Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1891-06-04
STANLEY ON ELEPHANTS.
It's Elephants on Stanley IL You Try to
Stop Wild One with Small Gun.

"Mr. Stanley, did you eFor kill an
elephant?'
'oh yes, I have killed good many
OF them, replied the great explorer
evidently somewhat amused ut the
question. for it was pumped at him as
soon as he had reseated himself after
giving the reporter Il very cordial
greeting at the Burnett House. He
evidently had expected to be inter-
viewed about Barttelot and the rear
guard, or the mystery Of Emin Pasha.
and-Was pleasantly disappointed. as
proved to be the ease subsequently,
How have you killed them and how
would you 60 about it were YOU going
to kill one nowpm
Well, wouln shoot him, and as to
how ( would 90 about it would depend
upon the kind of elephant he was.''
Could you kill him with one bull
let?n
Il have done it,
1T took twentysthtee bullets to kill
| our Zoo elephant, Chief" recently"
Il read something of that. What
kind of an elephant was your 'Chief?'
II he had tie concaye forehead, that
is, scooped out, he was an Indian ele-
plant, Ii he had convex forehead
he was an African. He was an Indian
elephant. Then would have shot
him i'll the forehead, for there is only
short distance to the brain. while
with an African elephant an enormous
amount Of muscle and tissue is piled
upon the forehead, and you might
shoot into it all day and never kill
him. But u we'll directed shot in the
center of tie forehead of Chief, if YOU
are sure he was an Indian elephant,
should have settled him. And if not,
the heart can always be reached Yes,
behind the car too; they are readily
killed that way. Why, there is no
particular difficulty about killing an
elephant If one knows how to 90 about
ith
DO you imagine that Chief suffered
| much pain with al of these bullets in
| himpn
Undoubtedly he did. Aud you
| mention the fact Of his reaching out
[ lis trunk in an aifectionate or appeal
ing way to Hatnee, his mate, who
stood near-that shows more than any
other way, that he was suffering, and
| it shows too. an affection and sympa-
thy between the TWO that one would
| scarcely imagine they possess. That
| reaching out his trunk, and her res
ponse, as though farewell, is GER
tainly very touching thing.
You ask me il haven't hunted the
elephant in Africa. Well, you know l
| did not so there for that purpose, of
| course. | had too much else to do and
no time to waste; but as I say, | have
killed elephants and didn't think very
much Of it, either One can't help but
krun on them, whether he will OF no.
Why, the natives there will kill them
with spear, or even with !, sword.
Yes. sir, they will run at them and
slash them across the legs and ham
string them, and then pierce them be-
hind the ear with their swords a
man will get off in front Of an elephant
and brandish shining sword. it flash
IS in the elephants eyes and Instantly
makes him mad and he will charge.
LAS he charges, other natives will
rush out of the copse. in flank move
meuts, aud dash at him. and even the
man ahead with the sword will spring
aside far enough TO get out of the
reach Of his trunk, and as the big fell
low goes charging by he will give hin,
| 4 sweeping slash across the front Of
| the legs and the elephant is rendered
| helpless and falls. The natives get
wonderfully skiilful some, hing after
The matador. who lets the bull rush at
INN full tilt, and then lightly springs
aside and thrusts his sharp sword into
iiin When an elephant charges, ne
$ so bulky, you know, that his mo-
nentum carries him directly ahead,
aud Il nimbie and practjced man can
spring out Of his way. But an ee-
pIlant will CYertake Il horse, and
lave seen them jerk the rider from y
,orsc's back, all going full tilt.
ION, YES. an elephant is very swift.
have yet TO see the horse that can
.ct away from him on dead, straight
run. And they can swim, too. Why,
an elephant will cross u river with
only his trunk out of the water three
or four inches. All he has to have is
air, you know. aud lie gets it through
his trunk. Aud he will not swim until
he has to. But have seen the trunk.
several of them. just sticking out of
the water of a river they were fording.
''Then, again, we have tloate.l down
the Congo in our boats, quietly and
without moving q muscle, and we
could get within twenty feet of them
without attracting their attention or
alarm. and then | have shot them.
is, one bullet. Sometimes in going
through jungle | have come upon
them. l remember coming upon one
suddenly one day and I only had a
small Winchester rifle with me, and
you can depend upon it | backed out
as quickly as / could. Yes. a wild ele-
plant will likely charge you whether
you disturb him or not. He is belliger-
emit"
! .You have eaten elephant meatp"
I Eyes; and rhinoceros aud that of the
hippopotamus.
i ''.A little of that will go a good
ways, said gentleman at dinner al
the Palace Hotel as his teeth carromed
on a piece of the lion of Chief, and he
remarked that he wished you were
here to eat it,
Mr.. Stanley smiled and continued
talking, for he was talking in strain
that was evidently restful to him.
20, now, elephant meat is not So
bad, my boy. It is little coarse and
grainy, but we saw the time that we
thought it the sweetest morsel we ever
tasted, y
But the foot, the foot is really fine
meat. choice, a delicacy. The foot is
cut. off. and you know it is about sc
round drawing a circle on the table
cloth). say sixteen inches. A hole is
dug in the ground, 4 fire set going un.
til it is a deep bed of Goals. Then the
/ foot is put right down in that hole or
i the Goals, and the whole is covered
over with earth, and you let it stay
there for thirty-six hours. and wher
7! it comes out you have choice delicacy
/ indeed. The meat is white aud tender
and palatable."
"rhe rhinoceros and hippopotamus