Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-04-30
SNAKE AND rleea
The Thrilling Encounter witne.
Hunter In tho Indian Jun.r.

h Thrilling witnesca
Hunter In tho Indian JungI,l ssl
A gentlemen, tiger-huntiny n
jungles of India, gives the FOLLOWING
scription of a thrilling night-scens !
once witnessed. A woodman, he sa'
had been killed by . tiger, WY,
beating up the jungle, we came WI" unu
the body. Knowing that the t t'
would return for its prey at night IIgg11
\ sisted that the Woodlands body sha
I lie there, while I and my Indian s".
ants took up our positions to wait or
ratch for his coming, that | m;nl
shoot him. T
1T must have been about ten o'c,o,,
ard l was doing, when my arm W.
gr:spcd by Chiniah. The moon NJ
shining. and looking round. I fou,
ChiMah'stceth chattering, and his ta1
as pale asa corpse. The other man. wiz
his hands overhis face, sattrembiing
then looked i'm the direction w5el
Chinish1s Mortified gaze was fixed. y,
/, too, was taken aback. The Body
the woN l-cutter was slowly mo,fnS
and fro, THE arms and legs occasion,)
lifted up,.whilst no agent was wish
1t made my blood al cold, and Lfs
a sensations as il 'eold water was Veil
1poured slowly down my back along.
ispine. The contortions continued, n
l knew mott what to make of tha1
did / not,tellt you. Sallib," whisper
Chiniah, "how'wrong it was to sit
over the body ofta Hindoo? We shou
have carried him,tp the village and
him burnt, but nnkw we are all del
men; he wilA arise presently, and
u.s."
"Hold your tongue, you fool,"I
piled. "The~dsad do not come to
again in this world; there is some tri
being played upon us"
Here a jackali came along the raw
and cut into tae open, and approach
the corpse, butt getting within a ID
yards, put his tail between his LEI
and with a frightenederyof the Phee
ran for. his life.
"Wiu you believe me. now, Sahib
said Chiniah.
| was getting nerwUEns, The I'D
moved backwards; it's face before Ii
den, became exposed. There was
a sounds. My two. followers had
cumbed. l believedIthey had faint
Watching %intently,-I saw glide acrj
the. chest of the dead: l1aan the head
an immense rock snake 1t was vii
than alarge plate across, and its tons
was licking the corpse. all over.
movements of the limbs were now i'd
explained. My,feeling Of horror 4
appeare |. The movements of the sn]
were inaudible, but & could see the
gushing process of covering the bd
with saliva. We waited patiently, ID
ing assured that the, tiger would mi
his appearance, andiI was curious
know what vrcwlhe would take of 1
infringement'onn his; prey. After I'd
two hours work, the. snake opened
horrid jaws and began to swallow
body head foremost. Now a pythd
teeth are SO arranged that once
thing enters his mouth, it a not ba
jected again. Gradually the head
neck disappeared. Then there wa
terrific roar andia'huge object sect
to be hurled into,t moonlight, and
saw it was the tiger'at full leap.
Infatuated brute dropped directly on
body of the woodman, and seized
python by the. back Of the neck.
stantly the snakes huge body, in
conference equaling a mans,
nearly thirty feet long, wound ro
the tiger, in quick: eonvulsive md
ments, and we could hear the BID
being crushed one after another.
roar the tigergave. ait the first squs
was appalling; but before long the rd
turned into means, the means inf
gurgling sound, andgradually they
ceased, while the contortions OF
snake continued for over an houj
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