The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-10-11
FIGHT WITH A TUSKER
Lively Chase After q Rogue
Elephant in India.
ne IS FINALLY RUN DOWN
Tive 0ullets Faded His Reckless Ca
reer-He Was an Owtcsst 81
the Jungle.


American Field
I had tuss settled down in the Wainaad
plateau. IL southwestern Fnslaa- as coh~e
planter No doubt, there ws.s money to %
made cut of fhs 't0lz," as some OF you
across the pond would i. IL. it was also
wild. tosiy. roiszcking IL xzs also In
dependent. Uishal goa wanted large
stock or pniso~apssy when you awakened OF
mo-nsSg TO and the hard and loving Ia
Dor OF weeks. perhaps mathis, psssiessiy
destroyed. Naughty elephants atidactoas
bears and Wild boars. even Say. bat de-
strz5ctive szYnsgrs--shese were some Of the
many visstations of the "siiler-seeking
exile The elephants were about the worst
They infested the dense Inner jungle and
forest tracks or Waanaad. and In the course
OF their periodical ranhies they were won.
coca EionaIIy TO visit rfae native villages
and European plantations and do meal
eaiiacse damage before saying goodbye
One particular night. during the wee
s'na' hours ayons the twaI.' ! was rideiy
awakened by most unesrthly screaming
and yelling and irumpeting Just below NV
bungalow. and on rushing out to ascertain
the cause OF the hula baioo, / saw a huge
black monster of an elephant boiling. fun
tear. past my grounds. He was of like
creased lightning past my lines and gar
cen. and oat into the wild country beyond.
On Joking about. / found 10 my intense
disgust and dismay that the rogue eie-
plant. as ii was. had Knocked down the
coelie lines as though they were so many
n'ne-pins. sending the Canarese men.
women ana psckardnnfes yelling all over
the shop. But this was NOT all. Ny splendid
nursery, over which had spent so much
labor and patience. and on which / had
built big hopes. was trampIed up beyond
AL earthly recognition.
or his tribe. He Is an outcast who has beer,
driven out from the herd TO lead a solitary
life. in the course Of wsss1sl he proves him
SER more than unusually cunning AMI as
Vicious AID fe~ocious as you could imagine.
To deal with him. therefore, requires all
the nerve and skill and taxes all the re-
sources OF the hunter. On the eventful
night | alIade TO. although there was a
bright moon shining l could do nothing TO
the intrusive Izachyderm, for the rapidty
OF his movements prvcluded the chance OF
my being able 10 get out my gun in time
70 have shot al him. But he had gotten
my Scotch blood up. and / swore / would
follow his sfoor the next day and find him
cost What il may. Either he or / must get
smashed
Preparing for the Chase.
] rose beFimes. go. hold OF a couple OF
pisicky little "shikaris" or hlnters-good
tracksrs- and 10 be relied upon In a scrim-
mase-and taking my servant with light
provisions 10 last a couple of days started
on my expedition.
From the plainly visible spoor I could
Clearly see that my enemy was a veritabIe
monster. for his stride was remarkably
long; and Judging from his endeavors TO
root up young fruit tree could also
conclude that he had very formfda BILE
pair OF tnsks. worth big effort 10 secure.
proceeding along the line OF the sooor I
discerned that the enemy had gotten over
some hiEh and not far from the nianta-
ts1n- and then had made his way into a
oelt o. dense jungle land. knew then that
We had stiff job before us. For. as YOU
VIII admit IL - no child's play TO follow
UP vicious rogue elephant into the nm
known and painless depth OF dense trop-
icai forest with "a heavy underground OF
bamboo ana rattan and all sorts of nox-
ious creepers and fight the brute in there
Yet. on We irudged manfuiiy. my loyal
little crackers ard my faithful "chokra"
tservano keeping up pluckiiy.
We rested at noon for a meal and a
smoke. and after an interval 10 brace up
on We started again Evening came down
on that great forest, which We had now
fairy entered. and still W. seemed as far
away "a ever from our gigantic foe The
snort twilight soon gave way before the
light OF millions OF twlnkling stars and a
little later q beautiful bright moon came
out and cast radiance over the solemn
foreign depths. transforming them as II by
magic into an exausiteiy beautiful fairy
land. such as we see bur In dreams Count
less denlzens OF the insect world came ont
OF their silence and started buzzing on all
sides. wieri cries OF Wild beasts. the eerie
Songs OF night birds. and low. om.nous
growls and grurts echoed and re-echoei in
the long, deep. shadowy forest avenues
Now and then the Wild dogs started a
fiendish yell. now and then the he'll note
of the fleeing sanbur gIIded on the sum-
brous breeze. or a scrunching OF the thick
masses OF reeds warned US that some
great chieftain OF the forest was breaking
his undisputed way Through the low
jungle
II would have been sheer madness 30 go
further. so we agreed 10 spend the night
where We were: and strong. but safe. II
rough. filters were eonStoacted among a
couple of trees for the purpose; and thus
we passed me night IN that perilous and
awful jungle Ny trackers kept watch by
turns for the foe. but he did not show
up. Though our beds were no; exactly
OF down. and our pillows were pretty ard
We rose thoroughly ~ ara refreshed. and
having made and paFtaken ~ coffee. and
irdaiKei IN few biscuits and some dried
meat. We started onward determined more
than ever IN md our foe and speak 70
him IN the deadly language Of powder and
lead.
The truckers said that the gods we're in
good spirits that morning. and We would
80 home triumphant. 7 hoped so. Bat,
iust than. I had enough 30 d in getting
through tangled masses Of thick gigantic
crsepers. II was hard work but the con-
iinuauS state OF excitement smpcllef me
on Suddenly. the foremost ~ my hni
men-she was alongside uae~wtth thar IN
ssinct So characteristics Of all children OF
the forest touched ne on the shoulder and
whispered; "Fie IS In the neiShhorhood:
he very cautious
took his advice but am bowed II I
krew what direction 20 look for the foe.
Into \ particularly thick and innpsnetrabls
patch Of sssola 1ust I'm front 81 us. to the
fest my hin mar started ard I aii my
level best 20 keep up with him In and ollt
ws eTept through the thick ret ~ reeds
and rattans and cTeen&Ts- Inch by inch
we crepf along. car guns having 20 he
horne VITA the usgnos: care. As regards
the Whereabouts ef ne ts'sker I sAz stGl
ignorant. I trusted nv 'shikar.~ 20 en-
tighten me st the r&gat moment The
Aresxs was IN our favor. 50 we were not
afraid % the monster getting scent ~ Gar
approach. Like snakes we gis3sd on
sseaishlly usy hsArg beating loaaly aiie
wicked gnAts ami tieniish mosquitoes
raa3e savage oHslzexhts on my poor face.
Aireatv bruised and knocked a coed hst
cnt 81 shape hy t.ose vile thogay creepers.
Al length tae patch sgaddeaiy grew Il H.
tie more efsn. when we reached T. sust
hy Ntt8e swamp - water. suddenly MY
mar grtpe1 rse ttEht on ths arm 4a3 s.us-
ply SsA3;