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veritable giant, but even he was far below the 

 leader in size and prowess. Several of the band, 

 besides the two leaders, were especially noted. 

 One of those was a beautiful white wolf, that 

 the Mexicans called Blanca ; this was supposed 

 to be a female, possibly Lobo's mate. Another 

 was a yellow wolf of remarkable swiftness, which, 

 according to current stories had, on several oc- 

 casions, 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 

 oftener heard, and their lives were intimately 

 associated with those of the cattlemen, who 

 would so gladly have destroyed them. There 

 was hot a stockman on the Currumpaw who 

 would not readily have given the value of 

 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 tribute from the Currumpaw ranchers to 

 the extent, many said, of a cow each day. Ac- 

 cording to this estimate, therefore, the band had 



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