The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-16

| of Rs. five hundred reward offered for
| her head. She began her career IN
July by killing two women near for
| est village, and by the end of the fol-
| lowing December had killed at least
thirty persons, becoming holder and
F., more cunning with each fresh murder.
Her beat lay in the foothills Of
/ the Hinalayas, and she roarned
! over an area twenty-five miles
! long by three or four broad. The coun-
try was such that she could Ineither be
( tracked for any distance nor driven by
elephants or heaters. She would not
kill tired buffalo nor would'shc go
back to a corpse If once disturbed. She
became at last so bold that she would
in open daylight carry off men and
women when cutting the crops in tho
terraeed fields, stalking the unfortu,
mates from above and suddenly spring.
ing on them.
The terror of her ferocity spread
through the country. The villagers
left their homes for safer regions, and
no wonder, for the writer found on one
occasion village seemingly deserted,
but in reality in state of siege,
the inhabitants being afraid 10
draw water from stream one hun.
dred yards from their houses. Work
was commencing in the forests, and
in short time the tigress learned
to stalk the sound of an AK and made
many victims before the forest was
proved TO be even more dangerous than
the fields had been. The method OF at
tack adopted was so sudden an 30 pre-
vent any possibility of escape, the blow
dealt so deadly as tn render even "a cry
for help impossible. The victim was
dead and carried off before his com
panions knew what had occurred. The
most strenuous efforts were made for
her destruction; poison, spring guns and
dead falls were Intellectually resorted,
to; anv number of buffaioes were tied
up at night. and many q time the fresh
trail OF a kill was taken up in hopes of
obtaining a shota at the tigress, but with
no further result than that of re-,
covering mangled or half-eaten
corpse. During January and Feb
ruary this tigress had killed fifteen
to twenty more persons. and ut
last a file Of soldiers were requisitioned
TO see what force could do 20 remove
this horrible animal, cunning having
been found of no avail. On being
killed she was found to be young
animal in perfect condition. The pad
of her left forefoot had at one time
been deeply cnt from side TO side. but
had thoroughly healed. leaving. how.
ever, deep scar. which proved her
presence wherever she rnamed.
The writer mentions one instance in
which two cowherds living in a small
grass hut In a somewhat wild forest
were cooking their food in the evening
when tiger suddenly sprang on one
and carried him off His companion
intimidated the animal with shouts
and threats and succeeded in making
him leave his victim. Carving HIS
wounded companion into the hut the
man closed the entrances and waited
for daylight Bat this he never saw.
for after time the tiger, eInboldened
By the increasing darkness. re-
turned, and forcing his way into the
hut. carried OF the nniujured man. who
was doubtless doing all he could so
prevent the tigers approach Tho
other. who was first seized. died Of his
wounds and Of terror next day. after
relating the story 20 thoae who had
found him ''Of the man-es,erx have
known none have been old or aecrrpss
animals driven 70 feed on hsnsn beinvy
because they could not obtain othei
food They lived IA a country full q
game. and whore cattle were plentiful
bat they had lost their fear Of man,
and. trusting in their superior strength
and cunning, had 40 difficulty IN salts
firing their hunger. AZ the same tim.
they SEEMED 70 recognize that an armed
man was dangerous. and that thsy
mast - donbly On their guarsi % AVOID
falling into trap. IL il this spEsar~n.
know edge 81 man and his hat,isz
amounting IA sorae instances aIHnos. TO
reason tnat renders a rnan-~z;ing tiger
10 t-rrials. T--Ghiezge Tlra@2