CHARLES L. YOUNGBLOOD. I 79 



rusting, and strung two on the gunstick. I 

 creased them on the loins and brought them 

 both down, but the horses were about to be- 

 come unmanageable, and I had to stop my 

 shooting and give them my whole attention. 

 When my friend came up he was surprised to 

 see that I had killed two as he had heard me 

 shoot but once. 



We soon got our load and started back, and 

 after driving fifteen miles we camped by a 

 big spring for the night. About 9 o'clock the 

 wolves, attracted by the smell of fresh meat, 

 began to howl around us. We had a dog 

 with us that would fight them, though he had 

 no business with a wolf, and they finally came 

 so near that they and the dog kept up a con- 

 tinual racket all night. He would rush out at 

 them and chase them a short distance, when 

 they would turn and drive him back to where 

 we were lying, then he would bay them until 

 he got them started, when he would 

 drive them back again. This proceeding was 

 repeated ever}^ few minutes during the whole 

 night, and, as you may well imagine we did 



