Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1889-08-12
BIG BUTTERFLY WHALE.
E.sninLsee1css OF T. Giant strong
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ne "B4usr1y IS Lale The - has Wa
unusually lo~l 81 explorations @ululg tls
ragged, saas -el4i PEAKS ~ the Jungle
iL94ltall he Was = ulao II LAe pas slel4e.
pr0p0rt-cl4loly o--l. - eagle eye 4l1
clczr-c-t American PRONE. lis hair and
DS4rd were "a D-acA a. tie raven oeaA, al1
ne always wore = l4X4r-4nt growth of both;
his beard, 81 twenty three, reached lis
well-alloa bunting belt and ! have often
seen 1ln, says the CORES p9nde M, tie on
lis sCMOreEO with his mustacne he LAC q
sparkle " numor about HIM, ana rs con-
u4Idlag person, 0Oid. daring ana 4EgTes-
slye makeup made him general fayoute
IL camp.
lie, Ike other phenomenal men, had his
peculiarlties- "O.o Hcll-l1-tne Brushn and
"HeartDeep' We're ever his companions IN
camp and On trail "O.d Hel-ln-the Brush"
was a magnificent London TWIST rife bore
gun which exactly cham Oered al ounce
bail II was al old fashioned muzzle- loader,
weighing eighteen pounds, but il never
went back on is credentials, as indicated
By It's name, when Ia the hands of the
Whale Heart Deep was tremendous
steel two-ecged dirk weighing sleyen
pounds, which tho Whale could WED as
easily as "a pen knife. These two weap-
ons which he had thus grimly christened
were bis constant companions " hlle tr-vers-
ing the mountain ranges from Mineral
King 10 Mount Lych
Many ana thrilling were the daring en-
counters which could DO related Of him dur
ing his twelve years OF mountalneer lie IA
Fresno County.
On one occasion, while camped at a
meadow on the south FORK Of Kings river,
no found IL necessary 10 fence OF "a pasture
for MS mustangs. lie ana MS companion
were telling trees for That purpose when,
by some miscalculauon, tree Two feet IA
diameter fell on his companion, crushing
him To the earth But the " lale was equal
10 the emergency Throwing his giant
strength into his arms he lifted The leaden
trunk from OF The PROSTATE form Of bis IN
fortunate friend. HIS friend died from The
injury, but his prompt action IN removing
the tree allayed much of his pain. and gave
those who knew the " hale an example OF
his muscular strength, which won the
plaudits and praise Of the people through
out the sparsely settled country.
The Whales lifting weight was nine times
his own, or l,S00 pounds At another time nc
80. md
derful presence of mind. de and Frank
Lewis were on the middle fork OF Kings
river prospecting for gold and silver.
One evening about dusk, when nearing
camp, the Whale espied cub bear fully SIX
months old and weighing upward OF TWO
hundred pounds. The cub was asleep on
top OF a santing bowlder. Wills determined
at once 10 capture the beautiful specimen
alive.
Better give him a little lead morphine
and burn little saltpeter behind 1t, re-
marked Frank, TO make him sleepsounder."
But the " hale Wouldn' listen 10 II. Frank
got on the pinnacle Of neIghDoring tree,
so, as he said. he could see lust how Wills
caught hold of the cub. wis grabbed the
animal by both hind feet, and, startled thus
from its lair, the " hale WAS soon convinced
that he mad large ana powerful brute TO
contend with. The cub set up hdeOus
yelling, ana, showing fight, summoned its
young strength perhaps for the first time 10
cope with its new-fOuHd foe. The bowlder
was slanung and slick, making footing IN
sure, and down Its decliyItOus SIDE rolled
man and bear. A thick copse Of yerOa
buena and fern received the mysterious
couple into It's wild retreat When 4 foot
ing was reached Wills was on top, but the
desperate animal oy its cries had warned
the ferocious mother Of its peril Frank
from his perch attempted to pour hot lead
into the approaching beast now not more
than fifty yards away and nearing the spot
twenty feet at bound.
The " haze took in the situation. II took
both hands 10 ovcrpower the cub, what was
lie to do! There was no time TO tneorize
Swinging the cub as a boy would q cat, be
struck the mother fun ia the noutn with
the cubs head. The bear fell stunned TO
earth and the cub slipped from The IS haie's
grasp bleeding and helpless. Quicker lnan
you could even think The circumstance in
rehearsal, trusty 'hcart deep had done MS
wsrk. The cub aad mother had net tie
enemy and they were his
Frank cautiously descended from he upper
tier Of the wild amphitneater, and spent Tic
remainder OF the night IL trying 10 find the
pace IN the animal 5 anatomy that TIE lead
en messenger from the rifle had penetrated
on It's mission OF death: but he found only
wide, deep cash through which eleven
pounds OF steel, ooeyiug the influence Of a
giants muscle, had served notice OF erect
mcnt upon the chain Of life.
The Whale met with but one enemy to
whom he succam0ed. Ia tie spring OF =