Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-15
A MIGHTY HUNTRESS
The Only Woman Who Has Penetrated the
Guiana Jungle.
Thrilling Fight With q Leopard-A
TrunkfuI of Big Game
Trophies.
From the New York Herald.

From the New York Herald
There passed through New York the 9TH
er day, en- route to her home in Cincinnati
an attractive looking young woman with a
trunkful of trophies of her ability as a
hunter of big game. Three tenanted cages
also bore testimony to her prowess as a
huntress. The wife of Thomas Lindsey, a
mining engineer, her steady aim has won
her honor as rifls shot in the contests
In which she has participated under the
pseudonym of Wanda" and now she has
the added honor OF being the first white
woman to penetrate the Guiana jungle. A
leopard skin, the tusks, paws and brushes
of other big game and the skins of snakes
which she has brought home tell a story
In themselves. The live trophies she has
are young ape, still younger sloth and
a wild parrot. How Mrs. Lindsey became
hunter of big game is thus told by her
self:
I'm Surinam, Dutch Guiana, you must
know, IL an Indian or a bush niger prom
enades through sunshine clad in a hand
kerchief and a shoestrng people would not
even turn their heads to regard the Gu
riosity, but the idea that a white woman
should enter the jungle made them throw
up their hands in holy horror. However,
1 went A mulatto woman was my special
attendant. A few of us embarked in d
steam launch. The fifty negroes of the ex-
petition were left to follow in canoes and
mining boats in charge of a native fore
man.
II started out one morning to get soma
fresh meat for dinner. We hadn't tasted
anything except canned corned beef for
two weeks, and 1 was ready to take the
first thing that offered itself. had tip-toed
along trail for over mile without seeing
anything, when suddenly from directly
overhead a dried twig landed at my feet.
looked up. The tree was an immense one
big enough to conceal a dozen droves of
mo T pnt oil Of 1arc hrc,T my,
body however, high on an upper limb, and
just then a familiar grunt told ma the fell
low was baboon. Not daring to move for
fear of noise. tried the difficult shot of
aiming straight up. There was a howl of
pain and crashing of boughs and limbs
that warned me to jump from under. But
the fellow caught himself even as he fell,
and before 1 could relocate him 1 heard
him off like a streak. From limb to limb
and tree to tree he swung himself scooting
along vines and bush rope like scared cat.
Foolishly left the narrow trail and fol-
lowed wherever the big fellow overhead led
the way. 1 soon saw he had the best of me
in speed therefore followed stealthily I'M
der cover, guided only by an occasional
grunt and by the bending and rustlng of
the limbs on which he swung. Then it
daWned on me that I was lost. / was on
the point of giving up the chase when
saw the baboon had descended to the ground
not hundred yards ahead. That was en-
courag1ng, for it proved that he was fatally
"ouiIued dilo was last ldIlllS. l. QdSCenGO
forward under cover to get final shot at
the big chap. A fallen tree trunk lay be-
tween us within thirty yards of the wound
ed ape. STOPPING, I was able to draw stead
lily closer without being observed. Then
quickly, with my gun ready, l stepped over
the trunk for an instants aim. But l did
not shoot. Despite my excitement my eyes
were drawn downward behind me. There
lay splendid leopard within a yard of me-
I had often been assured that no leopard
will attack human creature without Sc
rious provocation, but the surprise of that
awful animal so close wrung a cry of ter
ror out of me.
THE leopard, however, remained motion
less, with not even a sign of surprise, but
instinctively l wheeled about and poking
the muzze of my gun almost into his eye,
fired. That is why the skin 1 showed you
is somewhat spotted The report of my
gun, following so closely on my cry of
fright, brought Mr. Lindsey to my side
in minute, for-and by this you may get
an idea of the density of that jungle
without knowing it I had been led actually
within forty yards of our camp