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prairie wolf



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A prairie wolf, nine months old, was shot.

From Time Magazine Archive

Three times the dreary call of the prairie wolf sounded from the west, and each time the suspicions of the Sioux grew stronger.

From The War Trail by Gregor, Elmer Russell

The prairie wolf is said to be wonderfully cunning and sagacious.

From Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom by Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold)

A prairie wolf trotted slowly from sight over a rise of ground.

From The War Trail by Gregor, Elmer Russell

Where we were encamped, that night, on the Second Branch of Grasshopper Creek, we could distinctly hear the hungry howl of the prairie wolf, a new and amusing music to us.

From Narrative of the March of Co. A, Engineers from Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, to Fort Bridger, Utah, and Return May 6 to October 3, 1858 by Seville, William P.