All the cougars he killed were either treed or brought to bay in a canebrake by the hounds; and they often handled the pack very roughly in the death struggle.

He found them much more dangerous antagonists than the black bear when assailed with the hunting knife, a weapon of which he was very fond.

However, if his pack had held a few very large, savage, dogs, put in purely for fighting when the quarry was at bay, I think the danger would have been minimized.
General Hampton followed his game on horseback; but in following the cougar with dogs this is by no means always necessary.

Thus Col.

Cecil Clay, of Washington, killed a cougar in West Virginia, on foot with only three or four hounds.