The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-25
THE PECCARY'S TWO FOES
MOUNTAIN LIONS AND BEARS HH
CANNOT ENDURE
So tho Bears and the Lions Abdicate In .
Hurry When They See Peccaries Around.
md Joo Parker Tells Why - Friendly
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So tho Rears and tho Lions Abdicate In .
Hurry when They See Peccaries Around
and .Joo Parker Tells Why - Friendly
Enough Otherwise, If You Care TO Try.
1.-THE most interesting creature 10 me In the
West" said a New Yorker recently returned
from a trip to the Rocky Mountains. was the
rcccnry When thoy first began to tell me
about the peccary was anxious to go out ana
SEQ drove OF 'em in the woods somewhere.
feeding on mast, but az Joe Parker and the
rcst OF em developed the disposition OF the
peccary by tale and rominiscence was willing
10 take tho interesting little creature by proxy.
As n rule. go they assured me. the pecoafy
isn't looking for a fight. He doesn't prey on
other animals. and dozen men may ride pass
a feeding drove OF them without their paying
any attention to the party unless some one OF
the party is go unwise rs to fire shot into the
drove II one pcccary ia hurt the whole drove.
and thore may be hundred or moro In It In.
etantly abandons all other business as one pec'
cary. and never does another thing until the
injury done to one Of it's number 10 avenged. II
vengeance is possible.
"A man who has thus brought down upon
himself the enmity OF q drove OF peccarfes need
be we'll mounted II he would escape their fury.
They will follow him at an amazing pace for
miles and will not relinquish the chase 90 long
as there is any hope Of overtaking him. II he
work OF ten seconds for the peccaries to strew
the plain with inflnitesimal fragments Of him.
scl' and his horse. II man on foot should be
foohardy enough to FIRE into drove OF PEG.
carries and one Of them should give the peculiar
snort that calls for vengeance. the smoke
of his gun would have scarcely cleared away
before he would he separated into bits 80 sme!l
that ono big enough TO make the proverbial
grease SPOT could not be found. Experienced
hyn al prtk ut hA
cary. and never give the animal reason for the
slightest suspicion that they would disturb its
sorority. As with the mountain lion. the griz-
zly bear and the silver tip. the wise Western
hunter or ranchman has instant business else.
whore when he comes upon peccaries. Many
mysterious dsappearances of tenderfoot hunt
ers and tourists in southern California. New
Mexico and southern Texas can be explained
in no better way than by the assumption that
they had tried their guns on peccaries- Joe
Parker Of San Benito told me that. and as Joe
has lived among peccaries and the other wild
boasts OF that extraordinary region ever since
he was boy. he ought to know what he 10
taking about
Is But while the p,eccary, Is not. as a rule. ag.
gressive or inclined to fight either dumb brute
the r ali Khefe Tie an oS
or the bear family is concerned. Pecoaries
and f Lions or nsersFss and bears t ssn live In
that remain. The unassuminG little beast Il
as much m3nareh O. all he suryeystn bis BALI.
wick "a Robinson CrusOe WAS on his island. A
HSs. r the kins s' Of z 6sssts in. n scPs
ton on the meat Of his covering subjects. but
Just let it become known that the bumped -up
an ae Sn !ssH
a at, 50 quick that you can hear his throne
tends to be monarch until, he has put rood
stretch OF country between himself and the IN.
OF RrIZZly 9waQRArinR nilvef tin.
ing nearly ton OF concentrated malevolenoe
G Eh hw hss sss1 Tnnnps tat
fsS5 @ .aDs sHns
chars nosine around after Ii. anns fI am MsS
the fallen mast and instantly the .swagger 10
lie wasn't 50 biu: He tries st to e draw himssIs
int O. as contracted space as possible. and puts
new domain to DO his nsSssla s fn
Joe lnrker said he had seen EN- do 1t time and
II q hear sees drove Of peccaries before
able to sneak away and make his escape, Bat Il
he is discovered by the peccaries there 10 sure
tt @ ssf sF Or s sver P lin
nnm@Tn brown or black; The peceares sur;
rip%abIs little boasts before Il Is accom-.
l1nfth by tho sharp curved YfH tusRs Ks 81 sht ths
wa VIZ hoEs' ana ne falls among the attack
Ghopped into fragments and quickly devo sn
ons wo Be afre
tind after drove OF pecceries have dealt with
they carry their hatred Of the brniin family ~
once, 40 Joe said. tourist who was staying
carries tackle tree climbing bear that had al.
@S got 6 ont Of their reach up tho tree
Joe about il, mentioned how near ar the e' bear
came e,i9 -, 70 81, making It's escape. Joe laughed and
You think he'd have escaped. do your
W GIl i Let ,, me tel You that il the bear bad
sSd to he w top q thS tree he w9udn
rrhon , n recrarcs never let MP on an enemy
nemy IS in oE ou1 70 9ba ay oS b.G 9nG thas
=, tree the ; p@%Gnries would have amply down
E%y woq!h stay until tha, bear either cams
set shSs death sSfr wa Sfs ON pp
the does 1 not es IS slSay %h fs
hslr ree's are regular and constant. II that
,enn h mo- got INTO The tree there would have
'ould not have looked down upon sroup oi
, Ncearacs erittinE around tho tree. each with
ne tr"e he might ,starve to death. with
ass would not fall TO the erouhd to "q be
orh INTO nothing by tho tirele ss wrstches be-
% secure himself fixed tenure IN the tree
N"uIl nav" only been question Of time when.
'rOwh weak from hunger. he must have LOAD
n: grin on the branches and rewarded the
i"tience OF tho peccaries by tum bling amonS
hem TO be supinely annihilated' "'H1
:, LOIS OF other rRnchmen told me sirniIsv
nihEs about the peccary. Hunters have beam
,noWn to undertake. the foohardy tsaf ~
lnntng poccaries by killing one In Sroys
M geLtlng to safe place In a tree, when the
h,ire drove Will at onoe gather about the traS
M walt with evorye eye fixed upon the huntsr
ba ,nT Sens =; their instinct or reason O:
'rPyided with ammunition hunters have bsen
r6rd i" n nS OF one by one. every member o2
rec, bur 1t is a dangerous risk fop
rove m TO ZIP. Every r9eeary but one ip
ne solitary one will remain on enard mntii pue
"n OF T,airya'lon II the hunter has no more