Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-10-04

And saw Zoe case where the bomb
went in at the whales side and after
the thing exploded, he never stirred.
1t killed him Instantly. Such cases
are uncommon"
rs it true that whales ever attack
boats and take them into their
mouthsP" inquired the artist, hitch
ing little nearer.
Eyes, it's replied Captain Will
Jams. "Idon't doubt that thou
sand lies have been told about such
things, but I've seen it done, and if |
tell you this story don't want you
to think I'm codding of you. We'd
been having tolerably poor luck and
this whale, he'd been struck and we
were waiting for the proper time to
come to pull up and lance or shoot
him. The Captain was anxious
about it, and he ordered u boat for
ward too soon. 1t went up. / was
in another boat not far away, and
themate stoodready to use the lance,
when the whale turned suddenly and
grabbed the boat in the middle,
square in his mouth. The men were
all spilled, OF course, and the boat
crunched to bits. Another boat
picked up all the men, while | pulled
up and went Tor the whale. He could
havemade it troublesome for us if he
hadn't been such n plaguey fool as
to 60 to butting the wrecked boat.
He would draw back few yards and
then go forward, smashing his nose
against the wreck, or plank, and
( he would snap up splinters OF wood,
mere chips, though was plugging
bombs into him all the while. He
drew back and butted five times and
before we made him quit had fired
four bombs into him, and had got il
five thrusts with hand lance.
That's a pretty tough one, l sup,
pose, but every words true, anC
here's another just exactly as true
and not mite laid on. The trouble
came from the same cause as before
too much anxiety and not waiting
until the whale was exhausted be
fore lancing. The first mate drove hi
boat upclose to the whale and just al
: the mate was going to lance the whal
gave a flip with his jaw against tn
boat, nearly capsized it, and SPILLED
out every man but one. That on
was the mates son, q young FELLOW
on his first cruise. The mate haC
) told me that he couldn't swim, ant
that if anything happened | was t.
look out for him, so | pulled VI
Z. smart. ] wasn't fur away. Ate
5 giving that flip the whale lay ther
} still with his mouth open. A man i
e the water, you know will grasp any
thing. Well, the mate came up RICH
: by the whales jaw and the first thin
. he did was to fling his arm over
e and hold on. Over the whales jaw
e Certainly, the lower one, OF course
, ] yelled to the boy in the boat t
reach his father an oar and pull hir
: aboard The boy did the best h
d could, knit the mate finding it har
/ to hang on with one arm, threw
T leg over the edge of the jaw and til
fool of a whale never shut his mouth
!, just lay there gawping until the no
= got an oar where his father could In
q hold, and somehow or other pule
= him aboard. Then we picked up til
= other men and finished the whal
: The mate acted curious about the
u again: swore he hadn't been in Il
i whales mouth at all, but he hat
y half Of him at least, for some lit
! time, and we proved it to him late
7 Three or four hours after it was a
!. over he complained of pains in h
! leg, and when we examined him
y see what was the matter there we
y y the plain red prints of three whale
y teeth that had been made by h
y weight as he struggled there on thu
- lower jaw. Twas perfectly sure, yC
y see; whales teeth are so big, tho
~ that have any, that just about thr
- would be all that could touch q man
:, leg in that position. But then, '
III saw it all and that settles it, and t
" mate had to be convinced by t
= marks on his leg. New York Ht
p aid.