The Anaconda standard., 1890-07-27
HE HUNG TO THE HORNS.
How n Mountain Lion Rescued Bunalo
Jack.

How n Mountain Lion Rescued Buf1aio
Jack.
Buffalo Jack, a well known hunter in
and about Sheridan, Wyo., recently told
an interesting story OF a desperate fight
he once had for his life. He is mine for
stories of the chase and this one was pre-
served by a correspondent Of the St.Louis
be-Democrdf. His story is told in his
own frontier dialect that smacks Of the
rifle and bowie knife.
II wuz up 'mong them air mountains
yander one day a-takin' look round fer
to pervide some meat fer my cabin. II
wuE rael onlucky day fer shootin', an /
s'pose must kick't bout thar nj onto a
hull forenoon an didn't see nothin' wurth
wastin' powder at, an ez wuz powerful
tired a-trampin', jest 'cluded I'd rest a
spell, an so set down on the pint of n
rock like an gin takin' observations,
thinkin' mite see sumthin' arter awhile.
An thar sot fer an our or more, till l
got pretty tolerablc well rested, waitin',
an he'd riz up an wuz on the pint of
startin' fer my cabin i'm Disappointment,
when seed the form of a animal not
very far of an fernence pascal of
bushes. an a-movin' from me.
$50 jist slipt up like, SOS TO git ni'er
range of the beast, an he'd TO crawl OH my
hams an feet considerable distance to
make circuit. Soon's got up cluss 'nuf
ez tho't orter. peept out from benin
a stone, and thar l seed one of the biggest
bucks rite In front o. me that ever seed
afQrc in all my life, skurcely more'n three
rods of, an with his head down and eat
in. He didn't know wuz thar, o. course
not, but wuz afeared he'd diskiver whar
1 waz an run of, SO l drawed up my
wepin to my shoulder quick ez cud an
fired.
"The buck drop't. ez intended, an l
tho't he'd him dead to rights, sure. So l
huntia' 'nife an rushed up to cut his Jug
uler an let him bleed. Well, jist ez he'd
got to him an wuz ready to slice fer his
juguler he Civ one awful jump to his feet.
AM ez he did / seed thar wuzn't much
chance to git in my work in the carvin'
with both hams, an let my 'nife drop.
"In mint more me an that air buck
war havin' powerful wrastlin' time, an
we both OF us kick't an skirmish't an
waltzed over bout all the rocks i'm that
part Of the diggin's, an we kept goin'
down the hill fer most an hour, until the
first know'd that air buck he'd got me
rite on the edge of tur'ble precipice, an
i cudn't throw him down nor git him back
no way ! cud fix it.
"He wuz SO tarnation stout, too, that
cudn't git away from him nuther, an
'clutled my only salvation wuz In hangin'
on an freezin' to the critter. An thar
hung 10 that deer's horn rite over that
precipice, q stickin' on like grim death,
an n sayin' all the pra'rs ! ever know'd.
Fer that air bucks eyes look't nifty
wicked, like be thought he'd got the dead
wood on me fer sart'in.
"He'd shake his head, ter try an throw
me over, an didn't care To slo nothin' but
hang on an take my chances. ez jest then
he seem'd TO have the drop on me. But |
didn't squeal nor make no noise tho, but
kept up a heap o. thinkin'.
"Finally wuz plaguey MI played out,
an felt ez zif i must drop to bedrock any
how. i tried climbin' over onto the deer's
back. but 'twouldn't work at all. an thar
he'd stand braced an cudn't be moved.
Directly, while l wuz still a-hangin' there
by them there animals horns l heard a
lowd growl. an i'm mint more I seed a
mountain lion a-eyein' us both an gettin'
ready to jump.
"Wall, sir. the mint that thar deer
heerd that air lions growl he jumpt back
ez zf he'd been shot, an throw'd me head
over heels among the stones above him,
an quick ez a flash he took To his heels
an broke roun' the pint o. the hills an
"The lion first eyed me a second, an
must n 'cluded that I wuxn't worth a
botherin' with, fer he SHE'D aroun' me In
circle like an the last I seed NV him he
wuz a maxim some powerful jumps arter
that air buck, and suppose he got him,
fer never seed nuthin more OF either of
them. But atween you ana me that air
mountain lion cudn't come along in n
better time 20 do me a right down clean
favor. am I'll be hanged IL I'll ever forgit
il either. I've never had the heart i'm me
TO kill one o. them air lions since that
time an s'pose / never will"