Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1898-02-05


.rs 10 Make Money out of HIS Scalp
The one triendless. hunted Ishmae-
lite Of the plains against whom is every
mans hand. IS the prairie wolf-the
coyote. II he is a<lspted to any sphere
of usefulness on earth nobody has yet
been shrewd enough TO find IL out; II
he has ever done IA respectable deed
il has not vet come 20 light. The jack
rabbit Will at least furnish the basis
for a savOry stew IN case Of need, the
buffalo was valued for its hide, the rat
ties Of the rattlesnake are worth pre-
serving for curiosities. but there Is yet
20 be discovered n methodsOf utilizing
any portion of he coyote from his
snaring mouth to his ragged tail-ex-
cept as q fertilizer. The short grass
country Is his home, the high prairles
where the gray. hair-hke vegetation
that Is called pa sture blends with the
dirty coat Of the vandaL Through II
he sneaks aud runs, now gaunt fig
ure on the HORIZON. now an ungainiy
shape near at Land He IS without
acquaintance with anything that Is
alive, usually solitary. always with a
criminal aspect, as II he had JUST done
. something "a be ashamed of or was
contemplating 4 deed q the sort az the
earliest opportunity.
Once the coyote. says writer I'm
the Chicacoi Timcs-HeralA, had the
. whole Indian Territory 80 himself.
he could smart and frht % his heart
content. and, there was none % say
him nay. Eut when the lands were
opened 10 settlement and family
took its place on every quarter sec
ton there was less room Tor the Wild
creatures OF the plains Nno hau before
been uu1isturbed. Then the coyote
hal % go ont among men, aud he
found that he was q very unpor ular
immigrant into hnv II the communi-
ties tina, he favored with his presence.
And he earned tie right 90 So be con-
siderci honestly. lie robbed the
sheepfolds. stole the chickens and
made the traveller afraid-all without
any equivalent Ia service.
Since the Immigration of the wolves
from the territory into the farming
and stock-raising States 20 the north
there Las been ntore than a desultory
warfare The farmers have banded
7 together 70 protect the hocks and
herds aud have offered generous
bounties for the scalps Of the crea
lures. a proceeding that has resHlte,
IN the slauChter 81 thousands Ie
the supply seems none he less, sns
iaii ne sharp A-.s.SsSl g is 1ut N-t~t'
OF powder end balls. Year after yea
there are reported from 1900 20 I50l
= sheep killed in Nebraska and Kansa
. by wolves, aud the hundreds OF dol
: lars speuyfor bounties have produce.
+, little diIninution OF the plague. Some
Z, times tide bounties are no! what the.
= are pyrported 20 be. The people OF
q + Western county found once that the
we're being taxed very heavily for TIA
Z Taymeut OF this sort 81 expense an
{. = that certain hunters were buying ne'
> farms out Of the proceeds OF thei
7 prowess on the plains. An exnmina
ti0n followed. and Il was found tia
&c there was il existence an end
less chain. IN comparison Wit
.e which the greenbacks and COL
u reserve make but a feeble showing
10 AZ the rear Of the County Clerk
81 Office. where the redeemed scalps weI
?" thrown. was a convenient opening
{ the wall. and through this the scaiT
'S were puiled n the night, 20 be pr,
III sentod az the counter IN the mOrnin
for another bounty of So each. 1t ws
: estimated that the County had pal
= for one set Of scalps not less tha
= twelve times, and the emptiness of Il
treasury was explained. The saddle
: part Of the happening was that Il
= schemers saw the Investigators at Il
- hole, and became bounty jumpers
- once-iumpiag the County for SAT
- climes.
8 Another curious circumstance W
- noticed by the officers at two Count
- adjoining IL Central Kansas Ia
=, winter. The officers OF one were pa
y" ing out money eveiy day for W.
scalps while the others seldom Ia
- any demand for the reward. Each
the hunters was compelled 20 swe
p; that he had killed the wolf inside 1
"a boundaries Of the County where [
~ scalp was presented, aud there was
"a reason for doubling the truth Of 1
~ testimony. Bat what could be
ia reason Of the disparity in the claim
ed One day settlers son was GU
"a toned:
"Where lid you kill this WOLFF"