Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-02-15
HUNT FOR A NAN EATER.

you meddle with him In the other I've be
may get ratsled and run away. The hon
seldom prowls OF sneaks The tiger viii often
resort 70 measures unworthy Of the wolf
One can always locate the lion a. night, II be
De full grown BY bis voice. Fearing moth
ing on earth, human o. animal. be delights
In locating himself Hunters have nov and
than been stsIked by lion. but IN every case
10 was earnestly more than hunger which
prompted the beast When the tiger salks
IL u for bIood- De IL never c1rious
We bad been beating the jungles in the Ben
gAles district, % tie west Of Calcutta, for
two weeks before any blg game came our
way. Our party was too large for q success
ful hunting party, being composed Of over
twenty officers. civil add military, who were
cut for a vacation. and tie servants must
have numbered hfty. We bad plenty TO eat,
drink and smoke, and nov and teen knocked
over . wolf or hyenA, bat ve could not ex.
pct 70 get within five mles Of anything
worthy os bulIst with such q camp a. that
One day = native came IN with Q request that
some Of us rss1-n with him % village called
Dahur, shout twenty I've miles 20 the north
west BE sid tina; Al cd tiger bad taken I'D
bis headquarters near tee village, and dur.
ing toe four weeks he bad besu there the
bsAss had kilsi and devoured q man. two
women, giri and boy. The natives had
~ traps, bot be would %; enter them They
had potsoued The carcass a goats and
calves bet Be would DOT touch thern. Il bad
god 20 that az o'clock In toe sve-inS every
one entered bis ho1se and made himself -
cure for the night, While tie tiger held pos
ss~sioo Of tee village and carried terror 70
every SOL
Maj Ishsn and myself gos this news er-
ciusively, aud after . b; Of planning We stole
oct q camp with ogr horss and arms, and
followed tie guide. u VAS about O'Clock in
TIE morning Nhen ne eft. and A. IL vas q
cool day and ne bad fairly good route. We
p1seed seeAd a. such q pace that a. in the
Afternoon ne we're 10 Dahur We found the
village 70 co1siS; Of Ssvsnty.t~o ku-s OF
oAbSns. covs-inx about two acre- Of op~u.
On tie northeru edge % TIE village VS. q
ereek So~lng toward the GAages. sixty miles
sSay, and oeyOod this creek was = fertile
spot % 40 acres, winch was devoted 70 crop
raising The creek Wa oordered with a thick
jungle about I've rods N breadth, and IL ~as
At Tie crossing that The tiger bad got In b.
deadly york. Tbs creek could not hecro<-ed
anyuhers Tor nlss. except by c1sttinK q way
throUgh tue jungle, and TIE Inhabitants Of
Ne village we're talking d moving ausy
vesu teey beard % our biE hunting party
Tes trst thing vas TO inquire about The
tigers p-culiarities As thu Ear ob-srved by
The psoPls No two tigers work exactly
alike any more than two thievas do. Lei two
man eatsrs take I'D thsir quarters. sAch In
TIE sgburhs Of . village twenty miles apart
and they viii not pursue the sane tacticS
This tiger, sahibs, aid the bead man in
explanation, knows no fear. WIN. we
we're working 10 the asid At noouday be
came out % ths jungle, sAt down ike q dox,
and looked a. u for long tina BE sau
that my orotherS wife was very fat. and
therefore -slscted Der for his supper. W.
nunbsred 0vsr thirty a. vs started 70 re-
turf We were singing and shouting 70
scArs him, and the Sun vas yet half an bour
high, bot BE- came out Of the jungle, looked
saco ous over - be psssed, and vbsu my
sistsr-tn-laW came up he sprsng upon Der and
carr's1 her on BE did not even grovl As
De knocked Der down his long tail whirled
around snd struck rns u the side Last night
rSs TIE WorSs OF all A. none Of ~ had
sous % tie fields for three DAYS tbs saS.r
came into the village tor his supper An Old
NAB further Up the trset unfsstened hi,
door 20 go into the house Of ais 500 acro-
the street. and as be stepped forth the tiger
seized him. be was q very larys man but
the beast carried him of at a trot. You
have, Sahibs, an old and cunning beast todeal
With, and II you do not have your wits about
you be VIII eat you both
No Wild animal goes out TO kin unless hun
gTy. In each Instance where this tiger had
seized vicun be bad remained quiet for the
next two nights. We could, therefore figure
pretty closely on ais next appearance We
went down that evening and looked the cover
over. II was dense enough 10 conceal a troou
Of elephants, and a. tho creek was full OF
water the beast would have no indncemeui
% leave shelter until hunger drove him GOT
As FOR pushing our way into the Jungle to
meet him, the IDEA was too foolharIiy To be
entertained. Once q tiger becomes a man
eater be develops new rra1tz No por,<ow
raised by thousand natives can scare him
away, and be becomes twice a. dangerous 70 |
approach a. before. That night the head
man caused several large bonfres TO Dc
lighted, bells rrng, old muskets cred Of. and |
q great noise kept up for an hour This was
70 INFORM tue tiger that white men had AZ.
rived. and that a new deal was on hand.
We had plenty Of time next day TO look the |
field over and make cur plans The natives
were s-nt OF 70 the fields to work, and we
skirted tho banks Of the creek to the eas;
until satisfied that the beast had its lair In a
mas OF rock :, ovarg-roy, snd .hs,,.,-.A -
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want 20 try that until our other plans failed |
FIRE we're lizlted again on the second night, |
and the racket maintained for the first two
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