LOBO 

 THE KING OF CURRUMPAW 



CURRUMPAW is a vast cattle range in 

 northern New Mexico. It is a land of 

 rich pastures and teeming flocks and 

 herds, a land of rolling mesas and precious 

 running waters that at length unite in the Cur- 

 rumpaw River, from which the whole region 

 is named. And the king whose despotic pow- 

 er was felt over its entire extent was an old 

 gray wolf. 



Old Lobo, or the king, as the Mexicans called 

 him, was the gigantic leader of a remarkable 

 pack of gray wolves, that had ravaged the 

 Currumpaw Valley for a number of years. 

 All the shepherds and ranchmen knew him 

 well, and, wherever he appeared with his 

 trusty band, terror reigned supreme among 

 the cattle, and wrath and despair among their 

 owners. Old Lobo was a giant among wolves, 

 *od was cunning and strong in proportion to 



