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smell of the blood attracted a pack of famishing wolves that 

 were hunting in the woods. As soon as they overtook the 

 man they jumped for the meat at once, and he, in trying to 

 defend it, as he wanted it sadly for his own family, was 

 attacked with the greatest fierceness ; but before they could 

 kill him he broke away and sought safety in a huge fir, and 

 there he remained until the next morning, when he was 

 rescued by some of his tribe. The wolves remained under 

 his perch all night and howled dismally, as if bemoaning 

 their loss ; but as he had nothing except his bow and arrows 

 with which to assail them, he did not have even the satis- 

 faction of killing one. As their victory on that occasion was 

 supposed to have emboldened them, the whole tribe turned 

 out with their dogs and weapons, and destroyed several of 

 them, and caused the remainder to flee to less dangerous 

 quarters. I have only heard one hunter say that he was 

 pursued by wolves, and that also seemed to be under unusual 

 circumstances. According to his tale, an immense pack, 

 which he estimated to number some hundreds, chased him 

 for several miles over deep snow, and were it not for the 

 speed and endurance of his horse, and the proximity of his 

 house, he said he was almost sure they would have torn him 

 to atoms, as they seemed to be in a famishing condition. The 

 statement seems probable enough, but, so far as I could learn., 

 such an occurrence was exceedingly rare. 



T have actually kicked them and pelted them with stones 

 and dried buffalo chips, but 1 never knew them to display 

 any more dangerous characteristics than to howl fearfully, or 

 grin with pain as they trotted away. I did not even hear 

 that they ever attacked horses or domestic horned cattle, 

 probably for the reason that these animals will not bear any 

 familiarity on their part, and charge them boldly whenever t.hev 

 come too close, or manifest any desire to least on a colt or a calf. 



In certain wooded portions of the 'West where food is 

 abundant at all seasons, the wolf attains such a large size 

 that some naturalists have denominated it the Cmii* yiyiift, as 

 it frequently attains ;i weight of one hundred and fifty r 

 more pounds; but when it reaches such dimensions it is 



