Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1889-11-09
..ANrlouE SNAKE.
s,v the ProgenItor OF a FAM
'oa1y ~ Great Serpents.

Ily Of Great Serpents,
4 low that den Of big black-snakes
Potter county that Simon Kent
mont In the Sun. but ! never
!, .bout tho fourteen foot snake
NM "a capture the mule, said a
1 s Wsllsyllle 10 a Hammonds-
1 " oor,espondent Of the New York
/ u haven't any doubt OF it.
1asoh. for bigger one tried 70 get
WITH Charley Welding, q black
F'.s from Pike Mills. one day last
nsr ana two others. one ten feet
iaule M NM other twelve, wayiaid old
romp,on and his daughter end
bonod 70 carry them on. That
~ heeu there from time out Of
II isin the southwestern part
po,.er county, along the Young
80, creek, ia a stretch Of deep,
1 O. \. ~oo5, known as the Black Forest
4 ,a.r never goes by that a number OF
~ hack snakes are not OyerpOw-
h | X that locality, as they are always
.iing around looking for unwary
l m.,sTs aud unssspeeiing pedes-
n. don't suppose there Is au-
1 = spot On this continent where such
Il ..,,or. black-snakes can ba found.
4 lon't Rnow what il Is that makes
" grow 50 big there, but my opln-
Il /. tha. il Il because the locality
4 "a tbey dwell q - Wild and hard
~ Il that the snakes have undis-
u 0oporlInlty % reach a patriar-
Il 80. ana sAke on their slIe With
believe black snakes would
inst a. big elsewhere II they could
4 got the Tins.
.'sT6e-s i no doubt ia my mind that
H. ~ those Black forest ssrpents
I. born long before this country was
s,,lsa have seem them with their
!, Z wrink.ol ns a walnut and with
ggay hairs on their upnor lips, l
y, oae Oacs doNn thers that had .
II looAlng lump Oh It's side, cut
|. Sd lato Il four OF i've inches, and
"a slal arr0w head ~ the bottom
,se llmp There Is only OEe Epla-
nv iOr the presence VI thas arrow
v ,hra, the snake had lsset shot
u lallaa sometime. and rs there
z'g bgea aay Indians hunting with
4, asa arrows Ii thai country for a
81 many generations 81 couree the
X nlus. haer nrru n lively naliye
5se ,h8 DAYS * lhr Whiys rnea. And
Rods ks1aa how many years before,
Ser Tgt ~ anything on thal
kiss helu- luu years old "a, least.
H. il aas ~ hale ard hearty 4
,9sg, ~ eytr saa eay KILLED
Il sas laa. il Il r,l.y gFlr. either, al.
II ~ d oeeI III death 80 nae. !
4 u iambrrns alaaE Young Woman )
* aaa had n ibt % logs ban kesl
h I, ~ rolling down glas aissp Loops
N IT, rre AZ ideBsalsY ! lri d
\ @ aHay 'ggat mo II Hnlu@dtn2 II
II arNg [ aEHt down ll4n hill II
n sgae ma55 half way doau aul
4 seaafs g Tremendous MON aium
N ! an 0ns ~ lhe big biar6 snakes
n Al, s.a9 ssHua tearing utt grotu
n psan aAaos !, mad brau hiding
4 r1.t ytEE. uut I'd ,lb NaV III tar
b -s lFg H9r'E kH1# what the
N atE lhn1aGl 'de lUw wRn bHI he WAS
4 e5sAF Ia q sssgn ~ fury AZ t. for ~
u uFa aa3 raised h.s hnasi np md
sa,ir4 .he coming ~ tao log Tbs
n tcPi Rights on aaI struck tho rwagr
'arcr TIE CIR va kHs good 0gn,
las iaE ua4 s,0ptsd ~ Aiill ~ u i
\ h1lgh, up against n rocg
We'll aald tp myself that's fzr.,y.
n so1i Inu-1s . snake with a cln,
h i7'ipa. % iderv Hnvrr was uuc
n y NNgt dnan the hill and found
Il lns auiHl up nsntust the snake
Mn4 u mar unused % that coun;ry
~ rugse atpag just then Ia haS,
Z n hjm
1 la'i loos a, tla, snake ana iha.
"He.a looked ana then said
h which IA the snako@
n "B4i Tho snake was dead, aud
u . toplisHly after cutting into III,
II o. bic side a. satisfy INV curl
n agd hnling the hint arrowhead
g him ont. and rolled him d0wr
~ 'ae rrsex with the log instead n
sdring hlmnnd reporting his deatt
si1e Consequently ! cant tel
n = long b" wss, hut he was dan
MI ! actually believe that IL h,
VA have hsrn seasoned and aawcd
Il Aed have rlit M into M nice
h q l6-inch boards as ans ono ayai
II jl2tt
lpas STAKE Was m exception 4
n onalh7ry run Of Black forest snakes
Nv bc wrong, but I boliavc h
INC founder ~ the biaCk-snakt
II a'y there There wasn't 4 Hra,
Il " On him. though. and his tectl
20 ~ sound Us pebble.