Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-04-23

HOW A HUNTING PARTY IN TEXAS
FOUND A QUEER PET.

.n "A FerOcious Animal captured IN COWBOY
or Fashion How a Daring Ecgro Cot on.
of the Cubs-The Mother and Her Chill
te dren In Captivity.
80 Those who conclude that there are
", no ferocious or dangerous wild animals
=. in the mountains Of western Texas
=. would experience a very sudden change
Of sentiment if they should meet a
>. panther face to face in some lonely cam
yOn. THs magnificent animal now
! chained in front Of our wagons is called
~ by some a Mexican or mountain lion
- and by others a panther. She is Of
- dull yellowish color and will weigh
more than four or five ordinary Loop
= ards. She measures just 4 feet from
= the tip Of her nose to the end Of her long
" tail
Although she has been in captivity
. only few days she i: astonishin4ly doc
lie so long as she can see her two cubs
D. that are chained under the wagons. The
moment they set up whine she springs
to her feet, all her hair turns the wrong
way, and while her eyes look like glow /
, ing Goals of fire she crashes her sharp |
white fangs and tries the strength Of .
her chain. If it were not str NJ enough
to hold an OK, I should pr, fer that there
were two or three counties between Us
just at that particular moment The
cubs are already as gentle as lambs ana
as playful as kittens, and nothing
pleases them better than t. crawl under
our blankets at night and cuddla ~
close to US to escape the chilly nurtGer.,
We captured her in the mountains Of
the Deall river in western Texas, aud I
doubt If more daring feat was ever
accomplished by crowd Ct hunters.
! Game OF all kinds is very abundant in
this region, and the boys had tired Of
shooting deer antelopos aad turkeys.
Several big wolves and two On three
panthers had been slaughtered. and il
was evident from the nUI-erOus tracks !,
about the water holes that there were
plenty more of them in the mountains.
One evening the hounds strUcl; Il lot
trail and ran a big panther into cave
on the side of mountain
That night while discussing the ad-
ventures incident to the days hunt two
daring young men, Petmaker and Black.
declared that they intended to hang a
moose over the mouth of the animals "
den on the next day and capture her y
alive. 10th are Texas reared bows and W
experienced hunters. The proposition
met with unanimous approval, and all al
volunteered to assist in the desperate tn
The next day as we rode Is
out OF camp some of the boys grew
ooldeT, and two Of them, who were cx. ms
pert Vaqueros, declared that they in en-
ended to rope the beast if they could W
yet close enough to her. These two en-
Dung Petnaker Of Menard county and
1eorga Elack Of Austin-rGde toward
he den, and the other members Of the
'arty and negro Jim, who had charge
the hounds, started to beat IN tho
alley.
We had gone but q short distance be
ore the dogs struck hot trail and ran
nth yelps which indicated that they i
'ere close to the animal
Petmaker and Black heard them
oming and refined in their ponies on 3
le edge CT little opening and unslung
leir rawlido ropes from the horns Of \
leir saddles The big animal spranp 1
1t of the brush and stopped within 20 l,
ct Of PctmakCr. The cowboy s lariar
lshed through the air and landed riybr l.
ound the wild animal neck n
The instant it touched her she III
reamed like terror stricken woman IL
d. leaping high in the air and gnasbine Y
r teeth, Logan to decrease the snacn III
t" cen her and the daredevil at the u
ler end OF the rope. Black, who was Hp
lar away to cooperate with lis
nrado at first, was now on the field ea'
Il with lucky precision he hurled
ohh moose over the animals head, XII
IN wheeled their ponies, and the Me,
med animals made Il leap in opposite her OF
'ectlons. The ropes were drawn taut rntd'
I tho Lic. ,,o,.++ ~ = ''"'' Euthu
a. - ""9 oAohtu 10 the pa, to
~ Ala>h
" Allo she was rolling on the grass II t,
claWlng at the moose another cXpcrt Ii"f
II the rope Galloped and caught ono ,ii j.,
Ter hlnd feet. They could now easily sen,
her at safe distance from each ''tNh hi
nr and after ,,,cb e.i.- ~ work
W. r,.i, O>O'tc'i'tH1 ana thcrul
'eeaed IN dragging her to good
ping place not far away. Since at
s,"se Oh her captivity We could not rN}
g her to the wagons, we moved tine Z
ons to her, and putting stout l.. a.
II around her neck, we made ber sss,.st.
to tree MS ~
ING OF the hounds were set baying ~
'e cave and one of the boys and the ~
" '1ih went over there to call sbem
AN Old dog ran into the den and THssa
out yelping with young iapuor kssta
t the size of a house cat hanging
$ hlde. They captured the cub, and
tno negro crawled into the den Twenty
brought out another-a thin, that erties.
uld not have done for a dped ~ iSs
@ iNi " ueeu TO and retu
t CUBS soon made friends with ne
we're ready to eat from our hands
avn upon our knees in a few DAYS
tne mother saw her children in
'i,y' she set up an awful roar but -
'ney We're put down by her Eide
.eheo to be very grateful and soon Absolut
ward made hearty me,1 or by ne,
piece of veniso, thnt on " ment.
). After u fe,v do,,a ""' '"io"h restraint
10 perfectly reconciled to the new
OF things and is now on tho lool,
something to eat Negro lin
81 On the back and leads her about --
'ailo. The hounds have made If yc
with her, and nothing pleases KEEPER
Ter tran for our bird dog to NAV GRAPH
tr' She could easily throttle tho ant. appl