| Show U HT f 9 M U SS 1 ll 11 ill N 4 n object bf ten year hunt makes mi misstep and dies in trap by A R 1 L lyman an y alyx J roy musselman selman huane has hu done hat I 1 dozen or more trai trapp cra r are iau alx lx y hig ii do and has the coyette t fa prize which aich y 0 0 white whit 0 min men and andl indians j ha have e b been e e eagerly after for ten years old bigfoot big foot known a also sa as the peavine leavine wolf and the outlaw i has 41 been perhaps the smoothest smoot smoothest hesi one 9 i b his ii I 1 t kind ever known in san juan County n t and according to ic one trapper wb wafa spoke of him from personal acquaintance if his whole story wore wera writt at ef it would beat beai anything ever told even by ernest seeton thompson 11 bigfoot big foot foa was caught in u r four fou if and a half newhouse new housa trap P weigh 7 an ing g nine pounds at apoi a point qt n nine in e m miles 8 west cesi of bullet four easta ai grand gian d gulch and ana about abou t 4 jwj miles rii ilis f I 1 from fram J the place ewi where lere the other ia famous mo s outlaw was cau glit by y jourdan joi A danao dan w Vo 0 iia had a captive 3 iio she alt Alil as A a mp big bigfoot foot 0 ot was c caught i about he twenty nt f io fourth of M maich rell while Muss elinn n wig was id toiv on g R 1 1 inato hist his trap rapI nd he alou ad wild c cow extricate 0 herself her 1 or jelf 89 f efrom r cn one trap an d loolu ingon I 1 besal in das guat ani raco i p v if 1 what ra seemed at a distance t to 0 be a et yearling yc ailing was bigfoot big dig foot having apparently arenfly ly been in the trap four days and dead two days das the tr ernp ip had been staked slaked three feet from the trail with nothing but wc walf if cent to lure the old outlaw big toots foots hide measured e echt i feet from tip to tip when it was green in spite P t of f the fact that his tail anil is is unusually short ile he is perhaps twelve years old and his massive skull and terrible teeth indicate the awful power with which lie he fell on 01 his prey ilia his fur 13 is very light in in color and it is is paid call that at a distance he appeared almost white ile he ranged over the Slick hora horn country through cow tank clay I 1 hill fill slid and the lake country through whit cay canyon over the tha elk mountain and to the colorado Coloia do river I 1 he 1 e follo 0 woJ J a ciral a about b 0 u seven ilc ia cief tea bundled iu n d m miles 3 in circumference u c r c r an and d was always followed by a pack of coyotes that had learned to look for alq and fee feed d upon the many cattle lie he 1 killed l for pleasure plea simply leavi leaving lea ig J them to rot en cn th jhc thc g ground round lie ile never followed d a trail far at a time but crossing it carefully at right angles amable waa able to know knew what was on it keeping its direction and kee keeping ping i hi his is feet feel on safe ground cco punches pun chrs and trappers have learned to recognize his I 1 great hoarse howl which they say could be distinguished five miles away and he has led many an interesting es ting race with white men and indians always making safe his escape by his speed and his knowledge of the country when musselman came to san juan with his partner harry scission four years ago they caught old big foots mate at leavine peavine Pc Pe avine and bigfoot big foot proved his sorrow and wrath by fighting their dogs for three nights thereafter sometimes luring them far from aroln the camp but a always taking care to keep out of danger from froin guns auni 0 or r traps since sinca alie th en 1 Mu stem ba jj I 1 I 1 t if i A y t L r seven other wolves anil t T 4 a fc t wy ZT a break the ilia t trap and an esc escape c e bu but t when he hd sprang the big g ne pound trap ten days ago lie tried his best in vain it would be difficult to estimate the thousands of dollars worth of cattle bigfoot big foot has killed in S san an juan and the cowmen cow men south cf ell elk mountain have long been eager to pay a thousand dollars for his destruction this money of course goes to musselman andi and besides that lie he has the state bounty and whatever he gets for the skin which he be values at a hundred and fifty dollars dol lais during the last three years several parties in new york have tried by letter to make special arrangements to purchase this particular wolf volf pelt and musselman will perhaps find it easier to sell than to keep |
