearer. Our trail was
warm, and we knew they were seeming on
run. Al length the bushes cracked and we
could see their white breasts through The
leaves. A few more springs and the fore
most bloodhound bounded out npon the
nd Az.
tered hidc0us howl. lie was az fault where
we h5d eutered the water. His comrades
now dashed ou, Of iae thicket, and joining in
he chorus of disappointment scattered a
moDg the stones. An old dog--scsrred ADD
cunning--Eept along the bank until he had
reached the Jop Of the canon This WAS
where we had made our crossing. Hero the
hound catered the channel, and. sptinging
from rock TO iock, reached the point where
we had dragged ourselves out Of the water.
short yelp announced 10 his comrades hat
he had Ated The scent, and they threw up
Their noses came galloping down. There
was swlt, cCrreE' between two boulders Of
oasalt. We bad lesped this. The old dog
reached II, and stood strHining upon the
spring, when Li6con fred. and the hound,
with one short 'wough, dropped 10 upon
ms head, and was carried OF like lashi
Counts one less To pitch owe" said the hun
ter, hastily reloading his rife
Without appearing to notice the strange
conduct Of their leader, the other crossed in
a spring, and, striking The warm trail, came !
yelling uP The pass IL was CLASSY slope
such as Is often seen between two tables ofa /
rs the dogs strained upward, we
could see their white fancs, and tho red ,
blood that bad bai,ed them cloued along /
their jaws. Another crack from Linc0ln's 4
rifle, and the foremost hound iumbled back /
down the gorge. Two rubbed ou,. ctied (
The hunter, and AZ the same moment saw
him fling his rifle 10 the ground The
hounds kept the trail no longer. Their
quarry was before them; their bowling end
I'd, and they sprang upon us with the silence
't the assassin. The next mument we
we're mingled ogeiher-dogs and men--in
he fearful struggle for life and death!
'now not how long this strange encounter
asted. lel, myself graphing with the
awny monsters and hurliug them over The
I'M. They sprang al my throat, and threw
'ut my arms, thrusllng them fearlessly be-
"een the shining rows of teeth. Then
vas Tree again, and selzing n leg or tail, or
ne loose flaps Of the neck, dragged saw
&c brute toward the brink, and summonlng
u my strength, dashed him against the
row, that he might tumble bowling ovei-
)nee lost my balance. and nearly siagger.
d over the precipice; and at length. painting.
leedlng and exhausted, fell to the earth.
could struggle no longer | look I'd ar
und tor my comrades Clayley and Ranul ,
ad sunk upon the grass. and lay torn and
leeding. Liucoln and Chase, holding !
ound' were balancing him over the bluff
Now, Murter,' cried the hu5ter, give him !
good hoist, and see if we kin pitch him !
ear on toiher side; -whoop--huor and, :
iIb this ejaculation. the Kicking animal vas :
unched into the ait. could no, resist !
okine after il. The yellow body bounded 7
om the face Of the opposite cliff. and Tell =
lth heavy splash upon the water below .
G was the last Of the pack Z