The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-09-10
ALL HYENAs ARE NOT EDWARDS.



SOmaliland.
Hyenas are noted as great towards,
but l h AVE Ome across a few exceptions.
When about sixty miles from Berbera,
on my return journey, l camped close to
a Somali zareba. Soon the head men
came in and asked me to shoot a pack
of six hyenas, as they had killed a great
many sheep and goats. That morning
they killed two sheep, and the same
night jumped into the zareba and car
ried off a sheep and badly bit a young
COW.
Next morning | saw two Solnali men
running after II hyena with spears. but
he only kept about 100 yards in front.
n as soon rs they stopped he did the
same and had il look at them. and on
their returning he quietly walked on.
was busy with a koodoo head at the
time, so did not go after him, but evil
IDENTIFY he wanted to see what | was do
ing and SO came toward me. When
about 100 yards off | put a bullet through
his shoulders.
So much for No. /. He knew how
far Il Somali could throw u spear. but
not how far Il rifle would carry.
Next day at oon we heard a great
shouting abont IA mile off. After awhile
! made out that a lion had killed one of
my camels. took the $50 express and
started off. On arriving on the scene |
found it was not Il lion, but Il hyena, and
that the camel was not dead, but badly
bitten on the hind parts.
A woman said the hyena was behind
some low bushes about $50 yards off.
The bushes, three in number. were only
2l3 feet high ard on an open plain. As
the Somali men had been making IL great
noise l said nothing would stop there.
However, went to have a look, and
when about seventy yards off the bush
up came a head and took a good look at
me, and then went down slowly. like a
hon crouching. | went twenty yards
closer, when up came the head to have
another look. | took a steady aim, and
next home an express bullet between
the eyes Of II hyena finished him.
he was IL very large and fat beast.
with a good coat of hair, and had a good
portion of II sheep in his inside.
Now could imagine one going for "A
Il camel if starved, but not when fat,
and at midday, with "A man and woman
accompanying the caInels-a thick bush
within 200 yards on the left, if he had
wanted to get away. Instead of doing
SO he kept to the open country, with
three bushes hardly large enough to
conceal him, and then held his ground
until shot dead. | think it showed
great pluck. End of No. =.
In the night the men heard some of the
others bowling, so at daylight ! went
over to where | shot No. ., and there.
sure enough, were three more hyenas.
just then one of the three picked IN
the dead II by the back and carried il
III his mouth. with his head thrown Ill
TO keep 1t off the ground. only the feet
trailing. He took it about sixty wards
and put 1t under IL bush. | lay still for
"a few minutes, and her the vultures
came down, but the three hyenas drove
them off. | then sat up and one of them
saw me. AS they We're only 12J yards
off, however, | had a good shot. and q
hollow bullet behind the shoulder fin.
ished No. >. The other two made off.
so | left them.
In the afternoon II of my Somali
men said there WAS Il hyena keeping off
the vultUrc:. wen. ont with the glass
and saw hc had taken the last dead one
about 200 yards up il stony hill with
some large ruC.S ON the top. He WAS
just going biCH 10 the rocks after liay-
ing made II sorrie upon the vulturcs.
then went mp toward the rocks, VIXEN
he anne and took a good look. stand
ing facing me.
1t was Il long shot, over 200 Yards;
but by good luck | put IA bullet in the
center OF his throat, killing him instant
ly. This made the fourth. Next morning
| went to take Il look and there was one
with the dead one shot the day before
London Field