The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-26
a Narron E.cnne.

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Capt; Baldwin gave me an account OF
an incident that happened 10 him IN May,
-a1os writes Gen y A Niles in the North
American Review
Il was stationed said he, ''at Fort Har-
Aer. Ran. IN command Of a company Of
the Ihirry-seventh Infantry. Fort HarkeT
vas located on the overland stage route
rom + or RILEY 70 Denver. and after leay-
ING Fort Harker IL was unsafe for any 10
travel In daylight except with a good es-
cort OF troops
''On one Of my Journeys OF inspection I
stopped about - miles from the fort TO
nave q buffalo hunt. and hunted all day.
ouI az night / was obliged 10 start back
Ior the pest. left the station about /
CLOCK IN the afternoon IN light snow
storm, with toleraby fresh horse that
was strong and spirited. / was alone. and
armed only with a small 35-caliber pistol,
depending almost entirely upon my horse
anticipating danger from any other source.
had ridden about 10 miles when IL be-
gan 10 grow dark Ny horse taking an
easy rot / was rather enjoying the ride
I nad noticed previously 10 this time the
moving OF wolves. but had paid very little
attention to il. As ] rode along I noticed
tnat this bowling began 10 set closer, and
az length was aroused from my reverie by
the bark and howl Of two or three wolves
very closeebehind me Looking back / saw
Two coyotes ana one big prairie or LObo
WOLF following close behind me and howl
ing their utmost. This rather startled the
horse. as you may be sure IL did me- l in
creased my speed, but still they gained on
me. and IL wasn't long before their num-
bers grew 10 a dozen or more, and the dis
lance between thCa and my horse was
very much leSscncd.
Il began TO appreciate the danger and
realized for the first time that l had
weapon with which il was very doubtful
whether i could defend myself against
such ravCnOus beasts as these. / recalled
the fact that just before leaving l had
counted the number Of rounds OF ammunl-
ton had which was just 49,
Il had left the StQkc route. intending to
go 10 the post by a trail which would
save me something more than five miles
IN distance, and as it was dark, I had
hopes OF gaining one of the stations along
the route. but was obliged to keep to the
trall, trusting 10 my mount 10 take me
out Of what had now become "A real dan
until they had got within very short
c-stance before / fired the first shot at
mem wnich. fortunately, disabled one
OF their number TO the extent that the
blood ran from him, and he began to
hOWl, WhereupOn the whole pack bounced
upon him and tore him 10 pieces. This
gave me little start of 100 or 200 yards,
before they commenced following again.
L nred every shot with the greatest care.
and it was very seldom that l missed dis
aiding or killing one of them.
AFRAID of firing my horse at the start,
! rode very carefully. The number of the
wolves increased until there We're not less
than from fifty 10 seventy-fve OF them,
and they followed me for at least twenty
miles, cutting my horse in the rear ana
Hanks, often getting almost in his front.
enabling me to shoot from right TO left,
nring when the animals We're not four
feet distant from me. Fortunately 1
ran through large herd of buffalo,
which, 1 think. diverted large portion
OF the wolves from following me. Still,
some or them kept after me until I got
within five miles of the post, when I had
only four rounds of ammunition left, and
l felt 1t was necessary to make the SUI
preme effort to escape from them. Ny
morse was nearly exhausted and bleeding
from the wounds of the wolves, but | put
spurs to him, urging him to his utmost
speed, and reached the bank of the Smoky
Hin river, on the side opposite that on
which the post was located, completely
worn out with fatigue and excitement
and my horse dropped dead before
the river, filed with floating ice"