Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-08-21
PANTHER STORIES.
.dvonturos OF Early-Dly Settlers
in Missouri.
u,.,otv Little Doy-A Little Girl
w.,.bes n Panth r In Tree
While Her Sister Gives
Warning at Home.

lido not believe there are now any.
Dr hut very few. PARTNERS in Missouri.
.rbsns in the deep forests of South.
as,ern Missouri, or amid the fast
os.es of the Or ,rk range. there are
all dozen. but we do not hear Of
wen that many Fifty years ago they
vere very numerous. They were de-
,ructiye too. and sometimes made
erious ray ,ges upon the hogs IN }
ouny cattle Of the settlers. For some
rason they did not often trouble tho
beep; perhaps the flavor Of mutton
as not to their liking. They pre-
krred pigs, and have been known TO
rave all sorts of peril to get one.
heir strength and agility served
bem as well as their daring. An old
btller tells me he saw panther-a
lpaintcr' he called it ne day tro :
ng along through corn field. with
4 1jO.pound hog thrown over his
Ioulder, as nimbly as a cat nigh
10 away with rat.
Panthers very rarely attacked Il
bman being They often ran from
unarmed man. The worst pecii-
brity about them was their fierce
resns. Many a ioneer, brave as
s esar, as h. sat by his fireside in his
\ 1nely cabin in the forest, has felt his
z bod chill and his heart stand still as
{ piercing scream Of prowling
anther was borne to his ears Oh the
lngs Of the night wind. The cry of
panther is peculiar-'om eihing like
at of woman in distress and
Ony. but much more penetrating
d ID narrowing. 1t can be heard dis
ctly mile or more. My Old pio-
pr friend says:
N thin ever SIX cred me like the
Il of painter. 1t male the cold
eaks shoot over me. Inever coula
used to it, oflen a. | h 'arl il. anl
nehow i. always made me think OF
ms."
he Missouri river bottoms in Saline
unity were fayorite haunts of these
mails in early days. In the Ed
ndsoh Creek settlement. SIX years
panther killed and carried
ny SIX large hogs in one day. II.
cealed them in large cavity in he
2und formed by the uprooling of
W. IN a hurricane, covering them with
yes h dispatched his victims
j|'. n So short Il time that all of
eaFcasNes we're warm when the
was discovered. This was 4 hug
panther savage as any tiger in
luhsles OF Bengal. The settler,
hnIz'd pursuit and chased the
|$z 'a' across the Missouri river into
ri'oh County. 1t swan the river
all ease and very swiftly. As
a'"eu 'he northern bank it shook
uos mat shakes his ears
Fl ~eH ne leaps from the water To thu lon,
a.. ' ,,' :. a tout cry as of triu PHI
.r '''e I'm II hunters on the other
ns SPrahg up The bank and dis
i "'u III the heavy bottom Tim
the year 1926 panther wos
! IN the Davis bottom. north of
'"e town of Malta Bend now
EUR men. George Davis. his
u 'rn"n in Mr. Davis employ.
MD negro man belonging to
s. my For some DAYS previously =
panther had made its appear.
3{,t,er - oor'er' OF the clearing,
~. eng upon ths men for n few
, ~ 1t Tat uttered Il few scree ches
H. S"ue away, o. this particular
anh l,'r" nad taken their guns with
'a' mad scared the services Of
s;n u uog', one of which was
n fl .'u'' lussy little flee, not
" lomcat, bit as brave
a'nec'ck' The men were eatina
,, hners' with a huge tree ,runE
Tbe rr,, "1" ,he panther appear
a' Nv guns had been left on tho
|!S, s'u ", OF the clearing, a quarter Of
mastn lie dogs were with
anea e VT but upon the first nn-
3E,'noi The panther skunk owar
nr1io o." az The feet of the men rs
SfAJ MY .''on' The little flee, how.
<ha., "o, quail. He tore arnnna
III as IL aad erowled at the in.
pantbor Oa meant 20 eat him up.
snra V"me boldly forward, and
sar p'a ai upon the log Where ' 'ha
Haeman5,'ng hfultered scream
"''g his share of The din.
Rlhe Ior "p,pearauce of the boast
eorch 'e negro and the Ger
III 1o os up large clubs, and as WV ~,
she doc. "g"rer they urged for.
Anthem ,, ""o o1llly assaulted it.
at him. "'" re, tail and the dogs
|in No NV, nVo OF the dogs were
by ,ba NAN" hy thunderstorm to
pi Tho ~ huge sharp ella ws and
lmong , mons er' The only sur.
n hi,h V"'lhes was The II,
1t r w"n, kept up the
ta ap at the pan anerS' hin" up
nlnGl5s an n,% t. to turn, then
Jain to the s~ way to relura again