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Wolves and Wolf Nature 



snarled at her call, and when she threw the 

 stone came jumping down the hill, caught her 

 by the shoulder, threw her down, and tore her 

 badly on the arms and legs. She screamed, 

 and her brother, who happened to be near 

 and had his gun, ran up and killed the wolf. 

 It was a young animal, barely full grown. 



If a man is unarmed a wolf will often dis- 

 play great boldness. Only a few years ago, 

 while on the Blackfoot Reservation, I rode past 

 a wolf, perhaps forty yards distant, which did 

 not even turn to look at me until I shouted at 

 him. Then he slowly turned his head and 

 looked at me, and actually seemed to grin. I 

 had nothing about me more formidable than a 

 jack-knife. 



THE COYOTE 



The range of the coyote extends from the 

 Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean, and as 

 far north as to beyond the Red Deer's River, 

 and south into Mexico. The coyote is a 

 small animal, less than half the size of the 

 gray wolf, and much more timid than that 

 species, but it is abundant enough and intelli- 

 gent enough to do a great deal of damage to 

 the stockman's herds. 



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