Telegram-herald., 1890-01-28
HUNT FOR A Man EATER

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i-g ol earth human or a.laal ae tr .s
b. .scar.ug himse1 ElL-eEs have u1w -al
then been s-alAe1 oV q .lll, a4r 81 every ca-o
u was curiosity more t-4l laat "h-r1
Efc.np-ei tie beast Nlea f-- L--r STALKS
it J. for auoi He + newer c-riaas
}te bad de-g h.s- "a r8= angles u --e Ben
ea'as district D. tae n.l- o- Ca-c.rJa. lar
Usa aesks uef1rs sny al- game came our
waF Oar party was r,o large lor a sleo1ss-
~ 14l-f party baug composed cI over
rUeaty on -ers civil aal military ~lo were
out Tor vacation. and me servant, must
have numbered hfty We lad = -nty fo est
drink aud smoke, aad now all tleu knocked
over wolf or hy~na, tut we could not ex-
Pct 10 get within tive miles oI anything
worthy of a ba..et with such q camp as thar
One day a native came Ia with request that
souls 0f us return viii h.u . "a village called
Dahur. ab5ur twenty five ml.es L. t1e north
west. lie said that an old tiger had taken up
his headquarters near the village. and dur-
ing the four weeks be hsd been there tie
beast bad killed and devOured a man, TWO
women. a girl aud boy. The natives had
SCI traps. but ne would not enter them. They
had poisoned the caTcasss of goats and
calves, bar he would net touch them. 10 had
got ~ that az O'Clock in the evening every
enc entered his house and made himself se-
cur, sog the night while the Tiger held pos
session Of the village and carried terror 20
every soul
Mai lsham and myself got this news ex-
clusively, aud after bit Of planning we stole
out Of camp with our horses and arms, and
followed the guide IL was about . o'clock IN
the morning when We left, and as 10 Was a
cool day and we had a fairly good route We
pushed ahead at such pace that az 9 IA the
afternoon we were Ia Dahur We found the
village 10 consist of soTenty-twO huts or
cabins, covering about two acres Of open.
On the northern edge Of the village was a
creek flowing toward the GANGS, sixty miles
away. and beyond this creek was a fertile
spot Of 200 acres, which was devoted 10 crop
raising. The creek was bordcred with p thick
jungle about FIVE rods in breadth, and y was
at the crossing that the tiger had got in his
deadly work. This creek could not be crossed
anywhere for miles, except by cutting way
through tbe jungle, and the Inhabitants Of
the village were talking Of moving away
when they heard Of our biz hunting party
The first thing was 10 inquire about the
tigers pecularities as thus far observed by
tho people No two tigers work exactly
alike any more than two thieves do Let two
man caters take up tbeir quarters, each IN
the suburbs OF village twenty miles apart,
and they xii not pursue the same tactics
This tiger, sahihs, said the head man in
explanation, knows no fear While we
were working in the fed at MONDAY he
came ont of tho jungle, sat down ike a doc,
and looked az Us for a long time. He saw
that my brothers wife was very fat. and
therefore selected her for his supper We
numbered over thirty as we started 70 re-
turn. We were singing and shouting 10
scare him, and the sun was yet half an hour
high, but he came out Of the jungle looked
each one over as be passed, and when my
sistcr-ln-law came mp hc sprang upon her and
carried her of. He did not even growl. As
he Knocked her down his long tail whrlei
around and struck me in the side Last night
was tie worst of ell As none Of Us had
gone 70 the fields for three DAYS the tiger
came into the village for his supper. An old
man further uD the street uutestened bis
door to 90 into the house Of his son across
the street and as be stepped forth the tiger
seized hil. lie was a very large man, bat
the beast carried him off at a trot- You
have, sahios, an old and cunning beast todel
with. and II you do not have your wits about
you be viii cat you both.
No wild animal goes out 10 XIII unless hun
CRY. In each instance whore this tiger haC
sa'zed 4 victim he had remained quiet for ta'
next two nights. We could, therefore, figure
pretty closely on his next appearance ",
went dowa that evening and looked the cove
over. Ii was dense enough 70 conceal q troC.
al elephants. and as the creek was full o
water tne beast would have no inducemeu
70 leave shelter until hunger drove him ous
+ A Tor pushing our way into the jungle q
meet lim, the idea was too fooinarly 70 b.
/ entertained. Once q tiger becomes a m0i
eater be develops new traits 80 powwav
I raisoJ ur a thousand natives can scare hiu
away. and he becomes twice a. dangerous e
I approach as before That night the hea
man caused several large bonfres 20 o
| lighted, bells r1ng old rnuskets fired or, an
= great noise kept up for IN hour This va
D. Iaf0rm the tger that white men had az
rived. and that a new deal vas on hand
We had plenty Of time next day 10 look ia
fed over nnd make cur plans The native
were sent of 10 the fields t. work and vy
skir-el the banks q the creek 20 TIE eas
u1ai satisfied that the boast bad Us lair iu
mass n rock So overrro aud el,red D
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