Before the explorers came into this territory....
A common Cree wolf hunting technique was to kill and skin a buffalo. The hunter would make a hole in the snow big enough so that he erect the hide over the hole to resemble a buffalo standing. The hide would freeze in this position and the wolf hunter would then hide in the buffalo 'shelter'.... which wolves would come and surround.
In the 1860's and 70's the wolfers were here killing the thousands of wolves that followed the buffalo herds. When the freeman wolfers came into southern Alberta from the States they would kill a buffalo or other big game animal and taint it with strychnine. The following day or two they would circle the area picking up dead wolves. I'm sure some FN people and many types of wildlife were also poisoned.
Some wolfers were bold enough to slide into a wolf den with a gun and a candle. When they saw the eyes of a wolf reflecting back they would shoot. The shot would blow the candle out and they would have to back out , relight the candle and go back in to hopefully a dead wolf.
*It was wolfers from both sides of the US/Can border that were involved in the Cypress Hills Massacre in 1873. The wolfers were wanting to recover some stolen horses. Some accounts say 13 Assiniboine FN were killed, other accounts say 20. Only one wolfer was killed. Ed Legrace. A french canadian.
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This country was started by voyagers whose young lives were swept away by the currents of the rivers for ten cents a day... just for the vanity of the European's beaver hats. ~ Red Bullets
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It is when you walk alone in nature that you discover your strengths and weaknesses. ~ Red Bullets
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