St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-03-31
A HUNTREss OF INDIA.
Her Victorious Encounter with q
Savage Man-Eater.

Mrs. A. w. Salmon, wife Of an Of
dcer in the Indian police, enjoys the dis
tinction of being one Of the few ladies
who have sought for and found . Renu-
inc man-eating tiger and laid the king Of
the jungle low. unaided by hunters Of
the sterner SEX: Mrs. Salmon has had
the pleasure OF bagging two OF these
ficrce brutes. and has also shot .
panther and any number Of smaller
Try, such as jackals and deer.
Mrs Salmon is 1T present visiting
,eofhe old friends in San Francisco. and
told reporter the story of how she
shot and killed a ten-foot man eater up
in the Nilgherry hills. in the Madras
district.
II first went to India in 1883, and
during the seven years of my stay
there ! travelled nearly all the time.
My husband was continually on the
move, and was always with him when
possible.
Before went 10 India passed two
years in the western part of the United
States and had learned to use rife
pretty well. and / often tried my skill
on jackals, deer and such animals as we
met on our trips from place to place
through the jungle The hills around
the sanitar1um Are covered with heavy
brush and long grass, and rs a rule arc
rather free from tigers, but that sum-
mcr the heat was 30 great that, like
ourselves, the big man-eaters sought
the ht:ls, and soon after we got settled
down tho natiyes began to bring in
stories of tigers which had been seen
IN the vicinity.
MY ,favorite weapon was an Ameri-
can Winchester repeating rifie-one of
those 44-csliber guns which seem to be
. fasorite with American hunter& Be-
sides this had heavier rifle-also
Winchester-and Il was with this rifle
that baRged my big tiger.
'.During the summer Of 1885 . party
m my husbands Ariends, who were
stopping at the Ootacamund sanitari-
nm. way up in tho Nilgherry hills, In
vited us up on visit. and, Is the heat
In The lower country was simply ter
Yinc, we gladly accepted the invitation.
Little was thought Of the story until
or morning when the mail carrier
failed to appear. and when . little
leather pouch In which he carried his
letters and his stick Of bells used to
oenro away wild animals In the Jungle
weEe found in the road about eight
miles from: the sanitarium, the gentle
unen began to clean up their guns and
talk tiger.
s.6everal hun ting parties went out,
but IN spite of the most thorough search
noss single tiger could be found. and
thsulhe excitement began to die down.
The birthdsy Of one Of the gentlemen
was celebrated by y picnic to . spot on
~ hanks OF the Pycarra river about
twolve miles from the sanitarium,
where We intended staying = week.
Ihe camp, which consisted of seven
tcuta was set up in the widest spot
lnnnanable. and we had . very pleasant
k1ne until the fourth day. when Capt
RayA Who went out cunning with an
nehe gentleman. had the misfortune
= IN in . hullah and injure himself
5 Ao1lly that he could not get out His
= eauion hurried back to camp for
lllkance, and a the scene Of the &C
sas;se vaa NOT M. re than half = mile
-. the camp, all the gentlemen went
49,. leaving the ladies In care of !
.-srie Of men servants.
ssIhinking that hot water might be
= usnired when Capt Rays was brought
q F-nn one Of tho ladies cent An.
~ one az tho servants. to the river.
.,e x.ore than one hundred yards
~, . an swater jar. A few mo-