The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-08-14


Ting the moose snugly around the neck
of the beast The cast was long one,
but the expert accomplished the feat
with neatness and dispatch. His horse
was very fractions and the others had
to go to their comrades assistance be-
fore the fierce brute was made sure
captive. But now that they had him
the boys did not know what to do with
their elephant. He was finally dis
patched with six-shooters from safe
distance.
One evening not long ago herd of
Angora goats that were being herded
by Miss Teresa Tallert, on Lost river,
Idaho, came home in q hurry and
crushed pell-mell for the corral, a log
concern some eight feet high. They
were shut in by the young shepherdess,
no male members of the family being
home at the time. In a search among
the foothills no cause for alarm was
developed. In the night Miss Tallert
was aroused by her dog whining at her
ear, and getting up she saw from the
window, by the aid of bright moon
light, some wild animals raising havoc
in the corral. She stepped outside al
most into the embrace of four noun
tain lions and without moments hes
itation attacked them with an axe.
Two of the lions jumped the corral and
fed. The other two rushed toward
her and stampeded the goats, who
nearly trampled their young mistress
to death. She sprang to her feet just
in time to deal well directed blow at
one monster who was springing at her
throat. She laid him out, cutting the
back open to the bone. Then both
fled. The next morning fifty of the
valuable goats were found dead and
thirty wounded. Fourteen of the latter
died afterwards.
There is young nimrod living on a
ranch near Helena who is quite an
expert with the rifle and who has, in
addition to his experiences with powder
and ball. very large amount of in
domitable pluck, endurance and good
sense. His name is Ole Synnes and he
is just fifteen years old. On the 18th
of February last father and son were
out in the mountains near their ranch
taking out timber for fencing. The boy.
who had been sent on short errand,
came running back saying he had seen
the track of large mountain lion and
was going to follow out the trail. Re-
monstrances from the father were use
less and in few moments the plucky
boy started out with 44-caliber Win
chester rifle to hunt the tiercest wild
beast in the Belt mountains. After
following the trail for mile and half
the boy lost it at the entrance of q
wood. When about to give up the
search he cast his eyes upward and
beheld the beast crouched upon the
limb of large fir. The head of the
creature was hidden from sight, so the
boy aimed at its fore-shoulder and
fire, sprang upward and climbed still
further up the tree, when from his
elevated perch he sent forth a series of
roars that made the mountains
resound with their echoes. Not in the
least deferred by such fierce expostula-
tons on the lions part, the boy
fired again and this time brought the
beast crashing down through the
branches. He lay for few minutes
partially stunned upon the ground and
the dog, which had hitherto kept in the
background, so to speak-perhaps be-
cause he couldn't climb a tree-now
rushed forward and attacked the
wounded lion. A powerful blow with
one of the immense paws sent that dog
on an exclusion through the atmosphere
that had wonderful effect in cooling
his enthusiasm. In moment the lion
sprang to his feet and was going up the
nearest tree like rocket. He got on
the Hottest limb and endeavored to con-
ceal his body behind the friendly shell
ter, but he left portion of his head
exposed and the boy second later
lodged bullet in his brain The father
had heard the uproar from where he
was working and fastening to the spot
came upon the scene just in time to be
in at the death. This big fellow meas
ured scant ten feet and weighed nearly
three hundred pounds.
Mr.. B. NJ. Boyle, at one time en-
gagged in the United States Marshal
service in Montana, relates an adven-
ture he had with a big mountain lion
in the Bear Paw mountains when he
was doing duty in the Northwest:
at was an evening in the forbidding
month of December that Jack Davis
and myself, both deputies, in response
to a telegram from Major Lincoln,
started out from Fort Benton to antici-
pate party that was going to trade
with the North Assinaboines, near the
point in the Bear Paw mountains
where General Miles and the Fifth In
fantry rounded up Chief Joseph and
his band of hostile Nez Perces. We
were equipped in light marching order,
but well armed. We left at five o clock
and after riding all night reached Bel
KNAPP for breakfast. We passed through
Fort Assinaboine at four in the morn
ing and you can appreciate the rapid
ty of our movements by the fact that
the distance is ninety-five miles. Our
horses were badly jaded at this time
and we changed, securing relay from
the post trader at Belknap. Our next
objective point was the camp of Chief
Troche, an adhcrent of the late Riel,
and chief of all the Half Breeds on this
side of the border. We reached the
camp at four that afternoon, distance
of fifty-three miles There we met with
cordial reception from the breeds,
they cheerfully sharing their supplies
and blankets with us. Next morning,
with two breeds for guides, we started