The evening world., 1894-06-15
TREED BY A PACK OF WOLVES
TWO HUNTERS PASS THROUGH A
TRYING EXPERIENCE.
One with n Tomnbnwk Guarded the
Inclined Trunk.

We were camped on the north shore of
Red Lake, way up In northern Mime
sofa. There were but two of US, my
companion being an old guide and
hunter named Jim Bascomc. on an Oc-
tober afternoon, while I was following
the trail Of wounded deer, and was
about three miles away from camp l
got my foot caught In a mass OF roots
and was thrown violently to the ground.
says n writer in the Saginaw Courier
Herald
was running at the time, and the fall
not only stunned me for several min
utes, but had no sooner recovered con-
seriousness than l realized that l was
helpless. My right leg was not broken,
but ! had given II such twist that 1t
throbbed and ached from ankle to hip.
Jim had gone off before noon by him
self, and even II In camp at that mo-
ment he could not hear the report Of my
rifle. had hunting rifle, muzzlc-load-
ing, and when ! overhauled my ammu-
milton found just six bullets.
l also had hunting-knife. but no re-
volver
1t was Just 4 o'clock when fired my
first signal. 1t was a cool Fall day,
with the sky overcast, and was right
IN the woods, where II would be dark at
mere were plenty wolves ABOUT,
with an occasional bear and panther,
and If Jim failed to hear my signals and
come to me 1 would be In Il bad fix.
fired the rifle six times as fast as
discharge ! heard Jim shouting.
Luckily for me, he had also wounded
deer and had been following 1t over
the ground l had travelled. BY the time
he came up II had grown dark in the
woods. =
The idea was to get me to camp as
soon as possible. and he undertook to
carry me on his back. He hadn't gone
u quarter of a mile when he heard the
soft footsteps OF some wild animal on
the dead leaves. and two or three min
utes later wolf uttered long-drawn
That's what I feared, said the old
minutes we'll have a whole pack around
as,cNia asi Ws've got to tree and that mighty
He was almost as badly off for ammu-
milton as l was. having only two
charges but in place OF hunting-knife
he had "A tomahawk In his belt.
could see their eyes shining to the
right and left and behind us, and had
advised Jack to stop before we were at
tackled when he suddenly swerved to
ton.
A gale of wind had uprooted tall
tree, but In falling Its top, had lodged In
an angle OF forty-iive degrees, and was
entirely clear Of the ground.
Jim wa liked. right up this trunk to the
| first limbs, bearing me on his broad
back. and was no sooner unloaded
than he made me fast to a limb with
| my own belt
| At this point the trunk was fifteen
feet above, the earth. and, looking down,
| saw at least twenty wolves gathered
below us. They were very quiet until
they seemed to realize that we had out
witted them, and then they broke loose
/ xartt h tN.ts. a, a H...,
This racket. attracted others. and
when night had fairly set in we felt
sure the pack numbered at least fifty.
About fifteen minutes after we ascend
route Jim seated himself a few feet
below me, tomahawk in hand.
There must have been five or six OF
first one hesitated as no drew near, and
the old man leaned forward and spill,
Down he fell, and down leaped all the
minute picking his bones.
Crashing their teeth and growing In
a way to curl your hair they made an;
again line of them came boldly up the
sition. ~ " ~
His tomahawk reached out again, and
wolf-meat. The pack must have been
ravenously hungry and hercely deter.
mined. for they tried this dodge nine
times running before they quit One
blow of the tomahawk was sufficient ir
| each case.
For about half an hour after giving uI
the route by way OF the trunk they re
mained directly below us, leaping UP oil
circling around. but they finally con
cluded that It was no use, and suddenly
rushed OFF through the forest In n body
We remained huddled up In the tire,
until daybreak. when Jim again tool
me on his back and, descending to tn,
ground, headed for camp.
We had both counted nine wolves tina
he had killed on the log. and yet tn,
only relic or reminder that Jim coul,
find next morning was a few shining
white bones. picked bare and clean
Had the pack closed In before W,
reached the fallen tree. would no
hnye written this STORY