Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1890-03-29
ACCoMAC G. Fl, VA. SATURDAY. MARCH 49, 1880
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{. s:sROB, 1.-THE. LION KILLER.
An Old Wyoming Hunter Who Had q
;5Tsafountafn LionfSfor n Bed Follow,

%, IT He. LION KILLER.
An Old Wyoming Hunter Who Had o
Mountain Lion; for Bed Follow.
lear the head waters of Horse creek.
:iinsthis terrific DRY. slives: Gerard Bob, q
Sforner Wel' u observation-disclosures, who
jless might be supposed, derived his
Gleorstit Tie fromithc number of noun
lsl@iaelions. hcshas slain IN hatvicinity.
Various al.e the ways in which lie has
stain tile snniniulS, for he no sooner
gets oll4sthe trail of one Of. the var
lnints than lie scarcely halts or stops.
ls6ut OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES the animal
:dss:y and night.unlil it is brought 10:
sysand selroppedtGy the unerrings aim
ofshisrille. IN
Though. Gerard Bob lis fair9 ysscoy-
|.eretlwitIl scars and deep gasllss from
fierce encountersswitli lions and sotier
IaBrutes, every Of which Indicates a
I5;tihfilIiilg adventure yet. he protests
lstfiatsl Tic issnot afraid: Of them tsavage
niieounfain liongtha tever walked, for.hei
|scansiders tile. whole tribe base COW
;sfds.s On-onc ccasionehesliad a noun
taiilSl Ionic ss6ed fell oW and he afsss
Iaslftfiss that lie 81 ested peifeefl easy.
I'd sWitliou any ss:nlila 81 eXcitentepts
rIijIcanic ab6ou lii ffIlis swises One ofgthel
cllmenz living, sil the foot liillsnear.
the NorthEP latte river had been miss.
large nunibers-of his sheep; and
I1iiey had evidently been slain by some.
Is@ild animal. The depredntions still.
ksteal s.of decreasing were rapidlyauss.
lssaicnting Till each nioringt two ormore
IsnIenl6ers of the flock would be found
slaughtered and their carcasses partly
Eeatcl. The owner Of tile ranch COLI
Iscluded stEetit was the work Of a lion
Eand employed Gerald Bob to bring i'll
1.-The animals skin.
The first day cut, though he fol-
Flowed tie lion through deep valleys
ssnd over the rocky sides of the noun
Istains for nearly forty miles, yet not
once did he catch sight Of the beast,
Isthouglltt several times lie was very
linear. At one place among some thick
Ebrusll tilelion stopped long enough to
lskill u good sized deer, and was feast
fling OH the carcass, when tic noise of
lstlle hunters approach caused him TO
tsHee again.
The hunter, after taking fair
knights rest under some shelving
Erocks, was out again at the first dawn
Isof day and soon discovered the lair OF
||ssIlle beast where it had lain during tie
|Sprevious night Then another toll
|Ksome day was spent i'll following the
lion, butsGob got one glimpse OF him
|sbeliind some bushes. This greatly en-
Scouraged the hunter, us he noticed
Eftllut occasionally the lion halted ut i'll
|slervals. indicating that he was grow
|sing tired At tie earliest Streak OF
light Gil the following morning Bob
Hastily swallowed his cold. lunch of
|jcrked meat and biscuit and was oil
after the lion as usual. The trail led
|3st1ight for Il cave, and just as Bob
senteredat one end Tie lion rushed out
like flash 1T the other But u quick
Shot from Bobs rifle wounded the lion
|sand in its fight left trail OF blood in
the patti On it went, up the sides OF
1.-the steep, craggy mountain, with BOB
Fin steady and. determined pursuit.
Now he fclt certain of his game. the
blood enabling him TO follow it easily.
Still the animal did not exhibit any
signs OF fatigue until late
Fin. tho day At various times, how
ever. iticliaeavored TO secret lis. trail
II.bysdGubling and springing i'll and out
OF the water, but the hunters eagle
eye readily detected the effort ct dc
ception and tile latter lost but little
time with blind trails.
Late in the afternoon, cs Bob was
carefully feeling his way up among
the crags, suddenly lie was startled by
low growl, and instantly he saw the
form of the animal III mid-air, coming
directly toward him. Stepping to one
side he barely lodged the beasts paw,
and it landed far below him, and
again disappeared in twinkling. lie
now pursued it with more yigor, and
that evening just at dusk discovered
where the animal had crawlcd i'll q
hole between some rocks. Bob halted
at the outside only long enoug II to eat
his dry meal, and then. with his Win
chester in hand, boldly entered. at
first he could hear growls and the ami
NAL seemed To be moving not far from
him, but lie could not distinguish
single object. Soon he came TO where
the hole iorked, and as he did not yet
see the animal, he decided to remain
in the den until morning and prevent
its escape. All the time he couid hear
the movements of something near,
and he lay with lis finger touching
the trigger, ready to shoot. llouls
wore away. and he thinks he must
have fallen asleep, but how long lie
did not know, for when he woke up
lie forgot where he was and put out ills
hand. KS he did 50 he touched the fur
OF the lion, and it Immediately gave
snarl. Two eyes now glared licrcely
upon him. In another instant lie
pointed his gun toward the two gis-
tening eyes and fired. The report was
quickly followed by cloud OF dust
and violent struggles OF the beast.
Then all became calm. y few MN.
utes afterwards he found the corpse OF
the dead lion, and then began the task
Of pulling it out of the hole. On ar
irving at the surface lie was consider.
ably surprised u find the day quite
we'll advanced, and after skinulng tile
animal at onco FASTENED Tor the settle
nents. The lion measured almost
nine feet, and was Il real western! mon
ster.-Laranie City Cor. 81 Louis
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