The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-05-01
FLED FROM BEAST
BUT SAVED BACON
One Woman Held Panther
by Tail While Other
Dispatched It
SMOKEH0USE REFUGE
Man Frightened by Wolves
in Boyhood Stays Indoors
After Nightfall

special 20 Tho world
'AiILEQUAH, Auul 30. In tho
carly days Of the Cherokee nation in
Indian territory Wild ana predatory
animals Wcrc numerous. There were
many wolves. wildcats and numbers
Of panthcrs la many of the homes
Of citizens ~ this section some
decades ago were old people who
voll remembered stories having tu
do with the wild animals This or
that person OF their acquaintance
had. in years gone bv. had cSp'ricnc"
with wolves or panth'rs, and tho
children of the households often
listened with trembling interest 10
somo "sCarv' narration of tho days
when the wolves howled at night ana
when the stiffness was sometimes
pierced 10y tho blood curdliug ehrieks
~ the panthers.
There Is yot living In those parts
ar old man who never ventures "ut
of tho house after nlghtfall. This
man, when a youth, WaR making ms
way from the home Of nclghb"r
10 his own place OF abode. In those
DAYS noighbors lived several mllos
apart. and tho route of the youth lay
across wide stretch Of unbrokrn
prairic land AZ he made his way
along In tho oarly gloom of night he
became aware Of the fact that he
was being pursucd hy n pack or
wolves BS strenuous running ne
managed to reach his destination bur
by = marrow squeak lie received
tho fright OF his life time and 80 un-
strung were his nerves 80 far AS
wolves were concerned that he never
recovered HIS equilibrium along that
line. Soon after nightfall he entcrs
his room. locks tho door, draws
down the blinds and remains within
until the sun II peeping over the hills
In the east The very name or Wolt
Is dlstasteful to the old man and he
prhaps dreams OF them at nisht
when his thoughts during the day
have been busy with the chase thoy
gave him way back in tho days pro-
ceding the civil war.
Two Women XIII Beast.
Concerning panthers It IL related
that few years after the arrival
OF the Cherokees In the west and
when log cabin homes had been
built, woman with her children
and another woman were left alone
her husband having gone away 10
look after some matter OF business.
Az the woman and her children sat
near the fireplace big panther ar
rived and began nosiug about the
cabin as IL seeking entrance. Al
wero somewhat troubled by the
beast, but the pioneer women of tho
period were bravo and watching her
chance the mother OF the children
reached through an opening between
the legs and graspcd the big cat
hy the tail. She braced her feet
against tho inner walls. whilo the
other woman secured "pestle' or
wooden implement used in pounding
hominy. opened :hc door and with
out "any foolishness," beat the
panther to death.
on another occasion. when the
superintendent OF the old Cherokee
female seminary Mt Parkhill lay
dead. some OF the women went out In
the darkness OF night to secure some
.ar from the "smok chouse" no as to
burn the substance and purify tho
atmosphere In the room. While they
we're getting the tar panther
which had como out of the nearby
forest gave uttcrancc to some very
fearful. cries, which so terrified tho
women that they fled with precipi-
tation into the school building and
after locking tho doors. remained In
terror throughout the night.
She Saved the Bacon.
As years passed by the wolves
and panthers decreased In numbers
until at this time very few Of the
latter are to be heard OF II is
thought that n few of them still exist
down In the most secluded regions of
the mountains along the Illinois
river. Wolves arc yet TO he found
hut In only small numbers Some
wears ago the panthors had their
lurking places In the Gafford noun
tain region and hunters in quest ~
wild game sometimes found half
eaten carcasses OF deer hidden ho-
meath the leaves where they had
been left by tho panthers. Until n
few decades ago an occasional mem-
her OF the species passed through
certain sections In the night time,
uttering menacinB and shivery cries
until the cries were lost in tho dis
tance. In one old neighborhood, It
WAS told that woman, riding a
horse and carrying piece OF hog
meat" was pursued by panther
which fumod and cried In such terri
fying manner that the woman nut
her steed TO It's PAGES and reached
her homo more quickly than she
otherwise would have done, and also
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