The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1864-12-22

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I. nA piper 'paIlshed in lIndis tells th;s :,
: markably expiting story about ,ah adyeutur
there sofan enthus iastic etomojoe;s. ,....
One very hot day, shouIderins his enso
r noios'eai NET, and with has bottle of cyanil
OF potassiusn in b il pocket for the nur.o..
o killing his specimens, he haa succsrdec
. - taking several species of moths ant
| Deeues' when, suddenly. emerging ON ar
open space, agigantic female buffalo CHARGED
l,gns down upon him Quick as lightning
j tne nara r1 tor sprang up a tree which fortu.
nately happened to be near, aud almost be.
fore be had comfortably settled down mon
/ one Of the branches, buffalo calf annearea
upon the scene, and both mother and off Of.
/ spring sat down at the fooi ofthc tree a.
rectly under bis position. Il. order to At.
tract the attention of his friends who were
~ ! the neghborhood, or of any native who
m'sht happen to be near, he shouted until
ne was hoarsc. Ever and anon, bv vav of
variation, with the vain hope Of frirhtcn;nr
away the buEalo, he awakened the extrem-
est echoes OF the jungle with his yells and
perpetrated the mast 'hideous noises ever ever
produced by the human voice. n was was Of
no ' avail; no friendly hand came to aid him.
and the brute still lay placidly licking and
caressing its'calf. He was about to assume
standing attitude in the tree. when sud.
denly his left hand, with which ne had
se'zed bralch above his hesd, was severe.
" stang or'bitten by some insect or animal
Startins with the acute pain, as the fear Of
whip or tree snakes flashed through his
mind. ne inyoiuntariy loosed his bol1 of !,
the bough. and, thus deprived ofsupport s
ne lost'his balance. and fell from his place t
y refuge, He dropped on the rb1ffaio,s Il
pack, and in another instant was carried I
way W. at tremendous pace through the
on ong thick grass; Of tee jungle. It was a
'ifflcult matter to keep, his seat, when all at 9
nee the buffalo sprang into a large tank, a
nd ne ne was immersed up to his neck in wa ltl
'r' Unable to swim, he was obliged to n
Ing to the brute. which for time swan h
'und and round the pool at her pleasure. !,
le only hoped his legs would not be seized ),
y one of the lalligators,s of which he had q,
'en several in the water during the day.- :,
hen, to his infinite horror, stinginr sen
tlon in his leg made him feel sure he had II
am been bitten by another kind Of ser. N
mt. And still the buffalo showed no y,
sns of returning towards 4tfe ksSa sSuSksi =.
Z land, the brute speedily reached tne ID
.ore, on gaining which she again com q
enced her mad gaflop. A few minutes ty
ought them to the spot from which the ty
,imal had started, where the calf was still al
anding. The buffalo was preparing toafe al
,wu.t when, seizing the branches of the tree 10
ON which he had fallen on the brute's II
,ck, be swung himself up into. his old po- ~
ton. He had not, how wer, been very q
ng there when the smarting in his band p
Id legs caused him \ to remember that he
ad been bitten by snakes The very idea N
! this, and the knowledge that one OF those q
enormous ermous reptiles was in the tree on which y
Q was perched, caused deadly faintness, 81
ON which it was some time before he raj c
ed. , n
Alternately fainting and reviying, hour p
ter hour p,sse1 away, night darkened Ii
own upon upon the jungle, and the buffalo still $
ept watch and ward at the foot Of the tree. II
u length, at ar advanced hour Of the night, 4
ie suddenly became conscious that tre' i
nendous struggle was going 9n between
he buffalo and soms large wild animal, !
which he Judged to be a tiger. The growl- L
nng Of the latter, he continues, 'the groans
il the buffalo, the noise Of their struggles,
Ind the incessant bleatipg Of the cali, COM
Dned in producing series OF sounds which
ii the darkness Of night appeared worthy of
the inhabitants Of Pandemoniurn. For full =
five minutes, which appeared hours to me,
the dreadful struggle continued, until at
length the groans' Of the buffalo subsidized
into Series Of convu,sive gasps and 'snorts,
and the sounds of struggling On the ground
almost ceased. could. however, hear the !
tiger growing, snarIing and splitting like
an immense cat. OF course descent was
now quite out Of the question. therefore
determined to remain where Twas until day
-,;cbtg If + did not die from the effects Of the
snake bites before morning appeared. so
strong was the interest with which listen
ed ana strained my eyes for the purpose OF
,earning what was going on below, that |
even ceased to think of Ehis contingency,
and forgot the death.lke swoons ] had pre-
viously experienced. After soma time spent
N listening to the noise rnads by the animal
while enjoying his feast of buffalo aesh, the
Isound ceased suddenly. felt sure, how
ever. that the beast had not departed, for |
had kept inyeyes fxed on tho dark outlines
under the shadow Of the tree, and the mass
remained of'the same appearances. | fancied
I could trace the form Of a tiger lying along
i side the dead buffalo, and this was the
i shape the dark oblect had assumed and re-
tanned since the terninatron Of the conflict.
AT length, however, ssuccor was at hand
Seeing light in the distance, he shouted a
loudly as he could, and this attracted th'
notice OF party who had set ont in search
; NJ him On coming up to the spot, boil