He found that it was with the greatest difficulty, however, that he could persuade them to so much as follow the trail.

Usually, as soon as they came across it, they would growl, bristle up, and then retreat with their tails between their legs.

But one of his dogs ever really tried to master a wolf by itself, and this one paid for its temerity with its life; for while running a wolf in a canebrake the beast turned and tore it to pieces.

Finally General Hampton succeeded in getting a number of his hounds so they would at any rate follow the trail in full cry, and thus drive the wolf out of the thicket, and give a chance to the hunter to get a shot.

In this way he killed two or three.
The true way to kill wolves, however, is to hunt them with greyhounds on the great plains.