The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1910-04-23

shoulder: Mt Il was too h,gh anil toe
far back, ant Cff he went. In the
meantime the ether enc il the c.ump,
after kicking and piunging about
picked himself up and went after his
companion, and as | saw that he was
very lame | made so certain that he
would net so far that did not fire
| at him again. Before following than
| took a hasty survey Of the ground
and found my suspicious confirmed.
| They had returned on their own spoor
when | first saw them trotting back
and had | not seen them. | should
| have followed up their spoor which |
| found led close past the bush they
were in, and they might have made
| themselves disagreeable ana taken me
at a disadvantage, | then hurried
after them with the eight-bore and
outrunning my gun bearer, soon over
took them, as they We're both lame,
getting within 70 yards, when the one
which had received the four-bore bull
let, and was trifle behind the other.
evidently heard me coming along be-
hind him, as he whisked around and
stood staring at me. broadsde on,
whilst the other continued TO retreat.
Sitting down (my favorite position,
and as | was much blown after my
run with heavy rine) | took a steady
shot at his shoulder and distinctly
heard the bullet strike. but it had al
solutely no effect, and the beast never
even flinched. Hastily tanning in an.
other cartridge in order TO have one
in reserve in case he should charge, |
again fred at his shoulder, and he
dropped as if struck by lightning; lie
fell so quickly that | did not sec him
! fall. He was. however, not dead, rs
| could see his side heaying above the
! top Of the grass as he lay, BY this
time the gun bearers had come up,
followed shortly afterwards by the
/ rest of the men, who had come ON
when they had heard the tirsS two
shots. and who on seeing that .hC
beast was down, ran up Hike pack of
wolves to "chinia" it'll e.. TO cut It's
I throat. Knowing, however that It was
not dead | ran forward and shouted
to them not to go near, but they were
I too excited to pay heed 70 my wraning,
4 and were standing all round it. when
/ after a desperate effort to regain its
! legs, it jumped up, the men flying III
all directions. Catching sight OF my
second gun bearer who had also gone
IN TO it, and who at the time was car
rying my four-borc rifle, il went
straight for him. The man boltea
and finding that the buffalo was cluse
upon him. dropped the rifle the stock
Of which was snapped short of at TIE
grip by the buffalo troadng on it-and
ran for dear life the beast being
within "a few inches of him and giving
vent to a furious gruut al each step.
/ For some little time | was unable to
/ shoot, as the rest of the men were
scattered and dodgina about between
myself and the buffalo SO | shouted
/ to the gun bearer to run towards me,
which he did and | was alb" to fire,
| but the eight-bore bullet had agpar-
entity no effect on the Infatuated boast.
! At the same moment the man doubled
! and ran straight away from me, max
! ing for a small tree about 100 yards
off. twisting and turning as he ran.
+ but the buffalo still stuck close to
/ him and doubled as gu 'ky as the
man lid. All this time | was tcarina
/ along in pursuit hoping to get shot
but did not dare fire for fear Of !.
ting the man who was lodging ah""
from side to side, and | was SOM.
sixty yards behind when they reach.
the tree This the man cndeNorr.
to catch hold of so as to swing him
self round, but he was going So fast
that the impetus caused his hand ~
slip, and he tripped up and fell iol
ward Fat on his face into the gIa@
which was some two and oug.#t
feet high under the shade Of the trn
The buffalo being so close to him ~.
the time overshot him, but whipped
round, and | twice saw it give q
vicious dig at him with its head ana
then lneel down two or three Times
when | could only see its stern above
the grass BY the time | got close uu
the buffalo was in a kneeliug position,
and thinking the man was probably
dead, | raised my rifle t0 fir. when
the man whom | could not see H. the
lOngish grass, raised his head and
shoulders from underneath the beasts
stomach directly in the lin" Of fire,
obligng me to divert the muzz.e uutu
he wrigglcd himself out Of line, when
a CDuuIp 0f bullets at close quarters