The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1891-07-03
gHE HtNsLEY GRAPHIC.
FRIDAY. JULY ;, 1891
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4 Hunters PeEIous EHcounter with
gsueis which He HAD yVoanoSd-
Mr.. D. G. Devereauz<, q ninlrod Of tins
neigh forbood OF Boise City, Idaho, re
ports an exciting time with wounded
elk. while on a recent hunt along ths
snake river. These noble creatures
have grown exceedingly rare Of late
years, owing 70 the Rssiduity with
which they have been hunted,
and when seen at all ia remote
districts are 50 shy that it is with
difficulty hunters obtain a shot at
them. The party OF which Mr.. Dever
eauz was a member had contented
themselves with smaller game, and II
was with some surprise that they ran
into a small herd of elk moving along
Rock creek, small tributary Of the
snake. No opportunity was afforded
for surrounding the animals, which is
the only successful way of hunting
them. but coming upon them suddenly,
a wild scattering fire only served
to dispense them, when they were
of like the wind. Mr.. Dever-
eaux, who happened, however, TO
be some distance ahead of the others,
managed to wound a buck, though
without bringing him to the ground.
The animal, apparently maddened with
pain, plunged into. the Rock, and,
swimming it, was soon on the other
side and running as fast as the wound
in mis- hind quarter would allow. The
party, seeing it impossible to OvertaAe
Che herd, set off in pursuit of the
wounded elk, but by the time they sue
Gee ded in finding a ford and had crossed
the creek the animal was out of sight,
though his trail, which was marked by
a stream of blood, was followed with
out difficulty. After a mile and a
half of rapid riding indications
un1nistakabie to a hunters eye were
noticed that told of the elk's exhaustion,
and short distance further on they
eaught sight of the laboring, suffering
creature as he attempted to mount
small hilloclx some hundred yards
away. MIR. Devereaux, claiming the
elk as his game, rode forward at full
speed, reaching the foot of the ridge
Just as the elk paused, exhausted, on
the summit, when he fired. The ami
mai staggered little and then rolled
out of sight over the sharp brow of the
hilock, crashing through the under
growth. Circlining the ridge Mr..
Devereaux rode to it's foot, where
he found che deer lying motionless,
and thinking him dead. he dismOunted
and advanced toward him. But, evil
IDENTIFY only stunned, the elk rose like a
fash and was in the act of bounding
away when the hunter fred, wOunding
him IN the DECEiSG d B4dAC4AlB 64AOu
which laid bare the bone and seemed to
distract the. animal. He ran at his pur-
suer with lowered head, his great horns
fixed like bayOuets, and only to be
avoided by-Mr. Devereaux's hasty> spring
to one side. He fired several shots,
each, as was afterward ascertained,
taking effect in the body, but without
staying the elk, which again struck al
rhe situation was one of extreme
peril, for an ellx's horns are formidable
weapons, and have been known to LAY
open a horses side when the animal il
at bay. Mr.. Devereaux met the new
stroke by tremendous blow with hi
gun, which was now empty, but, though
the weapon was broken into a dozel
pieces, it evidently did not affect tn
furious apimal which returned to tn
attack at once, stamping and lungin!
forward with his horns. By this tim
the rest of the hunters had ridden w
and at every opportunity when it wa
thoacht safe to fire at. the elk with
out dangsF of hitting their companion
peppared the creature, which now fe
on his knees wounded to death. See
ing this, Mr.. QevereauX sPrang upo
him from behind, and kept him fror
struggling to his feet, at the same tim
pluncing his stout knife into his neci
He feu over with such force that it wa
all Che hunter could do to escape havin
his n ght leg crushed beneath the gre;
weight. The elk was found to /
wounded in seventeen places.-Chicag
Journal.
a young man of Anglomaniae ter
denotes boastfully called attention
his six-dollar Derby the. other day an
proclaimed it a London hat of fl
superior quality ia the American Derb
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