The Crockett almanac : containing sprees and scrapes in the West; life and manners in the backwoods, and exploits and adventures on the praries . entucky, and Ohio: He was once followed several miles by a large panther, that threatenedat every bound to spring upon him, and from which he was rescued byreaching the cabin of a settler. At another time he was lying quietly inthe forest, reading, when he heard the voice of a man crying to him to liestill until he fired, on the peril of his life. Quickly glancing his eyes inthe direction whence the sound came, he saw the friend at whose househe was
The Crockett almanac : containing sprees and scrapes in the West; life and manners in the backwoods, and exploits and adventures on the praries . entucky, and Ohio: He was once followed several miles by a large panther, that threatenedat every bound to spring upon him, and from which he was rescued byreaching the cabin of a settler. At another time he was lying quietly inthe forest, reading, when he heard the voice of a man crying to him to liestill until he fired, on the peril of his life. Quickly glancing his eyes inthe direction whence the sound came, he saw the friend at whose househe was stopping, with his rifle elevated towards the tree under which hewas reposing. Turning his gaze upward, he saw on the limb of the tree,not twenty feet above him, a majestic panther, whisking his tail, and jnstready to leap upon him. In that fearful moment, when death seemed al-most inevitable, with a courage and self-control truly wonderful, he layperfectly quiet till the crack of the rifle was heard, and the ferocious beast,pierced by tlie unerring aim of the backwoodsman, fell lifeless by his side. »--=? INDIANS FIGHTING WITH A The Indians of the Rocky Mountains prefer hunting the moose to anyother animal, from the fact that they are the most difficult to capture, theirflesh is more easily preserved, and their skin makes the best and mostdurable covering for their bodies and their beds. One day, while grazingray horse upon a grassy hillock, I heard a yell and a loud snorting, andsuddenly a noble moose dashed along a few yards above, his nostrils al-most breathing fire, and his sharp-pointed horns ready to plunge death intoany animal that might venture to obstruct his way. In one moment I wassurrounded by a throng of pursuing Indians, amid a blinding cloud of they sped, with their spears levelled—the whole world seemed com-pressed in that single chase. The moose, hotly pressed, flew onward, ,ij ; -, idjans were surrounding him; and, in a few moments, the,::?
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