The Crockett almanac : containing sprees and scrapes in the West; life and manners in the backwoods, and exploits and adventures on the praries . r KIT CARSON ATTACKED BY If ever anything, says Kit Carson, made the fire fly out of my eyes,it was the sudden entry of a party of wolves into my encampment, withtheir eyes glaring like torch-light, and their teeth shining like the grindersof a But knowing that it was death or dare, mangle on one sideor meat on the other, Kit immediately cocked his revolvers, which he heldin one hand, and brandished his large knife in the other, whil
The Crockett almanac : containing sprees and scrapes in the West; life and manners in the backwoods, and exploits and adventures on the praries . r KIT CARSON ATTACKED BY If ever anything, says Kit Carson, made the fire fly out of my eyes,it was the sudden entry of a party of wolves into my encampment, withtheir eyes glaring like torch-light, and their teeth shining like the grindersof a But knowing that it was death or dare, mangle on one sideor meat on the other, Kit immediately cocked his revolvers, which he heldin one hand, and brandished his large knife in the other, while the leadingwolf of the gang advanced upon him with his jaws extended wide enoughalmost to have swallowed an ordinary man whole; the others followed inclose behind, as if eager to second the attack of their ferocioiw , like our brave Putnam, determined, general-like, not to waste a shotuntil the last moment. So he stood in a picturesque and formidable atti-tude, ready to receive the glaring invader with all possible courtesy. Inone moment, the fierce animal gave a deafening howl, which was an-swered by the rest, and, with the wild glare of a fiend, sprang upon h
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