The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-03-27

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? wolves would have eaten their way into
u car il dozen places.
FIERCE AND FURIOUS ATTACK.
uch fierce and unexpected attack rat
Tie Us for few minutes, bat after a bit we
bean firing buckshot into he pack as fast
as e could load and pull trigger. Then it
waspandemonium let lose. The bowls,
yell yelps, growls and cri,S redoubled, be-
eau. every victim Of our guns was being
deVored by bis companions. We fired
irF-four charges Of blckshot into the
mas killing at least double that number of
woIes, and then the pack began 70 scatter,
and en- minutes later not living wolf was
to b.seen,
10 sas horrible sight Gound us. Every
Wolfbut one had been deFoured. Tufts Of
nalrand bloody bores wae scattered over
the sow for 100 fee in every direction, and
there was not foot of snow without its
Dloodstain. There was a wounded wolf
which had escaped the fangs of the pack,
probably because Their appetites were salts
ned foithe time beinE. He had been shot
through the hips, aid could no longer use
MS hlndlegs. lie wa very large fellow,
and we Don had reasn to believe that he
was still dangerous. The beast was about
ntty steps away whe we descended from
the car, and the minUe he caught sight of
US great transformation took place.
All the fur along lis spine stood up, his
eyes blaZed like fireand he uttered such
fierce grow1s that thSthree of US raised our
guns. The brute cold drag himself over
the snow crust withhis forelegs, aud as we
stood looking at I'm he began hitching
himself forward to attack US. We let him
come within five orsix feet of US before
knocking him over! From his actions there
Is no doubt that h( would have boldly at
tackled us had b, been less desperately
wounded. His sep was the only one we
saved out of the shy or seventy shot.
THE NIGT ATTACK.
Not another vol was seen until night
came down. Thenhey gathered around us
seemingly by the thousand. Looking out
from one Of the sInAl sliding doors one was
reminded OF a greal OF sheep canter-
ing over rough grand. Not one of ITEM
was still for a minte, and free fight was
always in order. Chr house stood six or
seven feet high, bit they leaped over it
back aud forth as eaily as they could have
cleared log. At ofe time several of them
engaged in fight over our heads, and we
had serious fears of tic roof breaking under
their weight.
When we finally olened fire honestly
believe there were 1000 wolves within
pistol-shot. Our houle vas the center of a
circle OF leaping, bowling, fighting. growl-
ing, yelping beasts, eadh one of which
seemed bent on getting nearer. 1t was
bright moonlight night and we did not
waste shot. One could lave shut his eyes
and been cure of killing or wounding at
every discharge. We limited our shots to
TWENTY-FIVE each, and redslowly so as not
to heat our guns. beloved we killed 100
ryif hn TO Gta ch
II one was wounded enough to cause a
flow of blood, he was goner. The un-
wounded would tear hin to pieces with
even more ferocity thai was displayed
toward the dead. Soon after we had ceased
firing the great bulk of tie wolves retired,
to be seen or heard no more during the
night. A few who had probably failed to
secure share Of the horrible feast remained
in the vicinity TO growl over the bloody
bones and utter an occasional howl, aud
after midnight we slept sDundly.
We were afterward told by peasants liv-
ing eight or ten miles away that packs of
wolves passed their farms at dusk on the
way to the general rendezvous. Some of
those surrounding our house probably came
twelve or fifteen miles The keeper of the
hotel saw fifty or more pass his place, and
they were in such hurry and 80 occupied
with the project of foot that they passed
within fifty feet Of stray colt without
halting to attack it.
A DREADFUL TRAGEDY.
On the second day of my stay we wert
witnesses of dreadful tragedy 1t was q
cloudy day, with occasional snow squalls
but no wolves came near us. At about /.
O'Clock, while my companions were lying
down, opened a slide to take look ovel
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way toward Toblosky. For four miles the
highway was over plain, and one could
see every moving object. Then the road
was lost in a pine forest that stretched
along for a couple OF miles.
had scarcely pulled back the slide when
an object came in view on the road at the
edge of the forest, and in half O minute
made out horses. A sledge wal coming our
way, the first that had passed since we
took up our station. We had pair of field
glasses in the car. and / had no sooner adj
justed the focus than I uttered a shout
which brought my companions to their feet.
There were three horses abreast, and they
were coming at dead run, while on both
sides Of the sledge l could make out fierce
wolves jumping up.
The team was powerful one and coming
very fast, aud in a minute more made out
that the sledge was surrounded by great
pack of wolves. The driver was laShing
the horses in a frenzied way, while the
smoke and flame and faint reports proved
that the occupants Of the sledge we're using
firearms to defend themselves. We had two
or three minutes in which to eat. Each of
us had the idea that the sledge would halt
at our car for protection, or that the people
in it would certainly leap out at that point.
We opened one of the doors, got down our
guns, and all were ready to leap out when q
dreadful sound reached our ears. 1t was
the shrek of a horse-for it was nothing
more nor less-a shrek Of terror and de-
spair.
The cause was plain as we looked out.
One of the horses had fallen when the sledge
other two had been dragged down with
the wolves. We just caught sight Of two
reports of pistols and shouts of human
voices, and then the terrible din made By
the wolves drowned all other sounds.
EIGHT HUNDRED WOLVES KILLED.
We should have sprung out and gone to
the assistance of the beset travellers. but be-
fore we could move foot our car was sur
by wolves, and monster got his
head and shoulders into the doorway, and
hung there for a few seconds, despite the
kicks from our heavy boots We opened the
slides and looked out, but all was over then
The carcasses of the horses had been
picked TO the bone, and the harnesses eaten,
and the robes from the sledge were being
torn apart as the wolves raced around. We
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