The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-06-24
CAUGHT IN A QUICEsAyNgD.
Al ThrIiing srrstci,.

two old hunters, Buck Strading and Tom
Shuttle were hunting with me in the
Western part Of Texas; just south oi
the famous Ei Cano Eatacado. We had
gone into the interior more for sport
than anything else, caring very lie
tewhether we secured more game than
answered for our immediate wants oi
not. a .t.s, ls, y
Penetrating still further and fur.
ther toward the Mexican dominion, we
finally etsuele o bsrEen, cparched country,
upon which We entered with some hest.
tation.
erhisslooks as though we shan't find
any water, I remarked, as we7yeined up
our horses and took a guyvey of the arid
plain. r e ; ~
aDoes look rather skeery,nn replied
StradIiDg, taking. his short, black pipe
from his mouth, "but guess we'll try ft.
IRllmake o sort Of variety to this eternal
tramping.p
;MWhy. you SEQ, there Is water foar OF
live miles back Of US; 80 we can go ahead
for o day, .ands 1--we cam e. find anything,
why, we can turn round and make back
trackg. Itllg0 rather tough but it won't
hurt us. BY idea, - continued the trap
PER, growing philosophical, ''is, that we
Iiever know what water is till we've gone
two or three days without IL, just as the
only way TO get q good, sonnd, refreshing
sleep is TO sit up for 9 couple of nights
Soft was concluded chat we should 'von.
ture upon this unknown .sahAFa I; and Civ.
ing rein to our horaes, Wc struck off upon
an easy gallon. ti5f5is ~
We saw nothing Of buffalo or dear, and
moro than once questioned the prudence
ofthe atep, but as we were, ,aotuated some.
what By curiosity, I Iaaidnotbipg, and we
pYessd forward : ,i5>'3js
We had id abpnL snee Of dried meat,
which, no doubt, would last iisloll the
time eaeceasasy.s Nov end then NO caught
sight ,oE an antelope, but they were very
sh5, and kept las % distance which placed
them hsysfend all danger Of our guns,
AS N,e were riding along, and had come
to the conclusion that is would be im-
possihle tpaestre any game i was Euro 1
discerne6 q pair OF aIst tlars hsy6nd d swell
in Che prairie, and declared as much 10
my companions, but they 0hly laughed
at me, and told me. to give. up the ,fooiiah
thought. 7-ass certain, however, that I
had reals soe1 the animal, apd, as there
was q chance 70 sasdre aalii iething 3paIaEa--
Bile fofslppeF, Iassnred them thaE Kwould
do SO. They told me te 70 ahead while
they Weighed their animals down TO walk
and iiursued their way moro ieisufoly.
Imay here remark thai, hunters, often
separate for IN entire, day frat ,agroasng
upon the guides by which they shall
meet again, and / hnd no heaitation
in doing the sama. My horse was fresh
AMI snnfed ;thelair 90 though anxious to
atretch is limbs; so, without naeleas hes.
itation, 1 waved them o play yfnt goodbr,
md started away. 1890
aimed directly toward The, the s.,ot
where had discovered Ehe object, Judged
tito be q lhalg-inile distant, but when I
reached the place, It proved to be douole
that distance, and illusion which often
nlisleads hunters and traveleyB. W &
"a eingulasiy formed ridge crossed the
plain from Easts to West. "a thicket. ot
Cactus grew upon Its Humnit, and toward
the thicket directed my course. Fssiis.
mounted before ascending the hill and,
5c hntiously leading my horse ainonng the
satra bushee,k 1 tied him Co ono Of the
: IiIlhg. tied him With slight dsanfity,
for The noble beast did not need anything
more. Ehis done, Iatealthily made my
4 way through the bushes toward tho point
where ] sgas atire i had teen tho ganae.g.
What was my Ausptfse and pleasure 'to
see not ono antelope, but hSlf.n.d dozaR,
gEAzing beyond q mis- iGas3l surprise and
plsasnre 10 in more than ahe SENSE for,
While we set this action sofs the country
down ah q barxatf waste, here syTgs E,fipf-
t.Jaetc evidence OF cur mistake. Where
there was vegetation, I argued, there
afat ff.raia -. - .as
Howasefs tho angelopss wsfa 1000 feet
There was not tho alightsgs covering 10
protect an approach, and i beran co d Z.
Z bate With nay self nponI the heSs couTsa 20
pursue Should Initiate the cali fof ono
9Of tiiei Esnupabsy In dissFes9 ThT7a ygiIs
something so tnhumani In that thstI Feyol-
ted &c tile tilolght afld s6oEi mo i Is 5unuusa.
tien that no true hunter would descend
to such neannesS. Should ] tis fTiy rea
l.andk HES upon my ramrod, aud saEe
HdysntaEe of their cuEiosity I they weFa
too shy. 4 g ~ tSss s.t'
All | an idea struck me-. NY eye sud-
denly rested upon a hluiatl lina rlnnina
acfoss he plat lie, beyo ss here the AMI.
mails lGgre teGdsBg, It was either buE,
iaIo road or the clannHi of an arroyo;
Int nsar. IL IL sas tIlc rI, s,s,,.
81 gaAsed, Iaad u dsserminsll Is taES
Immediate I'd dvantage OF it
Mstfeating rs steal lithy from the thicket
sas q had eslterered it, I hurried slong the
Tii17 : : N 1-> =s,, a.. - =
sllasi oIssesyed that the Eidgo was Iiepress.
ed 10 the level of he plain. clinp
this, 81 ky5 Still lsee stiIpfisa II fa;iisE
E1yEe,l + on the banks Of fa brosd ayroyo,
whose ~ sY al cred over q he'd
sos ~ nsI aIifi ~ p5ulIIs Ihe ibaniSB were
two us shrs9 feet above tho surface OF sia
here the xiIiEe carso
sqpsFn ], Ilcr anss Hers 3hefe siisiEe
quite s I,!tls all0 hurFying around
isa base, / stepped into the channel and
c0inra en caIl r7adine ii inv srtl. h
d al isftsct1st feat, es tho tsa 81
rs 80 q tssl{ i IA q siss / ESSs
obliged u tread very slowly. Ieat 81 oriS:
asaTzs tho gasfa ahe kE se ei0rci e ono az
no 81 0st u cE aniinaia III a sTcfi
ssexli llg sente sensa cf heaginn 90 raaeil
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hun ef can arpffs1ch lli IL
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sIl&ilier for segefaf huniired ards. ]
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sig9ugh tho istSvsi sstas MA
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d il6i alits Snd ans & sc "a; &
are5 81 Il s ncerY SeIleo Sudden.