Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-09-21

THEY LEAPED LONG BEFORE THE DOG
STRUCK THE GROUND.
came up beside me snarling l turned
and kicked at it again, and it jumped
so far that it slipped off the platform
and fell among the wolves. Before it
touched the ground the wolves leaped
attit, and in moment it was torn to
bits, I shuddered as l thought what
a mans fate would be if he We're at
the mercy Of that bowling horde"
1.-THE gate at the lower end of the
stockade does not open directly into
the main yard, but into a smaller pen,
connected with the larger one by
gate somewhat similar to the one at
the river end of the rayine, only
smaller
Natural Home For Varmints.
''The rocks and brush in the ravine
furnish an excellent retreat for the
wolves, and in the numerous gloomy
denS in the ledge hundreds of young
wolves have first seen the light of day.
"'But / don't depend altogether on
raising wolves said the girl. That's
too slow
"Then, with the enthusiasm that a
young society bud would display in de-
scribing her first ball dress, she told
how she led into the stockade large
packs of the most cowardly, yet most
daring and Disqualification hungry
denizens of the pine woods-the hell
dogs of the north.
tSyTSIao o0d Of tho YsaviV1o 70 from
the river opens into a big tamarack
swamp, so dark and thick as to be al
most impenetrable, and is an excellent
stronghold for wolves. This fact has
shrewdly been taken advantage of by
the wolf queen, who two or three
times a year throws out big draGnet
and captures lots of the animals.
'Her method is to make a tour of the
swamp, dragging behind her on the
snow or pine needles the carcass of a
newly killed deer, now and then leav-
ing a piece of the meat. She carries
this trail into the first pen of the
stockade.
'The trap is set by opening the gate
leading into the swamp. The carcass
queen conceals herself to await the
coming of the pack.
Strike the Trail.
"'When the wolves strike the trail
and get the scent Of the fresh meat
the girl said, they follow it directly
into the outer pen, for they meyer have
been known to leave the trail until
they have overtaken, pulled down and
torn to pieces the animal they are
after or until they have been shot and
killed.
ION the ledge, holding the ropes con-
trolling the gate, the girl watches.
1.-THE long drawn, mournful howl an
nounces the start, and soon the pack is
in full cry, tearing through the under
brush, their blood thirst aroused to
the highest pitch.
Nearer and nearer they come, and,
crowding and swapping at each other,
they press through the gate. A pull
at the rope releases the gate, shutting
I'm the wolves.
81 don't know what hades, filed
with maddened animals, would look
OuI uO huOW IudL LuC o(CuO
when a pack of timber wolves is
trapped by this girl must be the sight
of a lifetime and one well calculated
to strike terror to the heart Of the
strongest man, let alone a young half
blood Indian girl.
''Her method of slaughtering the
wolves when she wishes to market the
skins is effective, safe and possibly as
humane as any that could be devised.
twenty-five or thirty animals are
lured into the smaller pen from the
main stOckade and the gate closed
Miss Gissler takes her position on
the ledge and with her rife picks of
the animals one ~ one until all have
been killed One bullet for each wolf
IS all she needs. The wolves are skin
ned and the carcasses Used Els food for
the rest Of the captives.
''The skins are allowed IL freeze,
after which they are tied in hig bun
dies ready to be taken to Fort Fran
cfS on the Canadian side If tho river