Chased By Wild Dogs

Chased for several miles by a pack of wild dogs, apparently a cross between the common dog and the wolf, Miss Gertie Sullivan, daughter of a sheepman living on Birch creek, nineteen miles from Havre. Mont, escaped only by spending the night in an old corral and fighting the animals with her rifle.

Miss Sullivan was riding her pony across the prairie when she saw some distance away perhaps twenty animals which at first glance she took to be coyotes.

As they came nearer, evidently in pursuit of her, the girl saw they were not coyotes, but wild dogs, of which there are several small packs in northern Montana and just over the Canadian line.

With the brutes hot on her trail it became a ride for life with Miss Fan. She had with her a small rifle, but the animáls seemed so savage she dared not stop and give them battle.

As she began to despair of saving her life she sighted the old sheep corral, and toward this she ran her horse, reaching it only when the pack was but a short distance away, snapping and yelling with rage.

To enter with the pony and quickly close the gate behind her was but the work of a moment. As the gate swung into place the leaders of the pack threw themselves against it.

Snapping and snarling with anger, the dogs tore at the poles forming the stockade, but were unable to gain an entrance into the place of refuge. After recovering her composure and finding that she was safe the girl began shooting at the animals, which retreated when she fired and returned to the attack when the rifle was silent.

Miss Sullivan was found the next morning by her father and her brother, who had been seeking her. The dog pack disappeared when the men approached. The girl had killed several of the animals.