The Red Cloud chief., 1900-12-21
Single handed Fights
WITH BIG GAME
In South Africa.

Harry Attrfll, formerly well known I'm
South London, and a member of an old
Camberwell family, who was killed While
hunting elephants. IL was in Add bush,
not far from Port Elizabeth. South AZ
RIGA. Attrill was out. accompanied by
MS head native asslstant-named Crick.
They had killed one elephant and had
wounded a calf, when they came unex.
pectedly upon another huge female. Both
hred, bringing the monster to her knees;
out she was UP again in a flash, and
charged with great ferocity. Both men
separated. and got into positions whence
neither could see the other. Suddenly
Crick heard terrible screams proceeding
from a ravine or his left, and found, on
running to the spot, that the enraged an
imal had got his master down and was
tramping him to death. Eventually the
elephant fell to the natives rifle, but AT.
trill was then dead.
Inc narrowest escape from death OF
#. Z. Selous Of South African big game
ZANE. was In a fight with an elephant.
III was an old bull, and had been badly
wounded, but managed, nevertheless, to
charge Hereby. trumpeting loudly at the
same time. Selous fired twice at IL as II
advanced. and was just pulling the trig-
ger or his reserve rifle for "A third shot,
when the elephant struck him, and he
went down under 1t.
Quick as a fash the Vicious beast knelt.
hoping to crush its antagonist, but Sc
ious was too nimble, Rolling quickly to
one side, he Just escaped being caught
beneath the falling elephant In its death
agony.
Z. Allan Cooke, the indian hunter, sin
~gle-handed, once tracked a wounded
tigress to its lair. and there slew It. The
wounded animal had taken refuge in the
forthermost corner OF the cave, the en-
trance to which was by a narrow ard
tortuous passage along which Mr.. Cooke
mad to drag himself on his hands and
knees. The dead body was found to
measure 0 feet 3 wholesome of the larg-
est tigers ever killed In India.
The chief trophy in the Sports club, st.
James Square, London, is an enormous
lion skin. the original wearer of which
was killed In single combat by Capt.
George Campbell, In Somaliland. The AMI
NAL. on being wounded. charged down
the gallant captain with a long,
swinging gait, bowled him over, and be-
gan chewing his twelve-bore rifle, growl-
Ing and s~narling horribly all the time.
While engaged in this interesting pas
time a Samali attendant actually seated
himself astride the huge brute, who. in
turn, had Capt. Campbell beneath him.
His majesty, however, had received his
death wound. and, while each OF his two
two-legged enemies was debating within
himself what was best to d. next, he
heaved a tremendous sigh, his splendid
head dropped. his erstwhile bright eye
grew dim. and, with scarcely a tremor,
he was dead.
The natives OF the Ni.g!ris. India. tell
to this day Of the staying of The Jhoot
Demon" by Col. Downing OF the East
India c~ompany's service. The brute was
a man-eater. and on Zach occasion when
he had committed one OF his murders a
lungoor (monkey) had been seen
In the neighborhood. This curious cir
set Col. Downing thinking,
with the result la he had a native
child put to sleep in a cot on the eranda
his bungalow, while he himself
watched, armed with a heavy express
rife.
For three nights nothing happened. On
the fourth a lungoor hoped out into the
In front OF the bungalow, the
shook, and a gigantic tiger. abso-
naked of hair. followed the little
The lungoor lifted its head in
the moonlight and 1t then became evident
that 1t was stone blind. Its eyes were of
duh, dead white, without light, intelli-
gence or movement.
Arriving within jumping distance Of the
child, the lungoor gave a low
signal cry, and the tiger pounded straight
as an arrow at its prey. But while It
was yet In mid-alr the colonel's rifle rang
out and the brute's huge, hairless bods
fell with a crash on the veranda. The
second bullet put an end to the career
Of the lungoor guide.
SIR Robert Harvey OF Langley Park.
Slough. once shot and wounded a huge
African buffalo-by common con-
sent among big game hunters regarded as
the most vindlctive of wild beasts, The
received the contents of both bar
rels of an express rifle, but had neverthe-
sufficient fight left In him to charSe
fiercely. Sir Robert grabbed one Of its
enormous horns and was jerked fifteen
feet into the air His native gun. bearer
ran to his assistance, and was
gored to death In the %twinkling of an eye.
In the confusion Sir Robert managed to
seize another rifle, and finished the mon
ster with a shot through the heart.
on another OCCASION he fired at a lion
ass at thirty yards and missed. The smoke
hung, and Sir Robert stopped to peep un-
der II ere firing again. At that moment
he felt a current OF air above him, as
though some heavy body were flying over
his back. The iioness landed several feet
on the other side OF the STOPPING hunter.
turned sharply, and fired lust az she
was crouching for a second spring, break
Ing her back.
II. w. Greenfield fought a duel to the
death with a Somaliland lion. He had
shot and slightly wounded It. and was
following 1t up through a dense brush.
with a couple of native attendants. Sud-
denly he stumbled almost right-a-top of
his lionship, crouching in a small clear
Ing. The animal sprang. growing terri
bly,. and Greenfield let him have both bar
rels right In the face. The lon never
paused. however, but pinned his assaiI-
to the ground with one paw and tore