Pueblo chieftain., 1921-09-23
Most Ferocious of Animals Destroys s5000O 900 Worth CT
Fur Seal Pups Annually-Revenue Cutters to Attack
1t With Guns and High Explosives Protection
for the Seal Rookeries.

OCCASIONALLY one is captured by tho
native Aleuts with dozen or per
haps twenty pups in its stomach
They hunt in packs like wolves, snn'
while the young seals are learning 10
swim in shallow water, they rush upon
them among the rocks. Now and then
one OF them gets stranded in this way,
and s. killed ty the Aleuts, Nho
promptly cut IL TO pieces. turning Its
flesh to account for msAt and extract
has no commercial Faigc except Tor
oil.
II is a firm t-'ief Of the Alaskan ma
tIves that che killers really are wolves
metamorphosed into small whale
They are supposed TO go on occasions
20 the edge Of the ice along shore, and
thercupon to chang their shape and
emerge in the form OF wolves On the
other hand. the wolves OF the land do.
when so inclined, come down 70 me
shore and pluusins IN, became killer
whales.
Man-eatin= sharks. with all their
ferocity, arc stupid crcatu-e-. killer
whales arc highly Intelligent and gift
cd with cNtraordinar, cunning. II Is
difficult on this account To capture
them: and to hunt them Is an eN-
ccedincly dangerous sport, iHasmuch a.
II their anger be reused, they Will not
hesitate TO attack men In boats \
story is told OF TWO White men, govern
ment employers. who were driven by a
killer 10 take refuge IN a small cave on
tho face OF a Cliff. near the water :
edge. their eoat being smashed. and
who were unable 10 escape for forty
oiEht hours tat tho end OF which res
cue camej. because The monster stood
-uard and waited
DRILL LIKE SOLDIERS
Usually tho killers travel In punches
F.F afz 80 They IN hElNe
a sort % d-ill. swimming IN fairly
close order rid. by sidc aud at reEu-
inrly spaced intervals. with no Strsg-
Cling n g. interesting and oven ratn-
'r impressive 20 scC pack Of ihcm
MOVING along IN this formation. their
great back fins. shapcd like dagger
and six feet long, swiftly cutting the
surface Of the sea
Against animals 80 Formidable. so
cunning. and so activ" II is-uo easy
matter TO wage an effective warfare.
But the revenue cutter captains OF
lioyc u can be done hv tho use OF
hiEh explosive shells. Those vessels
81 the treasury departments little
navy carry f-inch guns. which are
highly efficient artillery weapons. and
a single proiertiic OF that size loaded
with TINT Is capable OF quickly de-
moiishinE pack OF killer whales.
Th" latter ordinarily swim az tho sur
face 20 a. 20 be easily observed and
pursued in moderately calm weather
Tn" FUR seals spend only part OF
N" year on tho Pribviof isiandT They
arrive there tn carly summer. the OBJ
Irrt IN view being "a breed. and there
they remain until tho coming OF Ha-
fumn bids them depart on their an
.uuni cruise. u b. = very remarkable
migration. occupying about seven
months. during which the herd fol-
lows a definite track. swimming slow
iv snuthward 20 the latitude or san
Diego Cal, and then turning north
along the Pacific coast. Their voyage
Be- SO timed as To bring them back To
N" Prihylofs again by tho latter par;
" April
FOLLOWING THE SEAL HERD
| The zo-calisd "priaFic'' seal hunt