The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-05
TREED BY WOLVES.
A Story of a Winters Adventure in the
Dominion of Canada.
TSnaciaI CorreSDOndence

Dominion of Canada.
Special Correspondence
| MONTREAL, Jan ~ was not so very
| long ago that l joined winter hunting
party in Canada. We were after cariboO
and deer, with the chance of getting
a shot at the finest game in the
backwoods of the Province of Quebec
the moose Our line of march on
snowshoes was to the northeast from
Sherbrooke, Canada, and we plunged into
woods which were practically unknown to
all except the lumbermen. 1t was my turn
to be camp keeper one day, and after doing
all the work l took my rifle and started
out, meaning TO be gone about two hours.
Crossing the little lake, l struck fresh
trail of deer on the other side, and about 4
o'clock | had young buck down in the
snow with his throat cut. / dressed him,
took off hind leg. slung the rest of the
meat up in tree, and started home about
half-past ).
had travelled good deal farther from
camp than l had intended, and the night
fell when l was about five miles away. 1t
was about haIf-past when | heard the
first wolf howl. The winter had been an
unusually hard one, and the wolves were
Canadian wolves are not particularly
dangerous if you meet them singly, but in
packs they will, if they smell meat, attack
you without much hesitation during the
night. In daylight they are afraid
knew had no chance TO gather wood and
keep up circle Of fires, consequently
looked about for tree, made a bundle Of
my rife, snowshoes and the meat fastened
to it the end of my long sash, and, swing
ing myself up, drew the bundle after me.
1t was not long before the wolves, four
teen of them, came Looping along the trail
and stopped at my tree. AT first they tried
to jump up, but failing in this they sat
around on their launches or walked
around. They were about the size of New
foundland dogs, of dark gray color and
rather short haired. They howled in the
most dismal fashion one can imagine.
was safe enough They could not reach
me, and as l was tied TO the tree with my
sash could not fall out if l went to sleep.
Nor was / in any danger of freezing to
death, for there was not particle of wind,
and the cold was about zero. l was rather
hungry, and / tried unsuccessfully TO eat
a strip of raw venison, but | could not
manage it without salt
/ shot two of the beasts, but the only ef-
feet was 10 drive them off behind the trees,
where | could not see them. | had heard
that wolves would eat each other, but these
wolves did not. On the contrary, when
one was wounded the others ran from him.
1t was a mighty long night. At times
dozed Off until the cold walked me up, when
I took TO climbing about my tree OF swing
ing down and climbing up again to get
warm. Whenever did this bowls and a
rush showed the beasts were alert. When
daylight came / was glad enough to see 1t,
and l started along the trail and reached
camp with my venison in time for break
fast. And wasn't that breakfast with the
hot coffee AID the fried venIson good? We
went out during the day for the rest OF the
venison and brought in one Of the wolf
skins. but we saw no more wolves, although
we heard them often enough, during that
trip. a y.