New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-06-14
W1KENED BY 4 BIG SNAKE.
THE BLOOD cURDING EXrERIENCE or A MINING
PROSPECTOR.


THE BLOOD cURDLING EXTERIENCE or MINING
PRoSrECToR.
Som, half dozen mining experts who have
been pro .pcctiug for silver AMI gold tho Cherokee
Region Of Georgia and Alabama have Just returned To
this city loa ted down with rich specimens Of and
snake The vOuch for themselves tho snake
stories do not. but they calculated to equal any that
have recently hson print. Following is fair sample.
told Is the teller tells 1t:
We knew that were In snake country. and we hal
heard from the farmers and 'nlsScr," much ahout
the "crtters" that hilnt time to look out for or
mink of anything elsc while trampins the noun
tans through the wool. every tine twis brOAo or
displaced stone rusted the dry loaye- there was cry
o; snake, followed 10y stampede Awake, We im1gInel
every hing unusual a writAing. curihg slippery reptlc
asleep h.uutoi ~ tho oat,onc cFe1t-
uros. Tncro wcro nino In tho party. three being
IJOrcrs whom took apn: To do our heavy work.
They sicp, in small tent near orr own one Of hem
CIlDnr GIytou. morally afraid OF snakes tho
others didn't mind them much.
One neht dropped To sleep early after hard days
work. The M nnchoiy wall OF the whipPoor~iH. the
awc-nsprns. hair.rtsng moot % tho OWL the rnsping
rattle OF The kltydd. the glccfH frog cdord' from
nrighboring swamp. all echoed and rc-cchoed among
tho hills unhc trI by ~. We slept only tired men
sleep had been so.h'h enough to spread
NY blanket the door OF tho tent where
ludccl va, almost to opoi ar.the 81 the hali
grown f!hns .o'tiy my aco through the link
~
covering.
II must have boon b,itimc FOR All nature when
awakened. Them i've ,tpnoIs. distinct snofc,
keeping tn, and oIi % tnr DcliIi No IN tue tent blt
There wasn't sound outside, MT note from owl or
frog 10y nav back gtiIg AZ the inDpI ani tho
cloud, -cuddinc hcr d,t wondering what could
have walked me. fct desire 20 stretch and Ia NOV
lux nay lcft foli brcuu- conscious hevy wcirht
r.-tius upon &C. IHr movement Disturbed sac "'r {
and fct slip over % tc let side. The
iu "A r. I'D n
tnumP Ike zap nrr aId per hlon trl'k'o' ir3n
blanket beside my loot, heard smooth. guiding. ran
bux sound aud / know thai Large sna-c "a, coined up
IIdt vnd with fe.r FOR moment. tho
tho chance, before mo. Tle situation va,
-ui,cnl, throw the blanket the serpent and
hold there. AWAKE the .lcrp"r' have llshi struck AMI
tucn nSht ont But there WA, too inurn risk Tho
chance. we're against mo ia Tho dark an 10 "olli he
wei! n "a uI t,4pc 10 secure the Quake raoId i1l
I'm the nticn,rt il 1oulI be "a miracle for my friend,
escape 10, iiug- might have ht upon SOM plan Anl
| the reptile remained quiet. hut II didut ootlHi 10
| began slowly 10 uncoh - long body and there
came over neNpre-siDlc feeling OF relief. for
Thought II w. Soins away; lmtt"c NV horror mn;
when Instead u Tiroi, bed - hr" i3W.ri nIn' 'nh
began crawling len side IL Iaii IT. head upon
my shoulder ani stil felt the weight % IT. tai onmy
foot II crawed highor up ana 'hS 'r't'h' ''Il-ni't
on my body Every minute or ri" ra"h one -e"m-t an
agc- ral.rd irs heal from my shoulder and hcii tne
air close 10 my face peeriuH. imhsm'd minor h..
| thihcr II uncertain which way to 20. or else
r,ns to discover whether OF not there "a, park OF
Inc within me. Ny scared heart had climbed into my
throat. VOL nigh choking ne, aud my eyes we're closed
fast Thought 'ha' oo"Iu 'cc' ''o 'e'po"'' ''o"'"
| NY hal ceased. -
| Ny friend. -nured unconscious OF agony. The
snake drew up body and cooled up comfortably on my
shoulder ana pre- pared re-l2n self to the torture
of M. hicou- ghtintrc. But suddenly the reptile
gided ont OF colts and squrmng over mo slid away
| into the darkness | listened 10 It's
| toruOus progress through tho dead leaves
until 1t seemed far away ana thcn courage returned
aud reused the camp. With that selfish i'ndneo' Wnich
misery company went Ia the other tent anu IN
voice tn Il walked The echoes through hi ani wood Tor
mi a. nrnund. yried snake" The three men got up
without regard FOR propricty, "tolouc" Guyon rising
20 silly Us buug tse tent down upon tho others
Half dreaming lie started out tlSOugn the wood MS
white garment streaming ehoskc Ia the darkness Ia
moment heard picrc nS war who"u ia the rcFeirIt
tons OF which wcrcCOgnilrdtho COOncls yoifr ffc1
entity da- hin back 10 IA, pale aud TREMBLING ITO
had uuwittinsy run ntOa country graveyard, ana me
white tonbstOcs had put every thought OF SNAKE ont ot
his head lie the imb OF treo while the rest "f
Us with lantern AMI searched tho SURROUNDINGS
for tho snake. found trace OIL Iho
wood was full OF decaycd stumps and IL could oh'ly
| have hidden under one OF hem. There no moro
sleep in camp gt and tho next day sent 10 the
| nearest town for a hammock.