Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-07-11

on the other side shout. / was within
twenty yards OF the wood, at the spot
where the tigress was last seen, and /
had scarcely spoken when out she
charged at the sound, her ears back, I
and al such a pace that her belly
almost touched the ground. / shot
her through the chest, but Just too
low for the heart, with the first barrel.
This neyer turned her, and / fired the
second barrel, when she was within
springing distance, at about Vineyards.
This hit her IN the inner corner of the
right eye, went through her brain,
crushing the bones of the back part of
her skull to pieces, and out below her
chest. The tigress swerved a little,
passed me at about seven feet, went
Mt undiminished speed for certainly
forty yards, and then she lay on her
belly extended. So marvellous did
this seem to me, and so life-like did
she then appear, that, having seized
another rifle, i fired and hit her, the
ball passing through her thigh and
into her neck. Her skull is worth
looking at, and defes all scepticism as
to what tigers can do after they are
shot through the brain.
Listen now, reader, to my adven-
ture with a panther, which had al
ready been wounded by a rifle ball.
Having warned the village shikaree to
keep close behind me with the heavy
spear he had in his hand, / began to
follow the wounded panther; but had
scarcely gone twenty-five yards, when
one of the heaters, who was on high
ground, beckoned to me, and pointed
a little below him, and in front of me.
There was a large panther sitting out,
unconcealed, between two bushes, a
dozen yards before me. / could not,
however, see his head; and whilst /
was thus delayed, he came out with a
roar straight at me. / fired at his
chest with a ball; and as he sprang
upon me, the shot barrel was aimed
at his head. In the next moment he
seized my left arm andthe gun. Thus,
not being ableto usethe gun as a club,
] forced it, crosswise, into his mouth.
He bit the stock through in one place:
and whilst his upper fangs lacerated
my arm and hand, the lower fangs
went into the gun. His hind claws
pierced my left thigh. He tried very
hard TO throw me over. In the mean
while, the shikaree hadretreated some
PAGES to the left. He now, instead of
spearing the panther, shouted out,
and struck him, using the spear as q
club. In a moment, the animal was
upon him, stripping him Of my shikar
bag, his turban, my revolving rifle,
and the spear. The man passed by
me, holding his wounded arm.
The panther quietly crouched five
PAGES in front of me. / knew my only
chance was to keep my eye upon him.
He sat with all my despoiled proper
ty. stripped from the shikaree, around
and under him. The first step /
moved backwards. keeping my eye on
the panther, / fell on my back into a
thorn bush, having slipped upon the
rock. Here / was still within one
spring Of the animal, who appeared,
as far as Icould see, to be not at all
disabled by the fight. Nothing could
have saved me had he again attacked;
but there's a sweet little cherub that
sits up aloft, " to look out for the life
OF the wildhunter. ! retreated step
by step, my face still towards the foe,
till ! got to my horse and to the othef
! beaters, who were all collected to-
gether some forty yards from the
fight.
/ Immediately loaded the guu with
a charge of shot, and a bullet that ]
perchance found; and, taking my re
volver pistol out of the holster. and
sticking it into my belt, determined to
carry on the affair to its issue, know.
ing how rarely men recover from such
wounds as mine. / was bleeding pro.
fusely from large tooth-wounds in THE
arm; the tendons of my left hand were
torn open, and | had FIVE claw-wounds
in the thigh. The poor shikaree's left
arm was somewhat clawed up, and il
the panther was not killed, the SUI
perstition of the natives would 90 fal
to kill this man. Terribly frightened
. as he was, his wounds were not so bad
as mine. | persuaded my horsekeepel
to come with me; and taking the hog
spear he had in his hand, we went tC
the spot where lay the weapons strip
|, ped from the shikaree. A few yard.
beyond them there crouehed the hug,
panther. Again | could not see hi
/ head very distinctly. but fired deliber
, ately behind his shoulder. In one mo
ment he was again upon me. / CAV,
? him the charge of shot, as | supposed
, iii his face, but had no time to tax,
! aim. The horse-keeper, instead
/; of spearing, fell upon his back
In the next instant the pan
Their got hold of my left foot in hi
, teeth, and threw me on my back.
struck Mt him with the empty gun, anC
, ne seized the barrels in his mouth
This was his last effort. l sprang up
, and Selling the spear from the horse
! keeper, drove it with both hands
through his side, and thus killed him
| Immediately had my boot pulled of
! Myfoot hled profusely, Fortunately
the wound was in the thin part of tn,
/ foot, and not in the instep or ankle
/ but the teeth had met,
! A Woman With Forty-three Hus'
bands