Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-05-11
EVENING STAR.
ANECDOTES OF CATLN.

ter, says the London Morning Advertiser,
from young man recently settled in
Brazil, IN which he speaks Of a rencontre
with Catlln, the celebrated ethnographer
and traveller. he met him in George
Town, Demarara, and was immediately
rec gnized, although it was ten years
since they had seen each other in the
Egyptian Hall. "You won't know me, :"
he said to Catlin, "it is ten years since
you saw me-" Catlin, in answer. pro.
nounced his name in an instant. They
proceeded together 1900 miles, "by land
and by water, throughforests and swamps
and prairies, !" following the course of the
Amazon, and We select the following in
cidents on the journey. The first re-
lating to Colts pistols, contains hint
to some old chiefs in England. We must
explain that Catlin had received the
name of Governor" from his youthful
associate: .. .........
How THE OLD CHEF WAS AsToN1sHED
BY A COLI" The Governor had one Of
Colts pistols in his belt, and one of his
revolving rifles always in his hand, and
| had the old Mimic, with whose power
you are somewhat acquainted. had let
out the idea that the Governors gun
could shoot all day without re-loading,
which made an illustration necessary.
They were all anxious to see it " set in
motion, p" and l placed the door of our
tent, which was part Of a cow-skin
stretched on hoop, at the distance Of
sixty or seventy yards, with bulls eye
In the centre. The whole village had as.
sembled, and the Governor took his posi-
tion and went off.-one two. three
four !! five T! six! Il then stepped UP and
told him that was enough, 1 presumed /:
and while the old Chief was assuring
him that they were all convinced, and,
1t were pity TO waste any more ammu
milton, the Governor was swapping the
empty cylinder off, and another one on,
with six charges more, without their OBJ
serving what he was doing-he offered
to proceed, but all were satisfied that his
gun would shoot all day without stop
ping, and this report travelled ahead of
us to all the tribes we afterwards visited
in that region"
adtshe next is tiger story:
N' KEEP Cool, AND DON'T SPILL THE
GRAVY. =" One day when he had landed,
and most OF our party were lying asleep
under the shade of some large trees, the
Governor and | had collected wood and
made large fire, over which we were
roasting fat pig which had shot from
the boat during the morning. Twas squat
ted down on one side Of the fire, hold
ing short-handled frying pan in which
we had made some very nice eravy,
which the Governor, who was squatted
dewn opposite to me, was ladling over
the pig, with an Indian wooden spoon.
All of sudden, l observed his eve fixed
upon something over my shoulder, when
he said TO me in a very low tone, Now
L want you to keep perfectly cool, and
don t spill your gravy-there is 2 splen-
did tiger behind you" held fast to
the frying pan, and turning my head
gradually around, had a full view CT
the fellow within eight PAGES of me, lying
flat on his side, and with his paws hitting
up and playing with the legs Of one OF
our Spaniards, who had laid himself
down upon his belly and was fast asleep.
Our rifles were left in the boat. The Gov
ernor drew himself gradually down the
bank, Oh his hand ard ieet,- ordering me
not to move; was in hopes he would
have taken his old MIME, but he pre-.
ferred his own weapon, and getting it to
bear upon the beast, he was Obliged to
wait some minutes for it to raise its
head, so as not to endanger the poor
Spaniard at the crack of the rife the
animal gave a piercing screech, ard
leaped about fifteen feet straight into the
air, and fell dead. The Spaniard teaped
nearly as far in different direction
and at the same instant, from behind q
little bunch of bushes on the opposite
side, and not half the distance from our
fire, and right behind the Governor
back, where he had been sitting, sprane
the mate, which darted into the thickeI
and disappeared, We skinned this beau
tiful animal, which was shot exactly be.
tween the eyes, and after all hands had
Withdrawn to the boat waited severa
hours IN hopes that the other one would
show itself again, but we waited in vain
and lost our game"
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