New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-03-27
STORIES ABOUT ALLIGATORS.
, DREADED MONSTER IN SOUTH AMERICA VIII"
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r,n . ebor, time ago there lived in New YORK 'lt
y nhv-lciou who had spent years In >0util Ni'r
lea and who wa well informed Ia hat'''' "'"
His great delight To- tell stories ABOUT ""'"''
some Of them are given here.
awIule exceedingly rich in vegetation sou'h AMER
lea +, door In the higher forms OF animal me- hc ''
pu although the higher animals scarce, birds ana
insects are numerous. and the Replies eNP'c''' ia
large and plentiful OF the reptiles, the alligator Is
oro ~ the most disiked That terrible creature ieeas
nm fish carron and animals which 1t Is s'ic'ess'"'
enough 10 surprise they come Ia drink AT the ""'r
edge Man. also frequently falls victim ana io' '''''
reason the natives OF places where the nIhgalV i o
mon have devised various methods ior n'ihs It,
There was pond where was once STAYING "ne'c
the wild cattl. went IN herds to drink and there nun
rs used to Law In wait for them. ono day one OF inc
hunters going into the water came an alligator
which seized him By the knee. lie began 10 call 1or
helm but his comrades instead II coming to his rcs'uc'
ran away. thinking hc had fallen INTO the hahds oi
the hostile natives The alligator had not go"n no"
If his knee. but would not let ~ while the man a''"s
gled The hunter had pgcscnc" Of nina enough nov
ever TO become STILL and pretend that he was dcao
whcreupon the gator looSened his hold To take nc"
and sccurer one when II did 50 the man pulled away
his knee and ntcrposed his gun, which the creature
at once seized ~ savage and firmly that II was jerAed
ont OF the mans hands.
AT another time small Indian village IN winch
I was staying. WIS periodically tcrrori1ed by one OF
lis inhabitants being carried Of by large alligator
The natives became worked mp to such pitch of eX-
element that il was resolved to kill the terrible visitor
Mt any cost Accordingly. two powerful men were
chosen 10 watch fo 1t and destroy IT, one night they
saw a monster alligator rise ont m the river and climb
on n rock Ia rest Forgetting all about danger, thcS
wadcd In the river until they were only short DIS
lance away from IL, when they took true aim ana
thrust two harpoons into IL, body. After struggle
they killed that terror Of the vlnge. FTOm ia" up
Of his nose to the end II hi, tall he measured fifteen
feet being one Of the largest ever slain The two men
who killed him were o course. the heroes Of the hour
The nat ves IN some parts Of SOrth America
mr. bold and reckless enough Ia cvc them somc chance
OF lighting the alligator IN the water They dive under
II aud plunge hong dagger into lis belly, and after
few struggles the hated monster tur on it, bnch
and dies.
Although the alligator IL truly monster IL can. by
gentle treatment be made tame. In on" ~ the Sonii
American villages "a man caught young alligator. and
IN time II became 80 tame That IL would ipIioW MN
around like dog. ami even scramble upstairs a"t
him II was very afecuonar cn@Nrr. lt7 Eru,
f,vote cat OF the house. and the cat seemed q,
like il IN return II II saw the cat asleep II would
lie down beside II and plnc" liz head upon the cat ana
60 10 sleep too. That cat and alligator were nearly
nlway, together and whenever one was absent the
other seemed restless. But that alligator al-l had
It's dislikes II seemed especially to late small Dog
Of the house. and every time II got chance wouli
beat the dog numerically with It's tail, never think
pct alligator was kept alive by being Ted on raw meat
aud milk on" day. however. thc cat died and not
The house fci, sure thai 4 died from broken heart
because the cat was gone"