Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-05-07
SNAKE AND 7,crn
The Thrilling Encounter WIN.
Hunter In the Ind,o, ,''esscd

1no .n1'iH"B encounter Witne.,.,
Hunter In the Indian Junxls.
A gentleman, tiger-huntjns
junglcs of India, gives the fo]lo,n
scription of a thrilling nigbts,
once witnessed. A woodman W. sas
had been killed by q tiger ~
beating up the Jungle, we sr W
She body. Knowing that '1 ths , :
would return for its prey at ni tpt
sisted THAI the woodlands bod"
lie there, while I and my India sa
ants took UP our positions to wa;,
watch for his coming, that Il!
shoot him. ny
1t must have been about Ter ~,
and | was DOING, when nv ,vn c''
graspea by Chiniah. The moon
shining. and booking round,
Chiniah steeth ch~attering, and bSH
as pale asa corpse. The other m,n
his hands over h s'face, sat tremhI;,'
then loolhed in the direction W.
/ Chiniah's horriiicd' gaze. was fixed
II, too, was taken aback. The bSl
the wooa-c inter- was slowly moyinJ
land fro, the arms and legs occasio1
lifted up, whilst NO. agent was Vi,
lit made my blood run cold, and
asscnsation 10 if co!d;water was
poured slowlydown my back alop1
spine. The contortions continual
l knew not what 10, make of II
"Did I not tell you, Sahib," whisnI
Ct'iniah, chow wrong twas to i
over the body osa Hirxloop We sh
have, carried hira to the village and
hir.r burnt, but now,we are all |
mcn;: he will arise, presently, and
u.s.
Hold your tongue, you fool
plioA 1.-The dead do not come e,
again i'm this world; there lis some
bciTg played uponsus,"
Here y jackal came along the r.
and cut into the Open, and approa|
the corpse, but getting within a
yarGs, put his tail between his
and with Il frightencdcry Of the PA]
ran f6H his life.
"NVill you believe me now. Sail
said Ghiniah.
l was getting nervous The
moved backwards; it's face beforeI
den, 5bcame exposed. There. wa|
a souM- My two followers had
cumbed. believed they had fai|
Watching intcntly, I saw glide ID
the chest of the dead man, the Id
an immense rock snakes. 1t was I
than aslarge plate ACROSS andiits I'd
was licking the corpse all oTer
movements of the limbs wore now
cxplaiEma. My feeling of horrod
appeared The movements of the !
were inaudible, but l could' see til
gustingsprocess of covering the |
with SALIVA. We waited PATIENTLY
ing assured that the tiger would
his appearance, and | was, curid
know what view he would take d
infringement on his prey. AfteH
two hours work, the snake epenl
horrid jaws and began to, swalld
body head foremost. Now a pyt
teeth ZIG, so arranged that onci
thing enters his mouth. itican not |
jected again. Gradually the heal
neck disappeared. Them there I
terrific roar and a huge object Sd
to be Eaa7ed into the moonlight. N
saw it WIS the tiger at full leap. /
Infatuated brute dropped directlyd
body o& the woodman, and, seiza>
pythoEsby the back of TIC ncckl
stantly the snakes huge body, Il
cumfese,rce equaling al mans
nearly thirty feet long, wound
the tiger, in quick conclusive 4
ments and we could hear the
being crushed one after another.
roar tile tiger gave at the first sd
was appalling; but before lorgt the
turnedf into means, the moans i
gurgling sound, and gradually th9
ceased, while the contortions
snake continued for oyer an nd
Youl.ss Companion.