Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-07-14
TREEp BY A BULL MOOSE.
An Ugly Customer and More to BE Fear
cd than u Bear.

Al Ugly Customer ana More to BE Year
cd than Bear.
Mr.. Henry Priest of Midway, al
well known lumberman. has had o.
thrilling experience with bull moose
Last fall he was at Mud Brook, near
Millinockett lake, sporting lines and
exploring for timber preparatory to
lumber operation, says the Bangor
News. For some time he heard the
rampaging and believing of an animal
some distance away, but paid no at
tention to it. as he knew by previous
experience in the woods it was a
moose. Suddenly the animal appeared
in sight, and, seeing Mr.. Priest made
a rush for him, head down. Mr..
Priest is about so years of age and
lame, but knowing how savage bull
moose is al this season of the year, he
was not slow in taking a Nelson gait
for the nearest tree. into the branches
of which he swung himself just in
time to escape the Infatuated moose
Mr.. Priest was unframed, but perch
ed III the tree he had good chance
to inspect this monarch of the for
est MI. Priest says the animal was
a huge fellow, and would weigh over
half a ton. On his wide spreading
antlers were twenty live prongs, which
were pointed and sharp, and would
pierce the flesh like a Damascus sword.
For an hour the moose walked about
the tree, paved the ground, and &C.
casionally emitted bellows which were
anything except music to Mr. Priests
ears. The minutes passed slowly,
seeming like hours to Mr.. Priest in
| his uncomfortable seat in the tree.
| Finally the moose went away some
distance and Mr. Priest took the OPP
portunity to slide to the ground and
started for white birch growth which
was some distance away.
He had safely covered part of the
| space when the moose discovered him.
Then there was a wild go-as-you-
| please race Mr.. Priest fortunately
| had a good start and reaching the
birch trees struck match and touched
it to the bark, which, catching fire
like finder, the flames with q roaring
sound shot into the air. This was a
new experience to the moose, a genu-
inc surprise. He stood tor moment
looking at the rudy blaze and listen
ing to the cracking flames. when he
turned and with bound disappeared
in the forest.
The method of attack with a bull
moose is with his antlcrs and fore
feet. the edges Of the hoofs of which
are as sharp and keen as a cutlass.
| Woe be unto the man whom the
moose attacks A person had better
struggle with bear than to have
contest with q bull moose when he is
| in an angry mood.
A few years ago an Indian who was
camping near Mt. Katahdin called a
bull with a moose horn. The bull sur
prised poor Lo, and he had fearful
hand-to-hand struggle. When Joe
Daney, the Indian, who was one of
the tribe at Lincoln Islands and quite
famous in his day, emerged from the
battle and took refuge in a tree he had
not shred of clothing upon him, and
his face and body bore evidence that
| the struggle had been one which nearly
caused the death of poor Joe.
1t is not unusual for bull moose at
that season of the year to attack men.
The late Moses Wadleigh, of Oldtown,
and an Indian were once freed BY a
moose. The moose saw fit to pay par
ticular attention to Mr.. Wadleigh.
The Indian slid out of his tree, and,
as he started on the run, said: ..Anv
| news to send down to Oldtown, Mr..
Wadleigh?" Mr.. Wadleigh escaped,
and lived many years to tell of tho
| adventure.