The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1879-09-17
showed such manifest symptoms of
hydrophoba as led bis master to shoot

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off; but as the country theresbout.
would be worthless for stock raising till
the wolves were destroyed, strychnine
was used for that purpose.
Sometimes. when We had been killing
hog, or beef creature. or had shot ar
elk. We would take the entrsils and all
the refuse meat out to q rocky knoll in
our cleared pasture, about q hundred
rods from tn: house, and there strew i.
a''oGt, having Grst prepared it with the
poison.
This knoll was up thirty or forty rods
from the creek, Some Of the brutes
would be pretty sure to scent the fresh
meat before morning; a. soon as they
had eaten of it they would start for
water. Next morning We generally
found them dead along by the creek.
One morning, late in November.
aztec laying out q bountiful supply OF
prepared meat the night before. We
found seven wolves and black. footed
raccooD deed upon the waters edge.
And some of these were the hand
soonest wolves l have ever seen-grest
shaggy. beautifully "clouded" brutes.
One l remember, was splendidly TINT
ed "dusky" wolf His hair was thick
and long. and fairly sparkled in the
cold rays that morning when We
picked him up. We made some ''nobby"
coats from these skins.
But the most Of the wolves that came
about US there we're either black or very
dark brindlc1. These clouded and
d"sky ones We supposed we're crosses
Of the black aud gray wolves. Gencr-
ally. the wolves Of this region aae larse
bony aud fierce. None of the settler
dogs were match for tbom.
The lLliAns of the Territory have
some odh-looking dogs. which the set.
tiers think were once wolves. or bred
from wolves. One Of the Cisllsms " no
used sometimes come to our hous. h.d
a good sized brindled-gray dog. with
sharp nose and prick ears; but the
oldest thing about him Was his tail,
which was not more than six inches
long but ~ broad as mans hand. We
called them trowel tailed dogs.
Tn. sc same Clallsms have also q
white dog with long, fine. curly hair.
which they shear off every spring. and
make into blankets
| remember that. one day. an Indian
called with reddish dog. that had
very short legs. but body that was all
of yard in length. When running at
IA distance off, it Looked like q huge
caterpillar.
The Indians about the Sound lost
great many dogs by feeding them SO
much on salmon overy spring. The
settlers never allow their dogs to eat
raw salmon if they can keep them from
it,
When Hanse and l were chased
which is what I was going to tell about.
we had been to mutton feast"
at the house Of neighbor named
Sewell. who lived On the creek seven
or eight miles above us.
Sewell had shot two mountain sheep
. few days before, and invited in his
neighboring settlers to have taste OF
his mutton For nobody knows how
much we oil used to pine for mutton
and lamb during those first few years
there, before We began to keep sheep.
These mountain sheep, or goats. when
fat. were very good mutton.
There was a dance and general good
time. Hanse and did not start for
home till near midnight. We both
rode one horse.-a large workhorse that
we had brought up from California
a good. steady. clever old creature. but
slow. lie did not mind carrying
double. 50 long as We let him take his
own time for it.
The trail led through . country CT
this sort: First up long slope. inter-
sected by gulches. then over . high
divide. and down another long slope to
the interval where We had made our
farm.
We hal come abont a mile from Se-
wells place 1t was starlight. aud not
very dark. sat in front and held the
bride. Hanse behind with the gun. We
usually carried gun when out at
night.
As WI. .plolded along. thought l saw
something black moving beside large
rock that stood by the path. four or
five rods ahead.
"Hsnse. what's that?" and pulled
up little.
"Nothing but black stump" he
said.
ut isn't stump. saw it move.
Shoot at it,"
"Oh. it's nothing" said he. 1T will
scare Jack to fire."
We started on, but kept my eyes Oh
the black object. It did not stir now.
Being partly in the shadow Of the rock
and q fir brush. could not we'll make
it out, even when We bad got within
twenty feet of it.
But it was q black wolf. and when
We came up alongside. the brute jump
ed and snapped his teeth as loud Is it
thew had been q whip. l don't know
" hether he jumped Ut the horse or at
me. but his head came with considera.
ble force against the horses shoulder,
close to my leg; and when be tumbled
back. he set up . howl that made the
whole country echo.
Jack sheered aud started to run. As
Quick as he could. Hanse cooked the
gun and fred at the wolf. but proba-
biy missed the animal.
We let the horse go. and Hanse tried
20 pu. another charge in the gun as We
rode along. lie poured in the powder
right out Of the horn, and holding the
horn in his hand against the barrel.
began to rem down q wad. But Just
then the horse stumbled over log. and
came near falling headlong. The
powder horn flew out Of Hsnse's hand.