Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-09-15
THE TIGER SAVED BABY.
1T sPRANo BETWEEN HER AND
A HUNGRY LION.
Then the Two Savage Beasts Fought
and the Lion Was Killed-AHd the
Mother Knew the Ways OF wild Beasts
and Was Not Afraid for the Child.


''Los tigres negros are bad fellows.
sometimes; but some OF them are not
so bad" said Lanuza. tho rubber
gatherer.
We swung in our hammocks near
the FIRE which blazed cheerfully on
the earthen floor beneath the
matched roof which made his home.
fifty miles from his nearest neigh
Dor
"Do tho tigers give you much
trouble here?" asked
mo; | have no bestias. no cattle,
nor mules, nor horses. and my chill
dren are big enough to take care Of
themselves But the lions are of
evil mind. No. the tigers are not so
bad. susanna would tell you. If she
could speak any other than the
tongue OF the Sumos"
''Why what would she tell mep"
''Susana has lived her life in these
woods. She is true Sumo. brave as
any man, and good hunter, for a
woman. She knows the ways of all
the animals. how they live and what
each will do And she saw once
that which would have made some
mothers have fear, perhaps 1t
made both OF US uneasy until killed
of family OF lions that lived in the
rocks BY the fails OF Blanco, where
you shot the mountain COW.
Well, then. Tonic aud his sister
she was little one then-wandered
along the sand by the river there,
and waded through the shadows
where the cuyumel watch for food.
and played at hunting until long
after the time when they should
have brought the appetite OF the
coyote TO the breakfast their mother
had made ready.
The sun was past the middle OF
the sky when susanna started to find
: the children She might have left
Tonic to come when he would he is
/ a boy. and boys must learn TO care
for themselves; besides, who can
tell where a boy will be. at any
. time But Juliana is TO the heart o
my wife as honey is to her tongue,
and sweete1h
5 might have added. says writer
g in Forest AMI Stream. that the child
5 was to her father as precious as Tho
e blood in his own veins; but he wa
telling the story.
e perhaps you know how 1t is
/ senior; you have read many book
c written by wise men; but | hav,
. lived with susanna and have know
n these Indians many years, yet hay,
: not been able TO learn how the.
knew such things and they will no
; or cannot tell me-but IL is as true a
Is that the sun will shine tomorrow
y that they do know exactly when an,
d where aud how TO go, when the
n want anything.
% 'Juliana lay asleep in the shad
OF the tops Of carisco that almos
] swept the dry sand. Tonic had lef
y the child there while no followed
J. chuchu-ds-agua You know it. tn
ie little opossum that lives so much il
ID the water
" "And susanna saw also a yello,
j." head. with pointed ears and shinin.
eyes under the big leaves OF plata
MO il was not ten yards from GU
q little one. IL crept from its hidini
and crouched on the ground.
2 crawled nearer TO our baby, slowly
ir its white breast almost touching th'
n sand. Then susanna stepped softl,
d and swiftly through the bushes, tina
l. she should be close behind when sh
70 would jump out, and yell to scar
2, him and awaken the child, an
al would slash him with her machete
o There was time, for my wife know
7 the lions. aud that they look care
% fully. and make sire before the,
; leap on any sleeping thing II tn
X child had stirred ah who knows.
r But before she was near enougj
4 20 the lion. out from the black shad
D. ows beneath the cariso tigre nc
Is gro shot over the ninita II
OF urouched before the lion, on the sand
OF "Susana stood still and looked
II Her baby slept, for Mother OF tn
10 beasts had made a sound. He
Y mother is Sumo-she knows tn
ways OF the animals. Her child wa
safe for the two great cats would nc
think OF her They were busy
e. When they would be through fight
is ing they would not think OF eating
n No They-one OF them would b
II thinking of its hurts The othe
TO would be dead.
IN "They faced each other an
4. growled, not loudly. The lion sprans
10 When he touched the ground ther
IN we're gashes in his side, for our :ige
)" was wise in fighting, He had lumpe
he aside, and struck at the lion befor
a his feet had touched the groun'
" Jump aud blow were like the flash {
10 A gun, for quickness.
n. "Then the lion screamed alou'
0. He was enraged. But the tiger doe
l. not cry so readily. He fights B'
G. our spotted friend was brave, al
al quick, and strong. The lion leape
ly again. and the tiger met him in u
Ks air. Hair few, and blood. My wi
IT. stood like tree, for stiffness, al
20 Juliana scrambled up on the shelvir
:" rock beyond the river
"They fought long; then the liz
ran and orawled beneath the b