The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-05
TRICKS OF THE COYOTE.
WHY ENEMY OF THE FAR WEST
ERN HEHDI-R.


er at Pinch as Wei as swift
WouId BE "A Great Roou 10 FoA
Hunters, since He Can Defy All But
the Fastest Horses and Hounds on
LOng-DiStance Run.
From the San Francisco Chronicle.
YeIowish gray Of Hur. sharp of eye feet
of foot, FL Coyote drifts past your vision
In the wide sweeps OF the Nevada-West,
bearing-so the Indians VIII tell you-the
souls of the dead, Yet no term OF oppro-
brium is so instantly ana indignantly re-
scented by the Fiute as the name coyote"
one cannot wonder al it, either; for it
seems of all the sncakiug. Sinking four
footed creatures of the animal world none
so merit the contempt of mankind as these
little monerel wolves OF the plains.
Generally speaking, one can find in the
least attractive creature some trait com
manding our respect, but the coyote seems
without a redeeming characteristic which
might make him other than he is-aimost
the most despised of the animal kingdom
Stealthy and thieving, the serawny little
fellow prowls around the poultry yard in
broad day light 20 snatch up a chicken
ouch' OF goose ana cart OH "lth ms prey
uiIueI youI very eyes LIS ooHS SO ue-'l9
SO quickly Il ~ accomplished before YOU
realize he has come If the poultry house
door is open, and the place empty, then
while the fowls are all outside picking
about at the fresh green shoots, chasing
after insects or lying ON lAelr sldes an
t"e warm eaIth IuiHiIs lNeiI lealileIa ih
Uua' Da'li' 'HS SoSoee SH'3ha Qdl-tIy ~
10 inc poultry mouse nuu lut crushed esq
sheHs stained with dripping yolNs Will
zen you "hsH you 4y 70 tne rescue az
'uS paIi'4ai "lalH o. SAS'ted C4chlu=S
ana q9achlhs9 mat lhe coyote mas con
sll'u ,.. Iillil9eIl our guest anu mas TAX
GU iuiO"CO" uIllei IvoL beloiS plChhi5
up gu 'Iii07l ! ~ l'iou'il I'och hsH 70 car
fy on TOT IelsureIy diuner.
-, he ooes hot "a,l Tor darkness TO cover
Ils uSpl eut lio'i7'gput udISS your Wrath ID
.'le o'lg IN prdYapo, nor bravery
80 W 'ilN NCA9 eiO "0t o''olHdDie'
ne WIN even pcs up your PET mouser
49, !" il'to ~ 80 - ~ leiiliy 'c-'l"b
s ' MY Iioin "'licH 'ne art is being
e eLl w ny l19 NlSoI ously working oc-
~ upaIil. Ielp PUG can Giu'ch me gopher
- wy U'S ""s N@us" mgr. mere Is
:" liu Spl,''i5 ',lu slI''clIlHs' mere are
~ ~ 'Al - IN NOUS tiIal az Slpcic@u
90 ~ 9Ha'P -""s9 are ldS1SHed more
go - OS Oul III 'ne oi usn snort Instance
l iio.i sHe HouSe YOU WIN HHu d lew TORN
D't9 u luI an 'N@I q Coyote mas le4I Oh
your laVoIIte'
- Wy o,e coll'eS ABOUT az hiSht tihe-
o il tla1 ne goes 40 SO you are mace
e s.' % ny we "dteH uos IuiI"u7 p1i .N-
mss Is 70 iecouhoter tne PREMISES 70
get the lay OF the lana that he may
- ep''ie nlihsSlA LOT to-lnorto" uepIed4-
.ioilS. u, III CilS Htsall'Ill9 ne WIZ us
p . 'iie t-"tSIul % loou AT the pach
uoOis Sep go tuete 1oI the mousse cat or
1iie ""s' anu 'HeH' II ny accAueut' paH
y. DuCAsN'h SioNes VI lSiI nat nave pSeh
iei' Oh 'Iie p"ISn' ne VIII SET TO WORK TO
Uesuoy 'ieih through sueet "ahtohhess.
~ 80 u iai iless ol sauoIe leit OUT over
t t'sn' Ialls prey 70 the coyote sharp
'eStn'
~ O'eS are Tue sHteP ana cattle
me-, ,i e'VI "a'cHluA Zoe. mere is 10
IAN Vi sHeTP mat Is not continuity
. .taii1I ~ tlie camp Io!ioWers' ana,
'iousu lnleS ana slrYchnlhe are uscd
WIN sOou eileel ON then, YET lhey 90
iIo' sSoHl 70 pe ehtliely eHeetual IN rid
IHs 'ne country OF lhe marauders. In
otis H'sut LeIuet may lose Iofty or 1lIty
eiieep ullousH the QUICK work OF two OF
tIiIee oL THESE niue taWhy skinned lei
""s 81 tIs pans despite ms Watchiul
caIe-uespile Lhe dogs constant guarding.
---'A 'teA@ away - Jill tL4NAl
hlothefs lot any length OF time are apt
10 come Up missing and many new
porn caiI-ohiy lew hours ODDS killed
Dy coyotes particularly II the mother ls
young heiler. An old COW fighting for
her young can drive them off, but a
young mother becomes terrorized at the
continued onsIaushts OF mar dozen coy
otes' ana, II they succeed in pulling her
down by "hamstringing" her, She, too
VIII suIter the fate of her calf. Coyotes
nave been seen feeding on a living COW
Whlch they had pulled down. While they
tore away at her side she lay in helpless
misery, and an eagle perched on the poor
creature mead pecked at her eyes. Too
weak TO resist them, she law moaning.
ana feebly moving ner head, in the vain
endeaVor TO drive her prosecutors away.
Many are under the mistaken impress
sion that coyotes only attack animals
that are young or very small. They win
XIII cattle as readily as sheep. If they
md any weak ones, or if they can take
them at a disadvantage. AT such times
they do not attack siugly, but in small
packs; though they are generally seen
alone or in pairs, it being unusual to OBJ
serve more than two or three together az
any time. Still, 1 can instance a pack OF
eleven that one morning trotted away
from a close corral where through the
previous night they collected. drawn by