The Red Cloud chief., 1882-09-29

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psiswa-s CITY has anosAsr scasasica.
and this time Il h one thai b positively
startling 10 the story told 10 truss. nhsrs
| can be no douhs. however. Of lie correct
pesS. inasmnch ., 10 ts vouch~d to~ hy
James Ch-c~emaE. said 10 be - geafle-
man b~yoad ~p-oach and of snisn-
pearhable Character" That g~nfieman
states thai While driving iciarriy aloaz
the road frofn Delaware Gay 20 -
Gcorye'. on TUESDAY morning LAST. he
vas Suddenly s'Arlei. while GA the -
Gcoryr's neal Dra-on Cr~~k.
by the appearance of . large reptile
coming down the ruad dirsctiy toward
him At . rapid pace. As the mcysns
mass approached he discovered ]; xas :
huge black snake II ie&ss twenty feet
long and about af,os in diameter. ne
near |. could 10 judged by ,hs
kuricd glance be gave the ''varminI"
BEFORE the Ios,hsoRc creature rvaehei
him be gave hrs horse \ Cut, with q whip
just as The snake male a jump fog the
animal The horse sprung to cne SIDE
and started on = dead run. apparently
terribly frightened The snake missed
iis aim. bal struck the ifon, wheel o!
the carriage . stunning blow. breaking
OCT, neatly every spoke and making the
vehicle trrmbic and ant dangerously 10
one side. Mr. Checseman did no, sue
ceei in stopping bis horse until D:
had run about n mite. when he looked
back. bat saw nothing Of the horrible
reptile. which he describes rs being
covered with large scales
Charles Brown and his wife. while
blackhcrrying in the same vicinity last
week. were chased by the same iu,-
mem creature. but by 4 nj II hard nua-
ming they succeeded Ia gaining a place
Of shelter.
The existence Of the snake Is well
krowA and n gentleman who does no;
care. from molcsty. TO have hi. ua M
appear. very reluctantly gives an cape
rience he passed through sbou, ten DAYS
ago. He started out b ackbcrr, ing in
the marshes along the bank OF Dragon
Creek, airing with him also n shot
gun. Feeling tired abou, noon he con
eluded Ia rest awhile and began "a make
his way TO an old log. n, he thought.
about twenty feet distant. TO take n seat.
Upon approaching wha, he believed 10
b. a fallen tree. the object moved slight
ly. when he d severed il Wa not n log.
but an immeny snake. ON which we're
scales about the size OF soup plates. In
stinc lively he fel rs rapidly rs the M
ture 81 the ground would permit. lcav-
ing his gun behind. Finding he was
not pursued he glanced back and saw
his snakeship moving slowly away. and
although he believes he saw the middle
uies before the tail passed through tho
bushes
A cracking nose followed in Tho
wake IL the snake. and small trees
shock as the crca ure' tail swayed from
side 10 side. Gaining courage. tho
Gazcte informant secured his gun and
started after the snake. which hal dis
appeared i'm the woods After travel
ing about a mile the hunter came in
sight oi the trunk of an old hollow oak.
about fifty feet high and two feet in
diameter. from the top III which pro-
truded the head and almost ten feet 81
the .>awiullest thing l evcr saw" rs
our Informant, remarked. Its head was
about the size of a naii-kcg and of q
glossy black color. its forkcd tongue
shooting out venomous'y fully n foot,
accompanied by - Kissing sound re-
semblin, escaping S nj from . loco
motive. The hunter took aim and
fired, the load Of shot striking the snake.
the shooter thinks. two feet from the
heal. The lead failed To make any
impression, but dropped To the ground
f'aitened out. a shot from The second
barrel resulted the same way. The last
report, however. seemed u ange. the
snake. and il started out Of the top Of
the tree, its firc-like eyes cleaning in
the sunlight. The man at once left. |
around when some distance of
and seeing the loaihsome creature
letting itself down by the Ia I 10
the ground. while around the top Of the |
tree appeared the heads Of numerous
small snake,-pcrhaps q hundrcd-evi-
the young Of tie monster.
The now ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS II berry
gatherer fel precip lately. and not until
MIR. Cheeseman's experience be- ame
known did he tell III his adventure.
which of course will have to be taken
grano sails.
The existence OF a huge snake 10 the
mentioned has been known for
years. and il is on record that
Henry and William Carson. sons III John
Carson, were nj one time chased ho,ne
bcrrying. At that time n patty
organized. and. armed with gurus.
hatcbefs. pitchforks. etc secured
he vicinity for two days. but without
Another party is tn be formed
n n few days and n grand snake hunt
organized. - Wilmington (DeL) Gazette.