44 HUNTING TRIPS 



heard of an instance where a man was at- 

 tacked or threatened by them, but they will 

 at times kill every kind of domestic animal. 

 They are fond of trying to catch young foals, 

 but do not often succeed, for the mares and 

 foals keep together in a kind of straggling 

 band, and the foal is early able to run at 

 good speed for a short distance. When at- 

 tacked, the mare and foal dash off towards 

 the rest of the band, which gathers together 

 at once, the foals pressing into the middle 

 and the mares remaining on the outside, not 

 in a ring with their heels out, but moving in 

 and out, and forming a solid mass into which 

 the wolves do not venture. Full-grown 

 horses are rarely molested, while a stallion 

 becomes himself the assailant. 



In early spring when the cows begin to 

 calve the wolves sometimes wait upon the 

 herds as they did of old on the buffalo, and 

 snap up any calf that strays away from its 

 mother. When hard pressed by hunger they 

 will kill a steer or a heifer, choosing the bit- 

 terest and coldest night to make the attack. 



