Wisconsin Historical Images - Buffalo Hunt, White Wolves Attacking a Buffalo Bull.............where there were buffalo, elk, moose, deer and pronghorn..............there were wolves to be found stalking them

Title:
Buffalo Hunt, White Wolves Attacking a Buffalo Bull
Description:
A buffalo surrounded by wolves (Plate 10). "There are several varieties of the wolf species on the American prairies, the most numerous and formidable of which is the white wolf, found in great numbers in high latitudes and near the Rocky Mountains. These animals are equal in size, in many instances, to the largest Newfoundland dog; and, from the whiteness of their hair, appear, at a distance on the green prairies, much like a flock of sheep, and often are seen to the number of fifty or a hundred in a pack; and in this way following the numerous herds of buffaloes from one end of the year to the other, gorging their stomachs with the carcasses of those animals that fall by the hands of the hunters or from sickness and old age. Whilst the buffaloes are grouped together, the wolves seldom attack them, as the former instantly gather for the combined resistance, which they effectually make. But when the herds are traveling, it often happens that an aged or wounded one lingers at a distance behind, and when fairly out of sight of the herd, is set upon by swarms of these voracious hunters, which are sure to last to torture him to death, and use him up at a meal."

Additional
Information:
Image source: Catlin, George. Catlin's North American Indian Portfolio. Hunting Scenes and Amusements of the Rocky Mountains and Prairies of America. From Drawings and Notes of the Author

CLICK ON FIRST LINK TO SEE CATLIN'S WHITE WOLF PACK ATTACHING BUFFALO

Wisconsin Historical Images - Buffalo Hunt, White Wolves Attacking a Buffalo Bull, WHi-23628

CLICK ON BELOW LINK TO SEE HOW INDIANS IMITATED HOW WOLVES WOULD APPROACH BUFFALO...........THE BUFFALO WOULD NOT ALWAYS RUN..........THEY WERE FORMIDABLE DEFENDING AGAINST PREDATION.................WHEN ON THE MOVE, WOLVES MOST SUCCESSFUL PLUCKING YOUNGSTERS, AGED OR INFIRMED FROM THE PACK FOR A MEAL

Hunting Buffalo Camouflaged with Wolf Skins, c.1832