Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1846-12-12
A THRILLING TALE.
oHAHhM's MAGAZINE FnR DECEMBER,
THE MAD WOLF.
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MOUNTAINS
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! company with three companions, ono nan
cd AlerandrH, a hal f.bfeBd, VFrbonffen
y ~Tfenehman, and an American ia mr
Worthinaton. After a long dpy'z tratnt
we halted In Il neth Of timber, upon a ri
htlafy Of the CnlorHdb, Immediately bgr
dbtiHe Upon II wide spreading prairie. anf
having here pitched otf tent, and tied III
animals, wB started oit to rsrannoitte tn
neigliborhood surrounding The ca mp ground
The country we had been travelling owe
all day, lay Immediately IN The path gftht
rowing bands If Ataf,ah6 and C'rer Indinnz
and the fnfmer tribe WAS the white tHnn't
invelefats foe. Canton, therefore, eatin
sRllsd ts 10 examine the tracks imprinted
around ne before We resigned ourselves r.
security aud reposh. Having mounted ii
willow covered ridge, noaf tho rheHmp=
ment, | descended into n small valley on
our right, and bad not proceeded far before
| deserted smoke issuing from tho covert.
Carefully approaching the spit, | soon dis.
covered 4 numerous war party FnfatnPfnrhi
Of Grows, md, ~ they were friendly 10 the
company | belonged 10, without hesitation
! entered The circle seated around tho fire.
All seized their weapons with n general
exclamation IF - h6m - when, informing
t1eni, IN their own languages, ahat I was
LtHir Wol(--a name conferred upon mr
Ivy an old chief Of the tribe while / was
%s6Iotrning nj their vi~llaHh=-tbhy immr
diately ratnembnfnd mo, md al signs Of
hn=tilitiaa wFre sta yrd hetwefn tls. Amer
a friendly shaking ol hands, mud a short
smoke Of The calumet, | obtained MI tho
Information | needed %fslnttve 10 the Arnpns
hoes, aud with pleasure learned TINT The
war parties II the Grows had driven them
FIR from the southern hunting grounds.
The chief Of tho party, and n number IT
his braves, a"c0mtnanied mr IA short dis
lance on my return, aud, when we parted,
II was with mutual expressions n friend
ship, On arriving NJ camp, I found my
companions awaiting my coming. Each
reported bis observations, md tbs Informs.
ton which | impaired was received With
their several reports, MI declaring tbfif
sFafeh yielded no sign of hastilg Footsteps.
Every pfepa ration WINS nov mnds for II
night IT uninterrupted repasn, and every
thing promised The luxury. Our wearird
march, with the ]uncenslng wntchfulnraa
necessary for safety, had worn ns down,
until n night Of unbr0hen sleep vas looked
forward tn as the greatest boon circim.
stances could confer upon ua. A foe would
not approach as in the position We occupied.
with our friends tho Crows posted in such
'IosG pt6Himity-t were nenrly within
hail~csrtathly within sound of our guns.
4 final examination was made If the idtiaf
ropes which confied or animals, and then
a short sm0ke=-thn trapper's greatest iux,
nry-was tHdulghd IN; after which,, spread.
ing the buffalo robes VIC dropped of into
n FIumber that needed ~ artificial aids 10
IT. soundness.
How Ioug We had lain In sleep / know
not; but, MI Mt once, with II eu]idennesa
started repoae into Night, felt my
1erted from the robe on which | wna
NY first thought was that Indiana
had attacked lis, but the light Of the fire
disclosed my antagonist 10 be n w6lG,
had seized and still held mo fast by
he leh hand. ! had no weapon within
ny reach, 10, without hesitation, / struck
with my shut fist, and, delivering tie
upon his gfinning muzzle with all
NY force, | broke his hold, but in doing 40
acerated my thumb against his tusk. The
Whole was but the work 0f a moment.
Ale1andre, who lay nearest to me, aroused
Himself, and, no sooner WA | released from
be infatuated beast, than II seized him by
cheek. lie choked it of, when, by ,
his time, Verboncnur and Worhington I
secured their knives, they rushed .
pom the animal. Each inflicted wounds
pom him--but both we're bittsn. With {
howl that curdled the hearers blood, our ,
s~sailant fled and disappeared in the dark.
ess. This sudden and violent Interrupt {
on to our slumbers was not endured with 9
~meekness, nor commented on in
choice epithets which bespeak q dc. !
ghtful surprise. On the CONTRARY, We
in Il few bitter explosives against .
zig nocturnal visitor, and. having thus in a b
appeased the wrath within us, we y
bound up the wounds we had re- =
and once more forgot our dangers !
the oblivion Of sleep. q
When morning broke, all sailed forth in -
Ifferent directions, filed with revengefIl =
against the wolf, believing that he .
'ould Turk in our neighborhood. But, aE. h
r an extended search, we were forced to h
rego the promised revenge and vent our II
niger in declaration Of what we would have n
'ne If ehance had only placed him within Il
ln-shot. On my return | again encoun. D
red the Grow party, the chief Of which =
formed me that a mad rolf had visited e,
cir camp the night previous. He had n
zen driven off, however, before he had r.
item any Of their party. This intelligence f.
lilled my blood with a hJrrid apprehcn. r.
on and when he added that the animal III
ID in the direction of our camp, | felt as u
red he had been our fierce visitor. With b,
oomy forebodings Of coming i'll, / re- It
rned to my companions, who were pre- tn
for q start. in
Ever. thing being in readiness we de- Q,
trted from the camping-gronnd, and, hold da
9 our way down the valley, came upon th
e great Crow trace, where, discovering A
e tracks Of a large party of white men, =
3 followed it up, and fell in with a trap in
ng party Of the North American Fur CO
ompany. From them | obtained some dc
niskey and salt, which / applied to my W
FUNDS, and advising my companions to q
G the same ~Pfecaution, | minated that be
g animal which bit Us might be rabid. ed
ley laughed at my fears; but after as / in
sufficiently amusing themselves &c
my 81 womanish" dread Of a wolff 60
checked their mirth by imparting TO- t.
EN- the Intelligence | had gained from
> Crows. Having, however, commen- by