Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1893-12-08
DEER IN MISSISSIPPI.


and this morning, but before ten the
clouds lifted and the sun shcne out
worm and clear. Made drive west
from camp. Burke saw a buck in
front Of his stand walking about 10
the woods. White came along pretty
soon with the dogs, they struck his
trail, aud ran him across the lake
near camp, aud no one had a shot
Next drove the deadening north from
camp, and Walter Radford killed a
large grey wolf, which ran out and
tried TO pass into the cane. The Cap
tain came to us and began to blow
for dogs. After awhile he took MIR.
Parrish and Bradley aud rode Oft to
hunt a new drive, and said to us,
"Stay here until come back" We
staid. C6sabiauca was child OF no
promise, or staying qualities compsr-
ed to us, and still the Captain would
not come After waiting until pa
tieuce ceased TO be virtue, we rode
off and went all over the country il
seemed 10 me. We went to the log
gers camp on White Oak bayou from
there to tie Graves county camp,
through splendid groves Of holly, 80
dark ald umbrageousls at they seem.
ed possessed Of unceasius twiI19II.
great groves Of white oak, cytra,S.
and poplar untouched by the wood
mans Ak, and reached camp at
p, NJ, and as the little boy said, I'll
he had not caught any fish he had
drowned lots of fishing worms" So
we had seen lots Of liue country, il
we had billed no game
But ladies and gentlemen, where
do you suppose we found the Cap
tain and his gallant subsl In camp
asleep. Yes asleep, all of them. Al
old negro dad brought gallon o
buttermilk to camp aud they hac
drunk Of it until their stomachs pro
truded like those Of Digger Indians
who have had full meal and thei
they had gone off in a glorious Stun
Der while the men rode tbs woods j,
vain. Tel it not in Gath; proclaimt i
not in the gates Of Askalon. Ia justic,
to Captain | ought to say that hl
says he came back to look for us auC
We were gone,
Mr.. Ralph Metcalf left for hom,
this morning. He was a geuia
pleasant gentleman, ard wa we're sor
~ to see him go. As we were coming
on the road to camp this evening al
ter our long ride, Que dog went on.
into the cane aud jumped q large DO,
which Mr. West shot at az she rsr
across the bottom, with no ctfact 81,
had Winchester ride and it was
long shot Burke and / came 70 camp
but Hart, Lowry, G.rnett, eau I,
aud Barker went down and drove Che
pocket between Coldwater river aul
the bayou Emmett Caude drove
He soon started a large buck which
Hart shot at twice, a long sho,, b.
he hit him. The dogsrau him through
and through the cane, once bringius
him to bay, but no finally got ava,
and went off beyond the bayou.
Night clear, aud the deep ether o
the skies, ablaze with Heavens cleo
trio lights.
Friday, Nov. lS.--The little far
up we had in camp last night invig
GRATED and relres he'd US, even as th
thunder the lightning and the storm
purify and refresh the air. We hay,
hunted with more harmony aud sys
TEN to-day and tonight we hav
three iine deer on our pole, and tn
camp is iubilant
This morning we placed the stand
ers in two lines across the horseshoi
| from Coldwater river to the bayou
aud White and Pendleton drove thr
intervening woods. Near the bank o
Coldwater, started buck at which
the Captain shot twice and says b,
broke his leg. The dogs pushed hin
so hard be tried to cross the bayou al
the ford and here one of the indiana
men shot at him five times with q uAt
and came near killing Bradley. whose
stand was on a line with his, several
hundred yards away, In fact, he
struck the tree beside him with one
ball, aud as Bradley lay down by a
log two other bullets whizz-d by. The
buck turned and ran to Coldwater,
and passed by bow.lpggsd, cross
eyed fellow from somewhere up tie
creek, and he ilred hive shots at him
but his aim was as crooked aud cross.
eyed as his legs aud eyes, and the buck
dashed on aud into The river Ben
Garnelt ran down and fred at him
once in the river, and as be- climbed
the bank on the other side fired an
other shot, struck him, aud he rolled
back into the water, aud then, as be
struggled and swan, he shot al him
six more times and finished him. He
driited down and lodged in a drift
audby hard work he was al last landed
thoroughly dead He was a large
llne deer aud. Garrett feels as il old
Nimrod was his father.
Behind the stand "Puil Dick" car,
ried o fawn to Pete Barker who killed
Ain, Erfuor tbVaa ff,,,ag Tn froyt a.