Lobo -^ 



wolf of remarkable swiftness, which, according 

 to current stories, had, on se>;eral occasions, 

 captured an antelope for the pack. 



It will be seen, then, that these wolves were 

 thoroughly well-known to the cowboys and 

 shepherds. They were frequently seen and 1 

 oftener heard, and their lives were intimately 

 associated with those of the cattlemen, who 

 would so gladly have destroyed them. There . 

 was not a stockman on the Currumpaw who 

 would not readily have given the value ot 

 many steers for the scalp of any one of Lobo's 

 band, but they seemed to possess charmed 

 lives, and defied all manner of devices to kill 

 them. They scorned all hunters, derided all 

 poisons, and continued, for at least five years. 

 to exact their tribut© from the Currumpaw 

 ranchers to the extent, many said, of a cow 

 each day. According to this estimate, there- 

 fore, the band had killed more than two thou 

 sand of the finest stock, for, as was only too 

 well-known, they selected the best in every 

 instance. 



The old idea that a wolf was constantly in a 

 starving state, and therefore ready to eat any- 

 thing, was as far as possible from the truth in 

 this case, for these freebooters were always 

 sleek and well-conditioned, and were in fact 



