Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1860-08-04

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4 face on the matte and ptstending'to des
! pise him., I.hsvs never seen above tfife,
Of them together, 7ands they arepot nti-
merous, which il a fact innaiHrI histor,
'th.i would iiksto zee Tex plsind, AS be
ing the more game ard powerful arima
! of the two, and breeding Us fist as til,
grey golG tie na.ural iiiesence would be
tiYfhF vi ft serve the latter much Is be
larRe gray "a, serves his congener, tlse
black Norwegian, wherever they come in
coutact l.-..... + gua'tiw l..
| Oace onlyshavs / net with 50 man v .as
three black wolves in company, and tbs
succeeded in giving ME very respectful
notion Of their game qualities aad bold
hess 1t WAS on the ''0Id Trail '"Fbetweeu
the Upper Maskoka and Porcapine Lake.
Eant on the banks df tributary 10 the
! Black R,verr that + stopped on an after
noon in early May for rest and smoke,
and thereby chanced on something very
like an adventure with the brute in CUES
! ton
had crossed the stream on large ma
pie trunk that served as a foot bridge, laid
oil the heavy pack, and was busiy engaged
starting a iire-more far the plea TX
Of the coy blaze than for warp
the young Indigo dogs, out of n. * /,
irymg 10 framsa still hunt team, a
'nos' fhrious barking. and ran into nv i .els
with nn1is akahie signs OF terror. keeping
thor eyes liked steadily On the Opposite
bank wherA Wa had crossed few minutes
b~tore. kuowiagshe pups were afraid of
bears, thought it likely one m;rht be
coming alonttlia trail, and had Just seized
the rive on.G chance Of po sible shot.
.hen three"largS black wolves came DOWN
The bank with steady lope, and merely
naasi a. momsnt for a cursorv survey Of
ihe. chss CO.'S the foremost unh,s;ta,ingly
lusSef on the trunk and made for nv
side of Ihe stream
Tstbe real baoknoodsman the hunter
.whos life is mainly passed in the frest,
sanf whose cHistcn may, at any time.
hang on tie ready AZ Of his rife il be-
comes second sa'ure 70 see think. and act
Spontaneously; whence il happened that
! mountad one end Of the trunk, as he
jumped on the other, and We met on the
narr.w body II the tree face 70 face. lie
was a tisc looking animal As fsarless as
a huti dog, aud much larger than any wolf
had ever seem He stared me bravely
in the face. As though more than half ,n-
c'ioed to 90 in on sieht. saw a, a glance
that 1t was not me they were after but the
twf pups, who we're grovrlIing at my heel.
in an abiect fear. and as the black rasno]s
ranged themselves along the trunk one
behind another, as though waiting for ne
to step ont Of tlle way, Twas for a mJ,nent
undecided how to act: then the sharn
crack Of the rifle rang out shriily througb
the deep woods. and the forenos. wiltaJ
Of tao trunk into the water. sill ma
.siyns of rinching fr3ra the Ito con,.c-
ions. and !. WAS not ur,il 7 sdvanaaI a 4
.Ie, athat they slowly 'mals of, ,tarnirg
around for la7' ,ol rng look atihc terri
I'D pups, Lut.fn entering q tamar4ck
rhicktt tkat hi 'hpm from view. Had u
lfea in '0ssessior OF that h"st Of modern
inventioni--a revolver could have killed
Al three Of them m their 'rra. K with the
utmost ease. Many years alter this adj
sc ryurn. and when | was in possession Of
a revolver as well as a good Aouble bar
relied rifle. ! ran onto a couple Of black
wolves "ho wore degourng fresh killed
deer, within aazoa feet Of the Mat ha
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