Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-12-13
ABSOLUTELY PURE

tour 1 bagged my bros ana
my trail near the last trap | had Wis
tied. My tracks. as ! had left them.
had been solitary enough, but now ]
found they were accompanied by the
footprints Of "a large Indian devil.
Il didn't really expect 20 get "a shot
a5 the beast. but / loaded both bar
rel, viti ball cartridges. A. / went
ul. however. IL began tu strike mo az
strau-. that the brute should happen
10 bee going 80 fer iu my direction.
Sep for step his footprints chung %
mine When ] reached the place where
had brduched of iu search of the
partridge / found that the panther
had Irauchcl oil with me. So polite
"a conformity of Li~ way, To mine could
have bur one significance. I was be
ing tracked.
The idea. when Dr. first struck m..
struck mo with too much force % BE-
agreeable. 10 was 90 very unusual pro.
ceoding on the part If au Indian devil.
displaying % most Imperfect conception
Of the fitness of things That / should
hunt him wa. proper and customary
but that he should think of hunting me
presumptuous and most unpleasant. !
resolved that he should be made to re-
pent it before night.
The traps were unusually success
full that trip. and at last / had TO stop
and make "a Gaelic Of my spoils This
unusual delay seemed To- mi-lrtd my
willy pur~uer. who suddenly came ont
of "a thicket while / was hidden behind
"a tree trunk. ~ he crepr -~tealthi,y
along on my tracks. not fifty yards
away. was Disguised at his >leuth
hound persistence and crafty maliguity
I raised my gun 10 my shoulder. and Joe
another moment would have rid myself
Of hi~ uud,-ir.i attractions. hu- the
animal must have caught "a CLEAN from
the -hiuiu. barrel. for he ,urued lihe "a
fash and buried himself IN ,h. nearest
thicker
1T was evident that he did not wish
tie matter forced 20 au immediate IT,
sue. A. consequence. decided that
Dr. ought 10 Doe settled ar once ram
toward tht. tll-arr hut at the same
time r'. panther stole uur ou rh- other
-.9. and t.--snr..r.I ID. tine woods
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\lour shutdown / met with am uD
Ig.ky accident. which damp.ueI both
INV ,pi-.t- and ms powder IN crossing
a swift brook 40 "A place where the ir.
wa, hardly thick enough 90 hold up it,
covering Of snow. ! broke through ami
wa, soaked. After fishing myself ou'
with SOME difficulty I found my gun
va. fuII OF water. which had frozen a-
10 entered Here was a pretty iiN.
The weauou was for the present MT.
rarIy useless feared that most of
INV cartridge were Boo like condition.
The prp>pe" for the night, when thr
Indian devil should arrive upon ID,
scene. was not "A cheerful me ! pu-hc.
ON mi.erabIv Cor another mile or So.
and then prepared to camp.
-Tir.r of an / built such 70 fire a.