The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-07-13
With the Deer Hunters of Brazil

but there had been several N-o,,,,
at both houses few years back as9 people
visiting back and forth: so a ~ much
bride path-every one rides straight
here-had been cut over an inte,.sseoaek
hill. 'ehing
But marriage and removal had
things and the path was neglected ..fahged
easily followed Yet, through ~ ',ough
heavy timber. One morning uense
us, five in number, started TO nnaltaaV q
all on foot except the young man =, q cal
His city shoes made so long p VII 'lortis
cult and Captain Valdez lent him a nm
to ride, cautioHing him against e,+ti,, noTss
ahead of the others. Ing iat
But the hill was steep and We NJ,
slowly, and in half an hour he Vas "alke1
sight and hearing. After plodding az Of
for awhile we We're startled bv the roAg
OF a gun followed shortly by another sbo,I
far ahead OF us. -1-
1--WE had gone perhaps half a mile ~,
we began to hear the smothered non Nc
revolver. fired at intervals Of a fe1R, "
onds. About the same time We 49,
aware of "A distant murmuring or rosr;Ilus
not unlike an approaching storm ,.s
ment later this was punctuatcd 1 Ig
shrill squeals and yelps. wi"
THE captain halted us. saving. 9Th
is trouble ahead. and We shall be n :
too, n we are not careful. Morris ~
fallen in with a big drove of peccsrios "a,
Then he gave us his plan for rescue
I'VE were silently TO approach as OIL.
to the rear OF the drove as possible uj ,se
out attracting their notice. II Nor.
was not safely out of their reach We mn,
rush I'm and take our chances with bi-
If he was, we were tG scatter a few vsrs,
apart. When as near as we could pet -
noticed. each one was to find a tree
could quickly get into If We failed !.
stampede them and were attacked Tb.s
at the captains signal. all were 10 hes
TO shoot shout and make all the nel..
we could as we dashed forward II ~.
rear ones took fright and ran. we copis
trust them to stampede the lot. for pan.
is as contagious with peccaries as viii
sheep.
when we came i'm sight Morris Va,
seated astride "A limb of a low brancbsS
tree so near the ground that he had /,
keep his feet drawn up to get them out \.
reach of the leaping and snarling H,f,
fiends below. and we could see the blood
trickling from one torn shoe. Half a DOE
or more victims of his small revolver h,
piled below him and We're utilized h
their comrades for a footing TO get ,
little nearer their victim.
For the space of at least one-fourth q
an acre the ground below him was cor
cred with a sea of jumping. squealinr
bristling. white Tipped peccaries. with bS
one object in life. and il was only a que,
ton of time when they would attain /,
Fortunately for all concerned the can
tain's strategy succeeded.
AS we burst from our cover. making
noise by every means at our command
the nearer animals. who had not vet see
US. took fright and rushed in on Ii
others. adding their danger cries 10 on
unearthly hubbub. There was an instant
hush: then the entire herd. and Their
must have been more than a Thousand 0
them. tore off through the woods an
were soon out Of our hearing.
When we came up to Morris he almos
fell into our arms. faint from fright an
loss of blood. AS he had been riding care
lessly along q straggler from the drOr
had jumped out from almost under h
horses feet and with a sharp whO0i
woof dashed away