The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-11-17
Some Few Country Snakes.

/ Capt. Wright Ohe accuracy Of the title Is not
Tarrantedl, who lives out west Of here in the
Indian nation, was holding a discussion the
other evening on the subject Of rattlesnshes.
says Hackett City (Ar1) correspondent Of
the 81. Louis Globe-Democrat. II there is one
subject on earth that Cap" Wright knows all
about Il Is the rattlesnake. 81 reckon the big
gest pile OF rattlers ever seen at once" said
ne, was up on the Little Sugar Loaf mountain
Just after the war. You know how rough it is
eral assent was nodded. well, il you have
ever been up toward the top whar the ice
water spring is, you know what big fat rock
s siney L thar. scraggy pines grow along the
top. and about thirty feet below
TINS rock there's clump Of a
dozen or more that are pretty good size.
was out looking for little mule that had got
out OF my lot at the time l tell you Of and
oein thirsty while was up on the mountain,
went up TO this spring TO git a drink OF water.
and tnen sot down on that rock to rest. I
reckon that rock itself riz straight up at least
twenty Feet high, and was so straight that it
Dulged out from the mountain little bit every
where but IN one place. This place reminds me
OF the bed or creek, and looked like the water
OF the spring might have run down there az one
Time, and made up my mind as soon as got
rested to slide down that way. as 1t would save
me long walk around. While l sot there
looked right down under me about
twenty feet, and there, on the ground,
| saw three or tour OF the biggest
rattlers l think l ever laid my eyes on. picked
a chunk of the edge Of the rock and dropped
IL right on the biggest one, and sech a rattlin'
you never heerd. The ground sloped in
under the rock. and l reckon there's a cave
there, for rattlesnakes commenced a-comin'
out like ants out of hill when you stir 'em up.
IL 1ist looked like they never would quit and the
ground was covered with snakes coied up,
Whlle the rattlin was so mixed up it sounded
IKE the buzz of bees almost. After a little bit
the leader started up that chute l told you Of
and the whole tribe followed him. l got me
Two or three big brushes and made a big
broom like you make out of buck bushes,
and as they would come UP l would
sweeps EN- back. But / might as well a tried
10 sweep back the James fork in an overflow.
They JSt kept comm and saw had to give it
up. By the time had made up my mind to
break and run three Or four big whoppin' fell
lows had got over there and cut me of and
were already coiled up. don't think ever was
in quite as tcklsh place as that before or
since. saw had only one chancs Just as one
OF the big ones that was nearest me sprang
from bis coil and struck mad dash for the
soge OF the rock and jumped for the top OF that
little clump OF pines IL must a been fifteen
foot jump, but made it and as was outside
OF the line or snakes just fell over myself
gtttln' down the side of that mountain I
found my blamed mule down there at the foot
and as l was scratched up pretty ba and
thought every scratch on me was a rattlesnake
bite, it didn't take me long to get where could
I'LL up on corn juice. reckon didn't git sober
again for week, aud you might say never
hev got plumb over that skeer. Eff he'd larnt
everything about rattlesnakes out of tax books,
like some folks, maybe might a come out o.
the scrape better, but ez it was he'd to do the
best could"
How many snakes do you suppose there
were there?" asked some one mathematically
inclined
couldn't no more count 'em tran could
the ants comm out of big ant hill. was the
reply. u sh'd say they was a million, or may
dropped.