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On
July 21, 1851, Rudlolph Kurz writes in his journal:
"As there are few Indians about I made sketches of their dogs, of
which there is an endless number here. Most of them He further states that: "Indians make use of their dogs as beasts of burden and as guards, never for hunting, because their baying and howling would betray the huntsman to lurking foes. Moreover, these wolfhounds are too wild to be good rangers and therefore useful on the chase; they hunt out every living thing that they might be able to catch with their teeth." On
March 28, 1852 he also describes hunting with the unwanted presence of
dogs: "We therefore hurried across the thin ice crust that overspread
the prairie, breaking through at every step and causing a great deal of
noise by the constant cracking of the ice. This attracted our dogs,
unfortunately; they broke loose from the tent where we had confined them
and came running along, too. As they were not in the right direction
their presence would necessarily only destroy our prospects for a
hunt. We drove them back, but they retreated only to a certain
distance and there they remained, howling most dolefully"
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look like
wolves. Moreover, they do not bark but howl most dolefully. If
one dog begins a chorus 100 strong immediately joins
him."