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instances of men being killed by the cougar. 

 General Hampton, who was a personal friend of 

 a relative of mine, related that near his Mississipi 

 plantation, many years ago, a negro who was one 

 of a gang employed in building a railroad through 

 low and wet ground was waylaid and killed by 

 a cougar late one night as he was walking alone 

 through the swamp. 



In 1886 a cougar killed an Indian nearFlathead 

 Lake. Two Indians were hunting together on 

 horseback when they came on the cougar. It 

 fell at once to their shots, and they dismounted 

 and ran towards it. Just as they reached it, it 

 came-to, and seized one, killing him instantly 

 with a couple of savage bites in the throat and 

 chest ; it then raced after the other, and as he 

 sprang on his horse, struck him against the 

 buttocks, inflicting a deep but not dangerous 

 scratch. 



President Roosevelt knew two men in Missoula 

 who were once attacked by cougars in a very 

 curious manner. It was in January, and they 

 were walking home through the snow after a 

 hunt, each carrying on his back the saddle, 

 haunches, and hide of a deer they had slain. Just 

 at dusk, as they were passing through a narrow 



