The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-08-22

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three or four Of my best men
btsrted out in parties Of ten to hunt
\ the wild man. Each Of my men had
,eap English musket and knew how to
IL, and the order was to FIRE at the man
light. To brace up the courage OF the
ives l offered . reward Of $40 to who
should fire. the lucky shot. The four
ties TOOL different directions. The =
baded went 4 the north, whore there was
long stretch Of almost impenetrable
pkst. with various paths tfavsrs.
a.. in q . d,tssfen n..h. 0i hss
q fo,lo Usd By Il. lion which fell into
pit. Proceeding In single fle and NOV
40 quietly as possible We advanced
but four miles and then came to IN open
sst. Here the path ended. The under
lsh had all been burned out, and n
lid see q long way in every direction:
3 natives were for. keeping on, but !
ned that tho wild man must know Of
camp and would. therefore, be found
II it.
Ne had turned back and. the last man
b Just fallen in line when ! heard q shout
a cry of alarm. The three natives next
hind me lodged under my arm and made
down the path. while the others were 90
bet that 1t took me three or four minutes
ascertain whit had happened. The wild
n had been concealed, behind a big tree
n the path. He leaped ous and struck
led him on the apot, and be was swing
! his weapon TO hit the second man when
third fred at him. Tho wild man was
twenty feet away, but he was mot hit.
d in . second or two was ont Of sight.
rec mon had seen him, and all agreed
It he was q native. but the biggest man
by had ever seen. He was perfectly
ksd and armed only with a club: We
Pked the dead man mp and bore him to
d heard the sto.y their courage took
Rht. They would help me to capture
) lions, but they wanted no more Of
IN hunting. II wanted to pursue the
mt alone they would stand by the
MP; but the opinion was unanimous
81 we should 60 thirty or forty miles fur
er up the country. l firmly declined to
bve. We were 10 a good n~cighoorhood.
d our preparations complete, and !
dn't propose to be run out by any sort Of
man. I didn't believe this wild
an was such a terrible fellow. Ma
kes always sxagRerate SO per cent even
out the most ordinary things. He had
hled O man, but at the same time b re-
ri of a musket had frightened him away.
When I let it be known that l was going
1t in the afternoon to look for the terror
ID predictions of disaster. There was a
nQie exception. He wal a young man OF
and the bravest of the lot. II was his
Of that had frightened the wild man
kay. II see very clearly, master" he
lid to me, shat IL We do not kill this
ing he will kill all our lions and many OF
II We move away he will probably fol-
", II is our business to kill hin at once.
I'm only a young man. ousA Wall 90 with
Iu and do my best"
accepted his offer and gave to him a
usket and a pound Of powder. The others
fused to 90. We left camp about two
clock in the afternoon, heading to the
(st, Just beyond whore We captured the
bn three paths crossed each other. We
(ok one running to the northeast, which
aversed moro open ground than the
Ehers. The hnbits Of wild animals were
miliar to me. but I had never hunted a
ild man befo.e. l couldn't tell whether
\ would be perched up in a tree or hidden
way in a thicket. II he prowled by night
! ought to sleep by day, yet W had met
m at 10 O'Clock that morning. On this
a,h We had three pits about 4 mile apart.
4 I did not know their location the young
ian took the lead. In case We met the wild
Ian face to face he was to fire and then
Fop TO the earth and give me a show
bout three miles from camp. and A. the
ath assembled . ridge, my companion
allied, pointed at . broad tree on the left,
nd whispered:
Master, doyop ses.hst his house Is there
mong the btanchesY'
I could make out a platform of sticks and
ranches, and now l took the advance. My
eapons We Q . rifle and q revolver. We
rept cautiously forward until right under
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us made out a black foot and leg hang
he down between the poles. The wild mar
q at homo, but the next thing was how te
eal with him. had more fear of his get
inc avay than I had Of his hurting %. ]
|nally posted myself to the west, believing
Q would make for tho thicket in that di'
cotton AZ soon AZ disturbed. at a signal the
Dung man Aired at the nest. The report OF
he gun was followed by a most unearthl,
NV a dark object dropping off the plat
orm to the earth.
Il was tho wild man. The young mar
'tood where he had fred. and before b,
Sould realize what was happening the mon
ter was upon him. He Was picked up ant
lung almost at my feet, and rs he LANDED
70 called to me:
II am not much hurt, master! Be SUR
hat you kill him, for he 10 q terribly stronl
tellow!"
The man didn't seek safety in fight. On
khs contrary, he picked ~ q limb, broke OF
/, mart of il for u club, and slowly advanced
lpon rs. his eyes flashing, his teeth g~rittinl
md his face expressing fury. ] bad my
life to my face. and I let him come within
len feet before l fired. He was shot be.
ween tho eyes, and he fell back 30 deat
hat he mover moved n finger. When We
,ame to examine him we got frightened,
His height wus seven feet by the tnpe line
|.pd he seemed to be all muscle.
l haven't tho least doubt that a slap from
his big right hand would have killed any o.
hs stone dead. He had T. emsndous shout
hers, with muscles punched up in 4 wonder.
ful way. while his nngsrs were long and tn,
halls on them almost like CLAWS. Humid scdl
BIZ natives came to look mt the body. bn
hone could remember Of hayine seen tn,
knan before. Freed from his into fefenc,
|witl, our enterprise. VIC had no NOR,
kroubls. and during the next sixty days ",
Dauaht aud dispatched to the east eleven NJ
lions az ever roarod with indig
nation at being Gagged NJ tor the public 4
gaze upon.
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