Of  course  he  had  proved  himself  too  tough  to  be  eatable  by
anything  but  prairie-wolves,  and  we  were  about  to  leave  him  as
he  lay.  Ike,  however,  had  no  idea  of  gratifying  these  sneaking
creatures  at  so  cheap  a  rate.  He  was  determined  they  should
not  have  their  dinner  so  easily,  so  taking  out  his  knife  he
extracted  the  bladder,  and  some  of  the  smaller  intestines  from
the  buffalo.  These  he  inflated  in  a  trice,  and  then  rigging  up  a
isapling  over  the  body,  he  hung  them  upon  it,  so  that  the
slightest  breeze  kept  them  in  motion.  This,  as  we  had  been
already  assured,  was  the  best  mode  of  keeping  wolves  at  a  dis
tance  from  any  object,  and  the  hunter,  when  wolves  are  near,
often  avails  himself  of  it  to  protect  the  venison  or  buffalo-meat
which  he  is  obliged  to  leave  behind  him.
X

The  guide  having  rigged  his  "scare  wolf,"  mounted  his  old
mare,  and  again  joined  us,  muttering  his  satisfaction  as  he  rode
along.
We  had  not  travelled  much  farther  when  our  attention
was  attracted  by  noises  in  front,  and  again  from  a  ridge  we
beheld  a  scene  still  more  interesting  than  that  we  had  just
witnessed.  As  before,  the  actors  were  buffalo  and  wolves,  but
this  time  there  was  very  little  dust,  as  the  contest  was  carried  on
upon  the  green  turf — and  we  could  see  distinctly  the  manoeuvres
of  the  animals.
