The times., 1897-04-04
A SINNEMAHONE HUNTER
Wind River Country Terrors Meet
Col. Noah Parker.


lone fall when l was out in the Wind
river country said Col Noah Parker, OF
Gardeau, Pa, Il said to Fort Washa lde
man, Seems to me a fellow ought 10 lie
able to kill a wolf Of two somewheres
around here
-Wolve>!' said he Mountains is full of
ein But they ain t much to kill. That is,
unless you might happen to run acrossa pack
of black timber wolves. They're worth
foOlin with Ferocious, l tell you, and al
ways looking for something to chaw up.
They dote ON hunters. Timber wolves are
about as big a S the biggest doG you ever
saw. aud weigh something like 90 pounds
apiece. They have claws like a tiger
and paws SIX inches long. There's sport
ia having a pack Of these wolves throw
| themselves against you. Troubles, though,
they're scarce
That TOO bad!' says. Got any idea
where l might scare up few of 'em?'
Might find some up among the mCun-
tains OF the Warm Spring Basin, the man
said. There was two or three trappers
killed by EN- up there rot long ago Most
OF the hunters has come in from there on
account OF EN-. You might find some there
yet, f you hurry
" That's the place for mel 1 says.
| Any bear up there"'
silver tp, now and then said the
man.
silver tip?' says l. What's a silver
tip?
X irtp Of h, sal
man. Bigger ana fiercer and tougher than
Il grizzly. and smarter and quicker than
Il brown bear. It's mixture Of grizzly
and brown bear When you start out tu
bag "a silver tip, make up your mind that
! you've got to get the best Of a grizzly, a
| brown bear and a silver tip, all at the
same time Timber wolf'll be all you'd
| better sport with ol one trip. l wouldn I
| Stir up the silver tips, If | was you
- No. says [. Well, tackled and done
| IN SiGnemahOne panthcrs and SiLnena-
| hone bear a long ago as wheI was twelve
| years old. ! IN six times as oldas thas now,
| and l guess I'm old enough to take care Of
| whatever you've got out in this neck OF
/ woUls says !.
| The Fort Washakir man Erinned grin
! thaU'd made me fight him ifit hadn't been
/ in a hurry to get up N the Warm Spring
! Basin country, so ! let him escape and
! went my way. That's wild region, that
| region where the Upper Wind River andits
| tributaries tumble and roar And found
what l oau a tolerabIe showing Of wild
! beasts aad things roaming around in It,
| seeking some, hing to devour. The very first
! dav that I went out to see what | could
| scare up ran against some uf them. They
| had an idea a. first that they would have
a change in their diet and deyour me, but
they got fooled on that. / was knocking
around In big piece OC timber when |
heard a l0uE-drawn sort of wall or ba wing
away Off som where IN the woods 1t was
subdued fry distance at first. but rapidly
came nearer, and then | could distinguish
that it was made up OF savage yeIps and
barRs and vicious snarling
'1ituuer wolves. II bet a farm!' SAYS
II. AMI 1 got behind a Ing tree so they
woul.ln't sec me as they came along, for
/ was afraid IL they got a sight OF me
once tncv'd tie apt TO turn back or shunt
off in euIne other direction. and l wouldn t
have any fun with EN-. The noise came
nearer and nearer and il had become one
wild wave OF disc0rdant sound. made NJ
! of blood curdling yeHs and yelps and
( howIs
=. I don wonder the hunters they have
! nut here are shy Of the critters, says !
| Judging from the music they make they
| mus, be q little trying to ordinary nerves
! But then them hunters never faced Slime
uuhone panthcrs.
| Il perkcd out from behind the tree and
! saw the pack coming. | want to tel
/ YOU that they were little the uglieSt
! and savugesl- looking beasts had eyei
! seen or read OF.
III they had wings I says, they'd
! he grtffins for that they looked like. more
than wolves.
They were coming like the wind, and
| Iopeue Ion them with my Winchester. The
| head one tumhIed. The pack came to a
! standstilI. but they kept on their terrible
velpinr l picked off sixteen Of en-, anC
! the other TWENTY-FIVE stood there, tryiDs
to make ont what was happening to EN-
| This is cowardly!' says /, and L
stepped out and faced the twenty five
/ They were a hundred yards away, anc
the Instant l showed myself they set up
more fearful yelling than ever. and start
ed for me l judged from that that they
CDuitll L STE NtiS Ntil tiA'tN 'it''Nt't'NN-
found l was right about that, for as they
drew nearer ana came better wi thin th"iI
focus they began 10 slow up, and FINAL!
stopped dead, maybe twenty yards away
They stood there, actually struck dumb
took a step or two toward them TheI
saw their eyes begin to bulge. took a
couple more steps, and every one Of then
terrible looking beasts turned tail ana tore
back through the timber so fast that the.
were out Of sight almost in Il flash.
Lucky they didn't see me first say,
H. 1 wouldn't have got shot at 'em ii
they had
Il picked out the biggest and ugheS
one Of the sixteen l had killed to carry II
as a trophy, and started for home. l wa
disappointed, though
Timber wolf amt my size! says
i must stir up Il silver tip
The timber was thick where | StooC
hut. looking ahead through the trees
| saw an open space. l strolled eve
that way to see what sort Of proSpeC
spread out from that spot. L found til
omen space to be a wide plateau, eXtent
ing along tile face Of a hill long distance
walking to the ter of the bluff / Sa'
that it terminated abruptly, and had
perneudicular face 1t overlooked a Ia
row valley, on the further side of who