The Red Cloud chief., 1889-03-29
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Levi Smalline. . >prins hrcoS
hunter. rrccni! witnessed . rcnArk-
able eight be, :wo male Wildcats
in the sood. Of that section u go
still hunting for squirrels and raeos's.
said Mr.. Smaiiins. when | heard .
terrific yowiins and snAriing down IN
the rsvinc from where ] Gas srAmpinS
through the wood. knew II ones
tina; the noise WAs made BY wildcats.
for I had heard them .c-carn AZ night
mary a time. and my ar-i 'honShs sAs
thai a wiId-ca, had been caught in .
trap and ~as yelling from pain I
listened for = minute. and then ] hoard
,~o dis,inc, voices. hurried IA tho
brink q: u l~ig. TAI look down In tho
ravine. and on my gay IL seemed a.
though ! couId hear ;hrcr wildcats
screaming. aud I ~as no, mistaken In
this. ~ ! soon found out
When I so; where ! eosild look
down ! SAW what all the fuss ~as
about. H. al open space ;so male Wild
csts wcrc making the hair ay from n
anoiher's bodies. yelling. scratching
and biting. and every no~ and then
tuinbliLg over each other aud tearing
up the leaves. on a limb close by Ia
them SAT- u female With her back
bumped up. and shc ~As splitting ani
sis>inc and urging the Others a. !
made up my mind RICH; away thai he
two toms wrrv hghiing over her. and
] enjoyed the rvw morc than any thin.
! had eve seen IN tho woods. When
the toms got tired of cia~ine one
another they crouch"d On the ground
u fen icrt apart and dashed their tails
and hsw led. while the one on the limb
kept up n continual noise and dashed
her tail. toc.
After each resting spci! the 'ou-
rushssi az one another again. AMI while
they were ripping. and tearing. and
making the blood ay I ciainbcr-d down
the ledge. stopping every time they
stopped for fear they might hear me and
either run away or make for m". i,
seemed 81 be nip and tuck b~tw cen them.
for they were both big aud strong. and
each Appeared bent an kill,ng ,h.
other before he would give up I
wanted Ia kill them both and get their
hide. and the bounty money. and -"
waited for n coed hot at them ] had
u charge oi buckshot In nay right ar
rel and "A hu let in the left. and my In
icn;iou wa. TAI send the buckshot At
them when mixed up tn the ucx, bout
Then ;hoy few NJ one another
again. but before I could reach the spot
that | wanted To get b.lor, | hlsx~a
the toms scparaies! once m"-s.
By this time they were pretty we'll
fought out. and FOR "a fc~ minutes all
they dtd was tn glare ut one another.
ewing their tails bark. and howl. The
she cat then sprang from her limb Ia
another branch. giving a scream a. tho
lcaIcd. and In less than ten az tho
toms dashed at each other and
fought NOR" furjously Than ever nll-
ing the woo~i, with their yowl-.
Then | banged away a, the heap
with the charge of buck-bot One ~
ih. Wild eats l"apcd into ih" mir and
fell down dead. and The other went
bowling into the bushes out ~ nay
sight. ] sss that there was no use %
trying 20 get another shot NJ him. and
sent the bullet nj the female and
knocked her or the limb didn't
stir from tho spot until ] had chuck~d
"A charyc into each barrel. and then !
hurried down Ia SEQ IL bad killed tho
she one. ~" was dead enough. ! WA
glad Ia find "u'. and then ! thought
would search for the live tom. think.
ing that n" might have been wounded
ny one AZ ia. b,.ck-ho, found him
after n little. and ! gucs- he would
have given me - pretty lively tim. 81
IL IL two Of his leg. hadn't been broken.
A. IL Was l,c showed hght and tried la
tear my bootleg 81. bu, ! had The AL
vantage ~ him aud ! .hoi him through
tn. head Scranton pa Cor y 7.
SIM.