Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1889-10-10
mapping in front of a fire.

emerged from thicket about sixty
yards from the place where the Core
ans were cutting logs. They had bare
ly time to perceive the creature before
he was among them, had seized his
victim, youth about twenty years Of
age, and was bounding away with thu
lad in its mouth. The Coreans scat
tered, uttering loud outcries. Bar
rows fired an ineifectuSl shot at the
animal, and chased it for short dis
lance. Some OF the leaps made BY the
animal in its retreat covered dis
lance of over four yards, "a / AFTER
wards found by measurement
Il was at the lumber yards below
the mill experimenting the loading
of junk at the time Of this second
foray. and before | could organize .
pursuing party darkness had fallen.
The Coreans huddled panic-stricka an In
their quarters. and ! saw that they
would be useless as laborers until the
tiger that had twice assailed them
had been hunted down and killed.
"lt was easy 10 discern the Great
ure's track in the snow. which was
now nearly two feet in depth, making
II difficult TO travel in the forest The
Coreans use a snow-shoe made OF thin,
tough, hard wood. to which they give
the name OF set-mai. and set my men
at work to fashion several pairs OF
these native rackets, which they I'm
ished that night
Meanwhile, consulted with bar.
rows and three or four OF the more
intelligent among the Japanese mill.
men. and the result was that we
started hunting party shortly after
sunrise the following morning, Il
was scarcely a sportsman-like party
it resembled rather forlorn hope
and although had picked ont the
pluckiest of the Japanese and Coreans,
could see that some OF them had
very little heart for the business be-
fore them.
1--WE were poorly armed for such an
undertaking. Two of the Japanese
carried hint-lock guns. and Barrows
had his carbine. The other men, 70
the number OF twelve. carried only
axes. was armed with an axe and
my revolver
I'VE followed the track OF the
tiger, which was stained at intervals
with the blood OF his victim, for about
two miles, first up the valley OF the
river, then across a mountain ridge
heavily wooded with pine. and then
into valley beyond it. II was evil
dent that this entire region. now COW
cred with a dense forest had once
been inhabited for fragments of the
old walls OF stone houses and temples
were plainly discernible through the
snow, and occasionally an old ruin of
considerable size doomed among the
dark boughs of the thick Expresses
and pines.
Ascending the farther side Of the
valley, the six OF seven Japanese.
who were ahead OF Barrows and my
self, came 10 where the trail ended
near large, irregularly-shaped
aperture in a mass OF old masonry
which had formed part OF the front
wall OF high. artificial terrace This
opening. which was six or eight feet
above the surface Of the ground. led
back into dark hole or cavern.
''In front OF this cavern a large
drift had formed, nearly as high as
the bottom of the openings but the
eddying wind had whirled the snow
outward. leaving an open space more
than two yards wide between the
crest of the drift aud the hole. the
tiger had bounded from the drift to
the aperture ia the wall. The blood
stains on the STOW showed where the
creature had laid its burden down to
secure frmer hold upon it before
making the leap
"At the crest of the drift the
Japanese stopped, aud one OF them
turned back TO meet Us, enjoining
silence. according to their custom, BY
raising his hands. Barrows and had
just halted fifty yards below the drift
TO hear his account, when with q
growl which we plainly heard, the
great stri ped brute emerged from the
den, and at one bound landed among
the Japanese on the snow-drift
They shouted, one OF them dis
charging his hint-lock. then the whole
group. with the maing ho on top.
went downward together twenty feet
to the foot of the drift. Hampered Is
they were by their snow-shoes. the
men could do but little to help them
selves.
''The tigers attention was fixed up
on one hunter, who at the foot Of the
drift. It seized by the hip. 1t had
turned TO carry the man into the den.
when another OF the Japanese who
lay in the snow partly under the tiger,
cut desperately with dagger at the
animals belly, and laid open a fearful
| cash | saw the fash Of tho fellows
knife as Barrows and ! hurried for
ward TO get a shot at the tiger.
without relinquishing its hold on
the man, the mdiHg-ho bounded back
up the drift, but before reaching the
top IL lost its grip and stopped short,
a crimson stream pouring from its
wound.
"At a distance OF thirty or forty
feet from the animal Barrows and
fired The tiger again seized the
japanese, and tried to spring with him
from the drift into its lair. but miseal-
cul ated its ebbing strength, and fell
beneath the drift and the wall.
mastering our forces, we climbed
up the CORY snOw-bank, expecting to
have hard struggle, but the tiger
was then seen to be lying helpless on
the other side part OF it's entrsils
extruded from the wound the Japa-
nese had made, and Barrow's bullet
was found to have passed through its
body back Of the shoulder. breaking q
rib where it emerged on the other
side Another shot stretched the
animal lifeless In the snow.
THE man whom the beast had tried
to carry of lay where the creature had
dropped him, and we at first thought
him dead. But though he was over
come by fright and BADLY bitten, his
hurts were not fatal. We carried him
back 10 our quarters, aud he recovered
| In the course OF month.
Two OF the COresns mustered
courage to enter the den, and found
there some Of the bones OF thelr Two
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