San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-09-27
ghe Daily Eight.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER, II, 1888.

curiosity, and, to this end, one Of our cages
was placed in the jungle, and the door so ar
ranged as to shut the creature in if he but
entered But he took no notice of the curl
osity, or, if he did, it was to fight shy of the
suspected trap. Twice in three days he was
seen again on the borders of the village, evil
IDENTIFY bent on further mischief, and the ma
tives finally found a path which the man
wolf used in going and coming from a water
hole. As soon as they came in with the news,
we started out to set different trap for him.
The steel traps to catch wild animals have no
teeth, and the jaws come together in a way
to give one a leverage on the other l
have known of a full grown tiger being
caught by the foot and firmly held in trap
no larger than the boys set for mink and
muskrat We replaced the chain with a half
inch rope made of native grasses, and as
soon as suitable spot had been selected we
excavated hole, buried the trap out of
sight, and then bent down sapling and tied
the end of the rope to it. This sapling was
held down by trigger, which sharp pull
would release.
When the trap had beet set no eye could
detect anything suspicious around the spot,
and we felt certain that the creature would
get into trouble if he passed that way When
lage, about mile away. 1t was about sun
down when we arrived, and we were Just in |
time to see a wonderful proceeding. A large |
and savage looking hyena came cut Of the |
jungle and shifted and snuGel and growled |
at us from a distance of about twenty rods.
We refrained from shooting, for fear the
reports would brighten the man wolf away,
and while hundred of Us stood gazing at the
beast another suddenly appeared 1t was
the same creatute saw from the hammock
1T is the man wolff" moauel a score or
natives in chorus, and at least a dozen of them
skunk away into their huts
But the beast had not come to disturb us.
He had evidently been tracking the hyena,
and lie was there for revenge. He bounded
over the ground with great leaps, and the
hyena did not suspect his approach. The last
bound was tremendous curve IN the air, and
as the man wolf came down it was full upon
the hyena'S back. He uttered a terrible
scream as he struck, and the hyena gave vent
70 something like shrie.:. They rolled over
and over on the ground biting, cawing,
growing and gurgling, but the fight did not
last over sixty seconds. Then the man wolf
sprang up, shook himself, and uttered yell
OF triumph, and after threatening us for
couple Of minutes re-entered the jungle. We
went out to the body of the hyena, and its
condition gave us strong idea of the man
VOLTS fighting powers. One ear was torn of,
both eyes plucked out, two legs broken. its
tongue bitten nearly off, and it had several
horrible gashes in the belly. 1t was plain that
the creature was match for lion or ti"er :
and we began to feel very uneasy By the !
advice of the head man we built several extra {
fires and kept a sharp lookout I
The fellow is evidently very angry" ex- !
planned the old man. You are white men.
and he is not pleased at your coming Per
maps he has been told you are here to capture
him."
But who could have told himr'
he mad cousin who was turned into
striking his father and another
ousn who was turned into a serpent for
urslng our faith. Either one may have car
led the man wolf the news"
we placed sentinels on the wath when
eady TO turn in, but everything passed off
uetIy until about midnight. Then a sue
esslon OF shrleks and screams and roars
rought every man, woman and child out of
eep with bound. had no other thought
han that the man wolf had seized one of the
9ntlnels, but as leaped out of the hut one F.
allied to me: ~
"Sahib, you have caught the beast in vour or
app VI
IL was mile, as have told you, from the RI
mage to the spot where we had set the tran hr
I'd yet the screams seemed close at hand 10,
men the news went round that there WAS RI
Danger the village soon quoted down. but of
lere was no further sleep for apv one 70
neither caught or not, the creature seemed do
stened 70 one locality for the remainder Of nv
10 night, and of all the proceedings | ever m,
lew Wild beast to engage in his were the no
orst' de had voice as strong as lions III,
Id he was not quiet for two minutes at a IN,
me. He roared, screamed, shrieked H. wo
ented and growled, and the wind bropqbt tic
every sound He still had a fulI haa6 ~ bo,
Fam on when daylight came and after & frC
sty breakfast party of twenty of ms wo
owed in his direction. He probably heard pol
coming, for his anger was freshly orops..d en-,
ID pretty soon we could hear him t,4ar,r,,st mi
e bushes w
am free to say that the frs: ,i~ht Of the we
IN wolf, caught by the hind foot in tho 7
Up, and hanging head downward from tho TIL,
aging sapllng, took the courage out Of mo ear
oner than as If had met a tiger face to MIC
re on the path. He hung about tlre, feet sn9
'm the earth, and as far as be could reocb mo
every direction he had pulled IN, The fer
shes by the roots. He was as supple as a hal
'nkey, and could double himself rp and eY,
'ch the trap, but strong as he was he as -,
lid not spring the jaws open and rccasn We.
80 theFe was foot Of chain before fact
could get to the rope, and the way he bit mi,
tnat chain made US hold our l.ca:Ls. Had sire
ven u soA. iron nave no doubt be would and
'e cut 1t in two. He had been caught was
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