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

4 l cU1nted them 'as they gatisFed AM
made them out at ,i&teeu- enough 70 hay.
eaten me 10 mS mocc asins, had the daret
to attack me; but had imbibei, mo no
lIon OF wolves fro N tpe Iu iiars. sud liaa
just A. mnct1 fear vt tb esD aTthougn he,
had been so many sheen, kn3wing perl .ai
ly wei that one crack oi the rifle wouls
scatter them To 'he four winds. / knew
too, that had but1o,drop the rife. run
and halo Tor help. TO be tora limb sro,r
Iimb Ia less time ihau it would mke Il
tell it. 30 quietly rested Ne gun owe,
my kn9e, with the mu2zte pointing init
TOE ptek, and watched them With mqct
interest There was something cbnica
IN the%av one Of the bJiiest w5aH fphst
heaFand shoulders 10 advance Of the
1 rest, twist bis long nose towards me. snif,
monieat, and then draw back his lin.
With snarl that showed rafhar iormii.
able set of teeth after WHICH he would
back stern foremost into the pack, and
I another would play the same tack. At
every such move they wo1d work a (ew
feet Hearer until, at last. the whole sixteeu
stood within ten yarIs Of ne, and appar-
emily dared come o near.r
1t was the cumiuatjan of caution and
cowardIce, and a't-r 4 .itiug cpr Nrir nrxt
movement until my patio1ae wa1 exhaust.
ed, and my fingers nearly past feeling with
numbness, | ranged the barrel AZ IT, Law on
my knee, watched c4r.fally for the elect
on the brutes, and pulled d13bt If ever
pack OF wolves were more astouished
Since the days Of Nimrod. They had been
watching me with hungry. fierce ewes for
more than an hour, still fearful Of a trap
Ur some trick. from the lone tined who
satlke a ,tatne with his back to the rock,
with the long suspicious tube on his knee ::
and when on asu5.en. w.ihOul a warming
ave or syual, the fire, which they 50
amuch drend, burst With stunning crash
IN their very faces. the effect wa ludterDus
"a the eXtrcmr. They roco'rl trum The
Hash, sway~d back III heap bImri and
ran aganA each other. snapay1 and
snarIad ln,'lheIy for ~ in.,mt, ana %.rc
gone, all save one unfortunate. Whose
back was y oxen by the shot j tona
hawksd han. sboutdeged the Auapsaek.
a"d purs"ed ms way to camp .%o~eI at
a distance by the dtsc1ncsrr-4 Df.les who
KEEP. upsh Aost deasn.ug h4.la52i,o. tax
IuI good care to keep out VI s.sAt, how
eyer
nave oeeh flowed scores 2f times BY
'ns eo'hmo1 gray wo.f, sonet:.nPs IN pacas
OF twenty or thirty bat o'teuer IN gangs
% n"', 'l"h or less, aud she 1t as
the belief u one who has hal taore than
twenty years experience III countries
""efe t"rs are ptfuculaHy numerous,
'""' p"'4' 'ea'Ier, han may at any
'"", 2" pack y my ""Ve. TO tgat.
WIN "0'hi"S mt switch 10 MS iahd.
era. hfA9' a't"F the event a"V'2 nar
'a"' 'a''n bay "a ''hai'"h 'F'la'eHf)
'tF'v '., 4' a"A 'hy-t L "eAe .hHiilihg
a"' ~ pr 4. ."% ne hr"i" d rs 'i. The
9F' 81 '7'"N ~ "ts 'af' "Ft'F
i'' Ia f.H-, '"i va - "p- E't re1 81.
.'r'' a''d Vs.' TAR oAJ" ~ iE"ri
~ 1tsa4 "'. nate t" III ''t' ana ,'"Ads
VIZ .'S : Ht' "".''' 'oh'rseh. d !irEe
~ .~''' ""i more iuAA IL" illlah
'o"i."'5. i'f 'H+m "a. 'he L1s'ishm4n /
{ Hil "'i yE''e'm~ tn@ Ir All van winch
1t \. 4.~' ~ - : - a. .@Preafaf.@ IN
sp'nH h'.n. lt was ~ '"'n "e sIr'Ee to
f"o''.@" "' Il mere "@s ~ danger 10 "
'sA'&H va mn. t1a' an 'tharihe4 a4aa"
""4'1 ? OK a ia o. Fe4A me4t ior 'Al1Fs
Win '.e &" &""afii1 "'ti's-> a. h"F aresa, ana
"ot =, Il @-s@GtV ''soe 'bem
IL" ""e" Fti '13t, b4t he was 10 sqna"
-ai" '1 ''"Af l. ! iie WIVES hHd a pa
t'-"t"'t h'e'' ana away came 0h hiS u&i
III preference 10 Flef7e szs'r Hi"e. ii"
was sure Il fhey caught h1ur tFnn Samp
ne sh'H,d y" g4'ora down AID eaten Oh
the sn"t uuIers hs tooh 70 a u Z.
So iof 'hsee erl""r wreNs, dnrng "teh
All me "I'es il'wae forest seemed tes.e
mAF'g our' camp laelr geHErai f"3Et,
baiasi4Ied pretly constantly ia he cattn.
H"t SO Win firrfe ~ myself. however
he ~Asss had frightened the deef ifo'n
onr rehIif 10 such an extent that it WAS
"'th a'IiispiIy We conSd get Il saIdia ~
;,"s. Yfh'sm ahh We mals thsih pay
neefy i@r 1ae'f impotence. sNe "eFr fD-
h1ei " "n' "aFa Snd travel Tar tor a.
supply ot decent meat, f3r DAILY and !
at the siaht and ameils soI xpaaioI
m u"kra'S--li' "hich the soul OF Iie'Ee De
h4h;ei--wherei's II often happened thh
night ofert"ok us-Pierre and Ia nile
or more icon, camp. AtSoch times, II We
badgDeeh lucky enon+E. 10 klil deer, and
we're gaeklgl lresh neat to
camp. tnswotSes lnvar'ahty tpltawed as
N large drove eam'n5 q"te cto .eaor 'he
hrst ew days after her .saad'tn *rnNt'on
II o"r slci'l'v, b"' ." "eh he'er an "p-
pprtnnlty Sip pr shnetire one, thev saoh
1-arneato he more respectful; and "lthn'
thfy sd.l hauhtei US aud KEEP The deer
away It became necessary 10 t@sort to
strassem ior8 SHOT, We Etiied two or
thrss oy pretending aartH ana ranntha
iot tree, tleaylag our rifles yhg on the
snoH.
hs~We poth had good plstos was an
easy matter to- hi a wolf as he eaIel