Wichita eagle., 1888-06-08
travelling In Prussia.

felt themselves helpless against the man
eaters Between Benares and the mountains
half dozen villages were abandoned inside
OF three pon:hs owing to the presence OF
tigers, and there was district forty miles
long by ten broad which two man eaters had
actually reduced to wilderness. & hon
may roam over C district fifty or hundred
miles in exteIl., and may travel twenty-five
or thirty miles in single night; but tiger
hangs to one locality as long as he can get
living, and unless in the dry season, when
water is scarce, re VIII not travel further
than necessary 10 fnd ais food The nataves
dig piSs for tlien, and once in a while one is
thus captured, but a tiger In lis prime has
all the suppleness Of a cat He can gather
and spring away even he feels the ground
giving way under his feet, end thus any VIC
tim is sure to nc old and stIR, and OF no
value TO a u7anagerie saw one az Benares
which had been caught in Z pit, and he was
near sighted and almost toothless with old
eye lie might have knocked a man down
with his paw, but | doubt if be could have
eaten bin.
When we carght the particular tiger I am
now about to write about we were recon-
mended to go from the small village OF
Woopur, on the Ganges, north to the village
OF Ghokda, q distance of about thirty miles
4 man eater OF immense size had spread ter
rcr all over tho district. This one beast, as
we were officially informed, had driven 5000
natives out of the district and broken up five
villages. He had in two years killed 500 peo-
pie and had knocked over oxen and sheep by
the hundred just for fun To prove his
strength, head man told US that the tiger
mad ono evening sprung upon large OK fast
ened to q tree in the outskirts of the village.
The weight of the OK was given at 800
pounds, but the tiger knocked him down
with one blow, tore him loose from the tree,
breaking very stout grass rope in so doing,
and then drew the body nearly milo over
ground along which no native could have
made his way with twenty-five pounds of
corn On his back
We reached tho village to find that many
Of the people had fed in terror, a woman
having been killed and eaten two days be-
fore, and our appearance was hailed with the
greatest joy. When it was found, however,
that we proposed to capture the tiger alive
instead of seeking to Kill in, the natives
were in despair. One and Il declared that
the beast was SO cunning, crafty and Zero
cious that human intelligence could not cope
with him. That same night we hal q SAM
pie Of the tigers character. Several great
fires lad been built in the center of the vii
lage, and while nearly everybody had gath
cred. around, the man eater entered the vii
lage, walked into hut. and there seized an
old man who was lying i'll This hut was
not over 100 feet from our circle, and all Of
US saw the tiger as no came out with his bur
den. He had seized the man by the right
arm, near the elbow, and had given him q
twist which flung him over his back. AS we
started up at the shrieks of the victim the
tiger trotted off as coolly as you please,
growing little over the firebrands thrown
at him, but evidently having not the least
fear Of the crowd We could hear the cries
and groans Of the poor man for long time
and, as we ascertained next day, the tiger
had dropped him several times within a
mile, either to wait for us to come up. or
from an inclination to turn back and seek
another victim.
We were astir at any early hour next
morning. The tigers lair was in a piece Of
woods to the west of the village, and very
likely in rocky ravine in the center of the
forest. We soon found that he used one path
in approaching the village, and as he had
eaten nothing but human flesh for several
months he might be expected to come and go
BIZ this path as long as any one was left in
the village Midway between his den and
the village we built stout log pen Just to
one side Of the path, and when it was com
pleted the door was held up by cord run
ming inside to a spindle on which the bait was
to be attached We had everything ready by
and then came the question of
bait Nothing but human flesh would do,
but that did not worry the natives a bit
think the head man would have ordered a
sacrifice but for a piece of good luck An
old woman died about noon and we obtained
permission to make such use Of the body as
we desired 1t seemed horrible thing to
do, but if ye were to rid the district OF the
beast we must entice him into the trap The
body was carried there, seated in an upright
position behind the spindle and dashed to it.
and then dog was tied up in one corner of
the pen A second dog was killed and his
blood scattered over the leaves and earth
about the pen, and just before dark we re-
turned to the village. After supper orders
we're issued for every person to remain in
doors for the night, and 70 keep as quiet as
possible and by the time it was fully dark
he village was as quiet as a graveyard It
,yas about 10 o'clock when We hoard from the
nan eater There was yell from the dog
md howl from the tiger In one breath, and
We felt sure we had trapped him 1t would
lot do to move cut, however, and such was
.he suppressed excitement that no one in the
village slept au hour.
Soon after daylight couple of natives
went on g. scout, aDl in the course OF hall an
lour they came running back with the news
hat tho man eater was safe IN the pen He
lad killed the dog and torn the desd body in
pieces, and was reported in q furious rage
After breakfast tie 81 20 was carried up, and
20 had lio:lo difficulty in transferring the
BEAST When We came 70 set good lock al
In everybody was amazed He Was tho
ongest, heaviest and tallest tiger any one of
Is had ever seen and tEts was also the YER
ilct OF all others who got a peep at him He
Yas IN his prime, with teeth and claws at
heir bssz, and more ferocious disposition
10 beast ever had. He fatally clawed two
natives on the way down the river, and
llled a sailor while on the VOYAGE to Amster-
Ian BE was sold 10 an English Snowman
Is big price, but resold to the Royal
museum OF Russia on account Of his savage
disposition and untGrasble nature When a
'oruol Of the buildings burned about five
ears ago Satan" Us this man eater had
'een appropriately named, persisted in the /
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Buddhist temple at Kioto.