The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-17

the steer and COW, feinting TO attack them
and so keeping Their attention engaged,
while the other four sprang on one of The
warnings just getting 20 its feet and pub
ing ii down. The ranchman could see the
-four wolves togSther on the yearling, ana
then the rest of The cattle coming ali 70
their feet shut teem from view. The cat
tie were stiff and slow Ia their movements,
out the steers az once closed la on the
four wolves about the yearling and drove
them from their prey. The wolves had
no trouble in getting away from the horns
and, instead Of quitting the fled, they
kept 10 the bare spot--it was about half
an acre in eNtent-raclug around the cattle
ana feintlng 10 attack them on every side,
but lodging away whenever a steer made
FOR them in earnest. While four Of them
kept the attention of the other cattle.
three Of the valves. coming toget her as II
at a signal, leaped upon another of the
warnings one sezing IL by the throat and
The other two tearing a. its gambri,s. The
yearling went down under the wolves, ana
then two or three Of the steers, charging
as before drove them on
The aim Of the wolves p.ainly was to
TO disable the two weaker animals, know
Ing that they would eventually fall to
them when the others moved away But
the cattle We're getting warmed TO their
work, aud after i've minutes of lighting
there was httle of the stiffness that they
mad at nrst displayed The wolves keep
ms sum TO the bare spot where there was
clear running, aad all they wanted to do
to avoid the PUSHES of the steers who
charged whenever any of them came to
standst.n. Then one of the wolves was
driven out into the snow, and as he fioun-
dered In circuit trying 20 get back to
bare ground, long-legged Texan mind
ing the snow no more than II II had been
feathers, rushed and overlook him and in
moment more had the wolf on his horns.
one shake Of the head and the wolf went
flying twenty feet and the steer was on
hand when he tumhled to gore and tram
pie him TO death. This set the pace for
lighting, and in ten minutes more four of
the wolves were dead two of them being
chased into the snow and Killed as the
first had been and the other being hem
med in among the CATTLE where he went
three or four times into Che air clear of
their heads before they quit tossing him.
Az this the other three wolves took to
the snow and made the best pace they
could for the canon. A white steer that
already had done its full share of the
fighting charged after them, tossed one OF
them to one side. and. keeping on TO the
next one, gored him to death. The third
one had so much of a start that the steer
did not follow him, but came back 20 the
herd
ut was two days later before the ranch
man could take time to come back to tho
scene of the fight One of the yearlings
was lying dead on the spot OF bare
ground; the rest of the cattle were gone.
There were Ave dead wolves in sight. aud
a sixth was found just within the canon.
which was as far as he managed to crawl.
The pack were practically wiped OUT
taken, so to speak, In their own trap
I'm another instance while riding with
friend over an isolated part OF his ranch
IN Wyoming we came upon the partly de-
voured body of a steer. with three dead
wolves lying about t. 1t was a struggle
that no human eye had witnessed. and all
that could be told was that the steer at
last had been overpowored by numbers
and had sold his life dearly. But the
usual spectacle where the wolves have
raded Is the lone carcass sometimes part
ly eaten, sometimes with only the arteries
torn open. There is probably another car
cass, perhaps several IN sight, and as
you ride over the hill to left or right
more are discovered. Where the wolves
are that made the slaughter no man can
tell; they came and went and left no other
signs of their presence"