Tito 



found that four had been driven far away and 

 killed, and the Coyotes had had a banquet 

 royal. 



The shepherd poisoned the carcasses and left 

 them. Next night the Coyotes returned. Tito 

 sniffed the now frozen meat, detected the poi- 

 son, gave a warning growl, and scattered filth 

 over the meat, so that none of the band should 

 touch it. One, however, who was fast and 

 foolish, persisted in feeding in spite of Tito's 

 warning, and when they came away he was 

 lying poisoned and dead in the snow. 



V 



Jake now heard on all sides that the Coyotes 

 were getting worse. So he set to work with 

 many traps and much poison to destroy those 

 on the Garner's Creek, and every little while he 

 would go with the Hounds and scour the Little 

 Missouri south and east of the Chimney-pot 

 Ranch ; for it was understood that he must 

 never run the Dogs in country where traps and 

 poison were laid. He worked in his erratic 

 way all winter, and certainly did have some 



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