The morning call., 1891-12-28

bright and early the next morning for Lew
istown. Not a wolf had | seen the preced-
ing day. but by 9 o'clock on the sec
end day their barking began, and in
an hour there was a pack quietly forming
behind me aud coming along in that swing
ing lOpe and keeping about the same dis
Iance from me all the time. Presently they
came within range and | killed one. The
rest ate him up before | could tell it, almost,
and were back again, when l shot another
one. and the same process was repeated
Ihis was kept up for about an hour, when
they grew so bold and there were so many
Of them taat felt il best to save my ammu-
milton until II was necessary to act in self
defense. | was not particularly uneasy for
although l knew 1t had been a hard winter
and the beasts were ravenOus, was out in
the open country at monday, and they still
kept few feet back. This did not continue
long, however. They soon began running
up and snapDing at my horses heels, and
now for the first time l began to grow APP
prehensive. l first thought | would shoot
whenever they came close enough, but
found that would not do. Then decided to
shoot only when they came up and actually
tried
TO EXERCISE THEIR TEETH.
But even this kept rae busy. Presently
one OF them fastened mis- teeth in my horses
leg and hung there TIL shot him. Soon.
Another one did the same, and in short
while had all l could do TO keep them off
at all. My horse became almost unmana5e-
able, and finally, stumbling over two that
were hanging 10 him in front. fell headlong.
As we were going in galup. aud | was
LOOKING at couple sprlngIng at him from
behind, and had Just shot one, | was, of
course, totally unprepared for this fall. and
Went IL seemed to ne, twenty I'VE feet over
his head. 4 pack of the gray devils were
on ME in an instant, but l at once arose and
Killing two or three, became freed from
them. My horse also arose and shook him.
self free from them, and to my utter dismay
went living out over the prairie. WHAT |
thought was my ruin, however, was my SAL
walton. As the horse started of, the wolves
followed him, and every one Joined in the
chase leaving me entirely alone. | had II o
time TO spare, and making up my mind in
Stautly, struck out ahead.
If | could reach a small ranch some ten
miles ahead, | knew | would be all right
and, of course, it would be folly to try to 90
back, so l settled down TO a walk which |
hoped to keep up for hours. A glance to
the lett showed me that my horse was try
ing TO make bis way back oyer the road we
had come. In about an hour or more | ap-
preached one Of the few ravines which one
sees in that country, along the side If which
the road ran, and heard a short distance
ahead that sharp, swapping snarl that
wolves give when they are worrying some
animal. | could not avoid them, and as
there appeared to be only two or three |
drew my revolver and walked right ahea d.
Turning corner suddenly | came upon
SIGHT which do not believe | can ever for
get. About dczen wolves had surrounded
and were BOW holding atDay and trying to
worry to death splendid specimen OF an
old buffalo bull. The skin hung in shreds
on his legs, and lie was bleeding and stand
ing in a pool of blood. The vicious, hungry
beasts had lost about half their nun ber on
the horns or under the hoofS of the old fell
low, but they had actually torn ont his eyes
in the struggle, and he stood there with the
small bluff behind him and with his face to
the foe stamping and crushing them when
he could, though stone blind.
AS I TURNED THE CORNER,
A large wolf had sprung upon him. and at
once shot him. At the sound of my pistol
the old bull started and trembled violently,
but feeling his enemy fall at his feet, he
jumped upon him with incredible fury and
stamped him out of all shape The next
one shot the bull seemed to realize that it
was friend rather than enemy who had ar