Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-12-29

little more than the flicker Of its white tail
through the dense bushes; and the pack
caught and killed a very lean two-year-old
bear weighing SO pounds. Near beautiful
pond called Panther lake we found deer
lick, the ground not merely bare but fur
rowed into hollows by the tongues Of the
countless generations Of deer that had fire.
quented the place. We also passed huge
mound. the only hilock in the entire dis
trict it was the work OF man, for it had been
built III the unknown past by those unknown
people whom we call mound builders. On
the trip, all told, we killed and brought into
camp three bears six deer, wildcat, tur-
key. possum and dozen squirrels; and we
ate everything except the wildcat
In the evenings we sat around the blazing
camphres. and, as always on such occasions,
each hunter told tales Of his adventures and
OF the strange feats and habits Of the beasts
of the Wilderness There had been beaver
all through this delta in the old days and
very few are still left in out-of-the-way
places. One Sunday morning we saw two
wolves, think young OF the year, appear
for a moment on the opposite side OF the
bayou, but they vanished before we could
shoot
All OF our party had had good deal of
experience with wolves. The Metcalfs had
had many sheep killed by them the method
Of killing being invariably by single bite
which tore open the throat while the wolf
ran beside his victim The wolves also
killed young hogs. but were very cautious
about medding with an old SOW; while one
OF the big half-wd boars that ranged free
through the woods had no fear Of any num-
Der of wolves. Their endurance and the
extremely difficult nature OF the country
made it difficult to hunt them. and the hunt
ers all bore them a grudge because if
hound got lost i'll region where wolves
were at all plentiful they were almost sure
to find and kill him before he got home.
They were fond Of proving on dogs and at
times would boldly kill the hounds right
ahead of the hunters.
In one instance, while the dogs were fol-
lowing a bear and were but a couple Of
hundred yards i'll front Of the horsemen
small party of wolves got in on them and
killed two. One of the Osborns, having a
valuable hound which was addicted to wan
dering in the woods, saved him from the
wolves by putting a bell on him. The
wolves evidently suspected trap and
would never go near the dog.
On one occasion another OF his hounds
got loose with a chain on, and they found
him day or two afterWard unframed, his
chain having become entangled in the
branches OF bush. One or two wolves
had evidently walked around and around the
imprisoned dog. but the chain had awak-
ened their suspicious and they had not
pouneed on him They had killed year
ling heller d short time before, on Osborn, S
plantation. biting her II the hams. 1t has
been my experience that fox hounds as a
rule are afraid OF attacking wolf; but all
of ny friends assured NE that their dogs, It
sufficient number OF them were together.
would tackle wolf without hesitation; the
packs. however, were always composed to
the extent OF at least half, of dogs which.
though part hound. were part shepherd or
bull or some other breed.
Near our first camp was the carcass OF a