Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1888-1899, 1892-06-23

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1 natffs Heys WhavNssd ~ q Nekrasks
Settler.
u wss In issa. the coolest water
ever remember Twas settled On claim
net great way frcm the mouth ~ the
creek. together with a man named Neil
son. II ! never knew before What hard.
ship was ! fuund cut that winter. The
nearest pcint where We eould obtain
supplies was Omaha. seventy-six tales
away, and the snow was often ~ ae~p
that " was impossible ~ make the trip.
We would have starved u II had not
eeen for the game. That was ~ abun-
dant that We eonld have had q deer &c
elk ~ baffalo every meal hut We 81,
mighty urvd of that sort - fare, aud
one day declared had To- have some
bread. and that ! was going into town
after saek 81 aoar Neilsan predicted
. blizzard pretty sooa. and tried b. keep
me from going, hu, ! did net think the
STERN would catch me hefore could ~
turn, - OF ! Aet Well. 7 got the aour,
and by putting en- all the sped my
horse, Q wiry Indian pony. was capable
"a. ] had got within a dozen miles n
home when u began to get colder u
came with rush. and IN twenty min
utes " vas fr~.Eing. Mhew, cold wasn't
the name Coz H. Whipped up the Puny.
but had NO need ~ urge him. a. II
knew a. well - the danger.
We passed q little clump ~ trees.
and a. We did - I saw . gray same-
thing dart oat into the ruad and run
ahout twenty yards ahead ~ ~ II
was a wolf. Q great white chap. that
KEEP, louking hack a us with hl"szishot
eyes Presently another ioined him.
then q third a fourth. until from every
hummock the iftly-movinR snimals
came hocking. There must have t~en a
hundred ~ them, and = thrill ~ horror
shot thrsagh me a. Ssw their steady
| piiuting ~ us throngh the gathering
twilight Al the gruesume stories !
had ever heard ~ traveller teing over
taken and killed by these animals came
Ia me. had. u was true nv rife and
revolvrrs. bat ! could not hope a. kill
half ~ the pack. and there was not .
tree, a. ! well knew. within six miles
A. though, this GA, one - the wolves
| sprang at the pony's threat lie shonk
u on with q spring fnrwarsi. but an.
other lcapcd up instead hrough, my
whip down upon the creatures hack
and " frll With = yelp Lashing right
and left cleared . short sgace
ahead for a brief moment. when
the pony shot on. Straininz every
nerve. Hut the pack was on "a once
more, and . gigantsr fellow. hurting
himself straight 81 the pony's thrnat
fastened tts fangx In the nssh. dragging
the psor animal down on it, knees.
leaned harvard aud placed nv pistol
close to the VOLTS car and fir~d II fell
over dead. but ! saw that the pony was
bleeding Ia death with a great hole In
its neck, from which the tslood was
pouring in . stream ~ the sight tho
wolves seemed 90 20 mad. and frll upan
the pony with fury
Taking advantage ~ the moiasnt
leaP~d from the saddle and ran for a.
knowing that ~ soon a. they finished
the pony would share It's fate What
! hoped n do can no, tell hut the in
stinct was - run. and did In ie~s
time than N takes " tell u I heard
them coming, and, casting my eyes
despairingly Ahoat, ! Sav only the
gl~aming snow. leokinR all the whittier
and more cruel Tor the Moonlight pour
ing frUm the full moon just rising
hut a. ! gave mys~lf mp far lot
heard a rush ~ feet from the opp site
direction frum that the wolves we're
coming, aud the next moment hand
- elks swept into sight Magnificent
fellows they were. tn. eight males
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They had evidently bvsn stamps.lesl
by something. and swept pas, me with
cut seeing me, hut stopped short On
catching sight ~ the wolves The dn,-s
turned hack and started o. gallon way
In the direction from which they had
come, but one ~ the bucks gave . sort
- cry and they stopped short and bud
died together. with the fawns h~tween
them. while the bucks surrounded
them. Each lowered his horns and
awaited the attack ~ the wolves whirh
seeing the Gordon 81 bristling bpne.
paused discnncerted for moment. but
II was Only till the foremost, a gaunt
old wolf, gave q howl aud threw him
self upon the lowered Antlsrs lie WAs
hung fully ten feet. with a broken hack.
hat his fate did not deter the other,
| They threw themselves upon the elks
only % h. pierced by the prungs that
tore them cruelty. II was not until
fully twenty had In this way been
MANNED and killed that they seemed ~
realize the hopelessnr~s ~ the thing
That they desisted az all was a matter
81 surprise 10 me. for as every plains
wsAlf aal1 Nk1aa 4
simply fearless and as dogred as =
mule.
had watched this hattie from
hillock On which had seated myself
Why didn't rum Where would have
run to- Beside~. the cold was numbing.
and I watched the fight with q drowsy
interest. a. II " had nothing 10 do with
me az all I fully expected that when
the wolves found that they were not to
have the elks they would try me. bat
they had evidently forgotten all aboat
me. and only sat around Cor awhile eye
ing the horn barrier wistfnlly, a. II hop
ing that the elks would tire out. but
finding that the formidable sntlers re-
NAMED sailenly presented 20 theln.
they finally trOtted OF. The eiks wait
ed for some minutes longer. and then.
breaking rank. moved OF In the oppo-
site direction. I was by this time -
nearly frozen that u was all I could do
20 reach one Of the wolves and tear the
carcass open and creep inside. Was he
hlg enough7 Why. man. the white
wolf 10 AZ big "a q calf year old. They
have left these parts some time ago. but
while they were here they were GER
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