The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-08-19

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ing Close 70 4 k1rtrs5 pounds
The Killing Of Nick, Hunter Boy.
4 few -o1ths after this occurrsrcs.
O. the sane TIP. lest NICK ~
Senegal -scT.- unSsr terrible circzzl-
stsrcez his t-zTs nan uEo lad
tz--st eve-y-tizE IL AfrIcz from the
Cape 70 Cairo. and frC- ZzzEl5zr 20
Bz-z-z. tozs-et zzrT = ti-s tkzt ks
EC-lt never Be killed tF anything h-t
old age. BIT hG vas trc szrs- Long
ssEcci--toz with dz-ssr lad -z5e
tiz cz-elsss. zz5 tbs cost hin kis
life
We we're treEilE so--h toward Lake
Tz1zz1yikz zlC-z : native ya-h ru1-
-t1z rs-zlleI WITH tie Rzsizi rtTer. Il
Ezs fr.ghtfUlIT Eot, 80 hCt that TIE
zu1 hz-rsls tgrusi or hznts- The
po--s-s --szzs-s5 under thsir heavy
-czds Il I0EE 1TilE. UEztIEs
songs. each in his native tongue. 70
keep up his tagged spirits. and he
sun rays danced in misty vibrations
from the pzrched earth sutdsuly the
Jungle ceased and Te broke into the
open weld Fog- hundred yards away.
coming in the opposite direction, vzs
= herd of a. least twenty elephants.
They had evidently made 4 long four
ney and we're suffering from the In
tense heat Some of them we're occu-
pied IN thrusting their trunks into
their mouths and drawing water from
their stOmschs. With this water they
were spTiukling their sunburned
backs This Is habit that elephants
always practice when they are over
heated and cannot find the shade Of a
friendly forest
To me the sight OF the approaching
herd vas welcome. ! saw ivory which
meant thousands Of dollars to us Il
Es could get in q few good shots.
ordered my caravan back into the un-
de-srowth. and. bringing up the shik-
zrees. prepared for the slaughter.
loaded ny nine millimeter Mauser
Tith solid bullets for long shots. At
900 yards ! opened fire and the leader
q ane bull. dropped in his tracks. The
crack OF my rife threw the herd into
conEternstion- They were not sure
where the noise came from, and they
as yet had not caught sight Of US
After q little indecisiOn they kept on
the old route and marched toward rs
/ hundred yards nearer and ! gave
the nearest, another bull, ny second
shot. II went Wild He shrieked and
threw his trembling head back and
forth frantic with pain I had eyi-
IDENTIFY given him a bad face wound. I
fired again and must have missed. He
saw me. and, trumpeting loudly,
charged down on US. followed by the
whole herd. l emptied my magazine
into them with no effect. Nearer they
came. their ivory cleaning in the sun
and the dust curling up in clouds be-
hind them. The ground vibrated like
a beaten drum top under their thun-
derous charge.
! saw tusk-crested wave OF nam
moths sweeping down TO destroy us.
II vas no time for i7action. The gun
bearer handed me the 900 caliber ex-
press. At hundred yards gave the
leader one barrel after the other. He
him in heap. For a moment the
mad charge was broken. thought
We were out Of danger, but another
leader forged ahead and bore down
on US. Rum" I shrieked. and every
man made for safety, excepting Nick,
the coolest in the face Of danger and
always the last to run. threw my.
n stf=s -.
ing crushed to death. a screech rose
above the thunder OF the hoofs and
the next instant ! saw Nick hoisted
into the air with blood-stained tusk
through his body. The infuriated
mass swept past. leaving a red
marked trail. ! Immediately set out
on the spOor OF the herd in hope OF
getting the body OF the shikaree. AL.
though l searched till sundown was
unsuccessful.
That night heard the lions roar
ing down toward the river. The next
morning. with a few natives, con.
tinued the search. in the direction
that the lions roars came from dur.
ing the night We soon sighted
NUN VI Nu4AuErS, a sure sign OF DEAD
game. and. coming up with them. we
found the chewed carcass OF an ele-
phant and the scattered bones OF
human being, among which | found
Nick's hunting knife and belt. The
wounded elephant had carried him on
his tusk till IL fell exhausted through
loss OF blood, and died. II was one OF
the best ivory hauls ever made at
one shooting and it was the saddest.
Nick was great shikaree. He pos.
sessed every attribute OF manhood.
lie died Ike many a hunter has died.
Nick was the twentieth native that
| have lost on my various expeditions.
II was in the same country that on a
previous expedition rhinoreros in.
vaded our camp and killed NO native
porters, wounding three and giving
me a close call
Copyright. 1873. by Bent b Hampton)