The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1870-07-14

ming blow, and that's all [ do remember
for some time When | recovered, [ was
lying near the same spot, my friend lean
ing over me, and bathing my face with
water. Close by lay huge gray mass,
that was my former foe, and slowly l
began to remember how it all happened.
| was aching all over from bruises, and
was suffering internally from the jar, but
soon found l had no bones broken, and
in a few days was again able to take
the field My friend said that when he,
the elephant, charged us, his horse, UNI
used to such game, became completely
demoralized, and carried his rider some
distance before he could stop him.
When at last he did succeed in doing so
he fast ened him to tree, and hurried
back on foot Hearing my shots and
hoping to be of service In case should
be i'll trouble, he made all speed, and ar
rived Oh the ground just in time to see
me flying in the air, he didn't dare to say
how far; but as l struck the ground, to
his horror, he saw the Infatuated monster
rush forward, and kneeling, plunge his
huge tusks through my body At least
such appeared to be the case, but if it
had been, should hardly be here now.
So epgrossed was the elephant in his
i vengeance, that he took no notice of nv
friend'sapproach, who ran up noiselessly,
and by a ball behind the ear rolled him
lover stone dead. He then turned his
attention to me, supposing of course that
was dead, for what chance is there for
: man, who has had two elephants tusks,
each some three inches in diameter.
, driven through him Z? What was his
astonishment, therefore to find me still
living and on close inspection, he found
2 was not wounded at ALL The elephant
!. blinded by the blood from his wounded
4 forehead, had missed my body altogether,
and only plunged his tusks into the
8 ground, on each side of me My escape
: was almost miraculous, and hope / was
q thankful accordingly. Almost my first
t thought, on recovering my senses, was fol
. my precious rifle, and was almost al
thankful, on finding it safe, as for my
own safety.
Q "The elephant was splendid old fel
4 low, with as beautiful tusks as 1 eve
b saw; they weighed nearly hundred
! pounds apiece. In cutting out the tusk
a l found all six of my balls, imbeded il
y The skull; Il also saw that from the
) position Of the BRAIN, and the roots o
d the tusks, forehead shot cannot kill al
Y African elephant, except by the meres
o accident. The skull of the Asiatic Gle
I plant is. differently shaped, and the
s brain differently placed, SO that fore
head shot, if fred with a steady hand, il
! almost sure to bring him down.
E. while am on the subject of nv re
. volving rifle, may as well tell anothe,
instance, in which it got me out of a yer,
q awkward scrape, though by very curl
it Gus accident ; | was out afoot, and we baf
v startled a black rhinoceros, which haf
= been Wallowing, hog like in mud hole
: he went of at a smart gallop, which
= would have severely tried good horse
d but soon entered q dense thicket Of wait
A. a-bit thorns SO we followed him up OF
:. foot We entered the jungle at differen
2 points hoping to get shot at him. En-
81 tering await a-bit jungle, assure YOU. i
d no joke: Mexican chapparal is nothin,
-. to it /: the thorns are like fsh-hooks anS
. strong enough to tear the stoutest "a n
n vas; if they once get hold of YOU, yo,
in viii be obliged to wait a bit before yo,
y get loose | was wormlng nv way along
leaving samples Of my clothing at almos
TO every step. when' Whit! Whit Whit ,
ID sound like e.puff of steam pipe, anc
is q great dark mass came tearing through
J the bushes, straight at ME Their
wasn't the slightest chance for shot a
~ he was facing me and his,horn thorough
le ny shielded his brain SO waited hopint
&c he might turnia little, and expose hi
IN shoulder. was in an awful fix it wa
imposslble.to move rapidly in any direc
nc tlon for the thorns held me, as in a VICE
III while this ugly monster was comine
ID upon me with almost the speed and torcf
"A OF locomotives! The only chance coulG
think OF was that some object in his wa,
ie might turn him, and expose his should der
ID but nothing would turn him stout tree.
at bent like reeds in his path, as he rushed
against them. Like most black rhinoc
= crosses, ne came on with his head carried
m aigh, and his ugly snout in a straioht
m fine saAt iength, as he came within hall
a dozen yards firesolted toitry SHOT a,
, has head, hoping to turn him, for unles,
e. something was done. he wonld f,a 49,