The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-01-13
SHOOTING IN INDIA
HUNTER TELLS OF DEATH OF
QUEEN OF JUNGLE.
Driven by Beaters Toward Spot
Where Hunters Were Concealed
Tigress Is Easily Disposed Of With
out Risk.

Hugh S. Gladstone tells how he shot
an Indian tiger: I'VE walked for
about a mile along an ill-defined track
through thickish jungle. Arrived at
spot where the jungle is rather
clearer, we we're shown our machans,
or seats, tied up at a safe height in
the trees. In this case, charpoys, Or
native beds, on which we sat cross
legged, or wicker stools, had been
securely lashed by all four corners
IN trees about thirty feet high and
about fifty yards one from the other
I had drawn the lucky. number-one-
Long bamboo ladders had been
brought and with the help of these we
climbed up into our machans. Mine
was tied about twenty feet from the
ground, where, with the slightest
breeze and my additional weight, it
swayed most alarmingly. The heat,
beating down through the bare
branches of the trees, was terrific.
The first excitement was caused by
mob of monkeys, which came from
behind, leaping and bounding over
trees and through bushes at the most
astonishing speed. All around one
could hear doves and pigeons cooing;:
otherwise the jungle seemed peaceful
iy tranquil.
'All of a sudden we heard, about
half a mile in front of us, the signal
shot fired for the beat to begin. In
stantly there was an uproar. Every
beater shouted, and many of them
had gongs, antiquated firearms
(some Of them seven feet long) or
large rattles. These they beat, fred
or whirled with will, which made
the jungle a perfect pandemonium-
Excitement ran high and every ear
was strained to catch the first snap,
| ping of a tWig or to hear the football
of the tiger or the cracking leaves.
One of the coolies, fanking in a tree
on my right, suddenly caught my eye.
He was clapping his hands gently and
| throwing pieces of stick into the I'M
deTgrUwrn rn below Ai1n1:s s*7:A. AS lie p6idrssd
| could hear a rustling and almost
| directly after came double roar.
The noise in the distance grew closer
| and louder and in few seconds
there emerged on to the path we had
come down a tigress.
"For moment she stood about 100
| yards Off, looking back toward the
east, lashing her tail, and then pro-
| ceeded to walk down the path toward
me, quite slowly and very quietly. She
was hid from me by thick lot OF
| jungle, but turning to my right she
left the path to go between me and
the nullah. When she was broadside
! to me between two thick bushes I
fired with my 450. So far as I could
see she did not finch and I snapped
at her again as she passed behind the
second bush. thought she staggered
as I last caught sight Of her. and a
few seconds later I felt sure heard
a tell-tale gurgling in her throat
Then the beaters came on, and we
all climbed down from our machans
and examined the ground where L had
fired. Not a trace of blood could be
found and I began to fear 1 had miss
ed badly. We formed a little party
and went very cautiously into the
jungle, coolies being sent up repeat
edly into trees to spy. Suddenly one
Of these called out that he saw the
tigress lying dead and we all ran for
ward to find her, shot through the
lungs