Joe and his comrades felt a little ashamed of their

exploit on this occasion, for there was no need to have

killed three animals--they could not have carried with

them more than a small portion of one--and they upbraided

themselves several times during the operation of

cutting out the tongues and other choice portions of the

two victims. As for the bull, he was almost totally

useless, so they left him as a gift to the wolves.

Now that they had come among the buffalo, wolves

were often seen sneaking about and licking their hungry