The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1860-07-13

made them out at siXteen-enough to have
eaten me to my moccasins had they dared
to attack me; but had imbibed my no.
ton of wolves from the Indians, and had
Just as much fear Of them as though they
had been 50 many sheep, knowing perfect
Iy well that one crack of the rlhe would
scatter them to the four winds. | knew,
too, that had but to drop the rifle, run,
and halo for help, to be torn limb from
limb in less time than it would take to
;eII it. So quietly rested the gun over
my knee, with the muZzle pointing into
the pack, and watched them with much
interest. There was something comical
in the way one Of the boldest would push
a head and shoulders in advance Of the
rest, twist his long nose towards NE, sniff
moment, and then draw back his lips
with a snarl that showed rather formil-
able array Of teeth, after which, he would
back stern foremost into the pack, and an
other would play the same trick. At
every such move they would work few
feet nearer, un,iI, at last, the whole six
teen stood within ten yards Of me, and ap-
parentIy dared come no nearer.
1t was the elimination of caution and
cowardice, and after waiting for their next
movement until my patience was exhaust
ed, and my fingers nearly past feeling
with numbness, ranged the barrel as it
lay on my knee, watched carefully for the
effect on the brutes, and pulled. [ doubt
if ever pack Of wolves were more aston
ished since the days of Nimrod. They
had been watching me with hungry, fierce
eyes for more than an hour, still fearful
Of a trap or some trick, from the lone bi
ped who sat like statue with his back to
the rock, with the long suspicious tube
on his knee; and when on sudden, with
ont warning move or sound, the fire
which they so much dread, burst with q
Turning crash in their very faces, the Of
feet was iudiurous in the extreme They
recoiIed from tie flash, swayed back in q
heap, bumped and ran against each ether,
snapped and snarled iusaue'y for an in
slant, and were gone, ali save one uator-
tunate, whose Jack was broken by the shot.
[ tomahawLeI him, shouldered tie knap-
sack, and pursued my way to camp, fol-
lowed at distance by tie Disconnected
brutes, WHO kept up most deafening hul
Iabaioo, taking good care to keep ont Of
sight, however.
have been followed scores of times by
,he common gray wolf, sometimes in packs
of twenty or thirty, but otener in gangs
OF half a dozen or less, and | give It as the
belief Of one who mas had more than twen
" years experience in countries where
.Aey are particularly numerous. that {"
bold fearless mar may at any ti'ne put 2
pack OF MY "o,Ies 10 hl9ht WIN hoii.i"6
bit switch III his hand.
Several years after the event above nar-
rated, 1t happened that an Engli>hman
named Daiy "a Canadian voya@enr),
Pierre Dubois, and myseit, were hunting
and trapping about the head waters OF the
Pl,eF Ni"SNoKA, II was q mar! WINTER
,oI I"l'''nS' "''a we o'a not get rIcii "V II )
out tneie was very iihf sno" lor sPoi''
"i "I''cn we mace the most ana towards
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