The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-11-07
GRI2zLY's FIGar WITH SNAKES
Dozens OF Rattlesaakes swarm Aroaud
aB & Bear and kit Him,


About yeas sf.ef tho Custer massa
ere l WAS prospecting ia the B.sck
Hill, and / toll you that keeping a
lookout for Inaians, rattlesuskes
grizzly bears, outlaws aud "indics-
lions" WAS all the work ono man
should have been loaded with. wan
stark alone, you remember, having
been sent out by certain spectators la
Denver. ! wa. "heeled" with sll the
wespons ! cared 10 lug, and ~ for
grus, | WAS expected to furnish my
sell,
Skipping several close snaves from
losing my scalp, end several accidents
which brought mo fac, To isco with
death, lot me tell you Ola curious bat
tic which nal tho gold lujk TO wit
ness. lad heou cs@ping or lodging
IN a cave in one OF tooruggo6est noun
tains nature ever made. l found IL by
accident, aud | turned il into a lldg-
ipg-houea because | offered mo 30
curD retreat from tho indians. rhese
were plenty OF tho red deVlla arOuud,
and moved about In copstsut dread
OF ieGiiNg their bullets.
During tbs first two nights ] WAS un-
diStRrbe6, buten tho thlrd | nasrd the
"wooshw Of a grizzly about badtimp,
and tho Internal bguto Prov cd abOut
tho neighborhcod neli the night.
reckon ho could get ny scent, GU. was
unable 10 locate me- Once he ap.
pro.ehed withln % fdab Ok I've month of
my don and stood ,0sre for 10 min.
uteA ard sUlHod sud sgutldi Hud
gyowled until iwao IN y ed lwcat
Hs went away aitor q ttme, bat |
dirn't sleep more than au hour ali thni
night. Next morstng | was astlr bs-
| fbro suurlte, and SION got on the
track OF Old Ugly. Ho hnd gone u
tbs west, aud hal MT followed his
trail over 500 ieot whom
ioupu beaten track leading M
and dow, H. vts doubtless 10,
OLD gentlemsn's private roadway, anc
had seemiugly bean used Tor months
! foil wed IL for abOut half a mil,
and 1t then took u sudden turn nrouu d
Y ledge or mass OF rocka aoous IL Zee
high. Believing wa, pretty nsal
"homo," ana not wishing TO walk A.
on anybody withoet warning,
climbed the lodge Instead OF Keeping
tina path. had SCARCELY reached The
top when l heard an r.r-r-r! and n
the Same instant got the scent OF rattle
snakes You just get that groom on
oumber scent oncs, and you'll nevp,
forget IL! Ips g smell no other reptil,
has, and IL makes you powerful sick
W. .hout any Time wasted.
Well, . dozen or moro great rsttler
crawled away nv / advanced, aud I sav
them disappear on the otner side o
the ledge. l WAS on u rocky sh oil, ia,
ting out Of tho mountain. Tho dis
. TANGO across was about - feet. 1 90
down on hands and knees and crpt
10 tho far edgo and looked ont frou
behind q bowlder. II was we'll that
had been cautious. Below mo, nni
not over 80 feet away, lay my old wi,
ely fast aslsep. Ha was on the broaI
. OF his back, legs NJ, aud when my o, q
foil upon his long, utsol.like CLAWS.
no logger wondered how no was abb
~ tssr the CARCASS OF deer int
D shrsda q. a few strokes.
. had the OLD chan dcai 70 r,sht,
0 There was y good rest for my Wiz
0 cnester, and oven a poor shot coul
:. put two bullets into his he Id befsro h
could open hts eyes. But 1 didni
shoot. While was making ready 4,
: full dtxen rattlesnskes went pjil,n
, down the path toward the bear. The
looked ugly and defian bat perb an
would have psssed him BY II bs hs
/, remain. quiet. He lay TO ons aida I
! the trail, aud - the 80 axes nearesi MI,
louo sNofN Quicker than grosaG