The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-04-03
Stirring Encounter on Texas
Cattle Ranch.
The Jngunr whips Two Bulls, bat Ii
Put 10 Rout by Third and
Finally Lassoed by Five
Cowboys.

this city. "There are always plenty ol
cattle on the plain, especially in tlA
winter when the stock drifts south be
fore The norrhers. They were all there
to-day, but instead of being scattered
over the prairie as usual most of them
were punched together near the mid
die Of the plain and all the others In
sight were running TO join them The
herd was good two miles away, but
/ had the curiosity to ride over to see
what was happening. expected to see
a fight between two bulls, but when /
got to where I could look over the heads
Of the cattle / saw that iaguar had
come out on the PLAN and Knocked over
a yearling heller. The cows and steers
had gathered and formed u half circle
about him, and they were believing
and paving the ground at great rate,
but they stayed at safe distance from
the jagnar, who was tearing the heif-
er's throat, now and then lifting his
head to, sparl at the cattle.
so far IL was game OF bluff on both
sides. Tie arrival OF two-year~old
balf-grade Texas bull changed the situ-
alton. He passed to the front Of the
herd and advanced alone toward the
jaguar. At this the jaguar left off tear
ing at the heifer and leaping over her
body faced the bull. He was hand
some, fierce looking fellow, with his
sleek skim Of black and yellow, aS he
crouched to the ground with mis- white
teeth showing and the tip of his tail
curying in and out like snake. The
bull came on, roaring, stopped to paw
the ground and shake his head at four
or five yards away, then lowered his
head as he charged upon the jaguar.
Just as the horns seemed about to touch
him the jaguar rose, curving, from the
ground, overleaped head and horns and
landed square upon the bull's shoul-
ders. In an instant he had shifted DO |
sition and, clinging to the bulls side
and shoulders with his claws, was Bit
ing sayngely into the back Of his neck.
The bull beloved and shook himself,
but could not shake the jaguar of, and
at last ran, circling back to the herd.
Just before be got among the other
cattle the jaguar leaped to the ground
and crept back to the heifer where he
stopped again. facing the herd.
'The young bull had got more than
enough Of fighting, and he took up his
position among the non-combatants in
The rear of the herd, but a new cham
oion appeared in the form of polled
lngus bull, a big one, as black az mid
night. He ran straight for the jaguar,
With perfect confidence; then, as he
owered his hornless head to butt, the
aguar following the same tactics as be-
ore, rose above it with an easy leap,
anded at the bulls shoulders, and In a
econd more was biting at his neck.
The polled angus thrashed around and
oade longer struggle than the two
'ear-old had, but the jaguar hung on
nd the big bull at last ran back to the ,
erd while the jagular dropped off and
rent back TO the heifer as before.
He scarcely had taken his position | |
ehiDd the carcass when he was called
nee more to defend it and this time
aw that ii meant serious business for
I'm. The newcomer was an old Texas
ull of the wild cattle variety, with long
orns pointing forward; be had arrived
lte, but was full of fight. As he came
a the jaguar, who perhaps was tired /
fighting, did not attempt to spring
pon him, but at the last moment
imped away The bull followed him
p, darting at him with his horns and
lowing an agility astonishing in so
aavy an animal. For a minute or so
lie jaguar lodged his PUSHES, then
lyned and broke on the jump for the
OGDEN bank OF AlamoSa creek, mile
way. The bull chased him a short dis
nee, stopped TO below and gaze after
m. then turned back 70 the herd and
omptly tried TO start a fight with the
'lled angus and with the young bull.
IT neither wanted anything to do with n
m. i
Once safe away from the bull the jag
r slowed his pace aud trotted along
ward the timber. making good time
Ith his Tong. smooth. cui-fooird stride
= had got half way there when out
on the creek bottom directly IN front
him five COW boys rode up over The
NIX upon The plain. At once they
read out and rode 10 bead him OF
om the timber. The jagusr made
" bounds in the effort 10 gel pass
EN-. then 81 they surrounded him
)pped on his defense. There ~as not
firearrn in The marry md IL WAS moi 1