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the farm. When the weather gets cold and 

 food scarce they band together in small par- 

 ties, perhaps of four or five individuals, and 

 then assail anything, even a bear or a panther. 

 A bull elk or bull moose, when on its guard, 

 makes a most dangerous fight; but a single 

 wolf will frequently master the cow of either 

 animal, as well as domestic cattle and horses. 

 In attacking such large game, however, the 

 wolves like to act in concert, one springing 

 at the animal's head, and attracting its atten- 

 tion, while the other hamstrings it. Never- 

 theless, one such big wolf will kill an or- 

 dinary horse. A man I knew, who was en- 

 gaged in packing into the Coeur d'Alenes, once 

 witnessed such a feat on the part of a wolf. 

 He was taking his pack train down into a 

 valley when he saw a horse grazing therein; 

 it had been turned loose by another packing 

 outfit, because it became exhausted. He lost 

 sight of it as the trail went down a zigzag, 

 and while it was thus out of sight he sud- 

 denly heard it utter the appalling scream, 

 unlike and more dreadful than any other 

 sound, which a horse only utters in extreme 

 fright or agony. The scream was repeated, 

 and as he came in sight again he saw that a 

 great wolf had attacked the horse. The poor 



