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dead in the grass a short distance away. The 

 bullet had struck him on one side, breaking the 

 shoulder bone and some of his ribs, going out at 

 his back. We had frequently heard coyotes howl- 

 ing during the night, apparently pretty close, 

 (such howls at night are very deceptive as to 

 distance), but I had always believed them to be 

 too cowardly to come up near a fire, or a tent. 

 Possibly our stock of deer meat attracted them 

 or they were pressed by hunger. The wolf skins 

 were prepared for mounting and taken home by 

 the Baron, but the cross-fox I sold to Mr. J. K. 

 Moore, post trader of Fort Washakie, for twelve 

 dollars. I have been on a wolf hunt at other 

 times, but these two hunts were the easiest and 

 most successful I ever had. 



