And these puppies that made such a racket belonged to the wild dogs.

Well we knew them, running in packs, the terror of the grass-eating animals.

We had watched them following the herds of cattle and bison and dragging down the calves, the aged, and the sick.

We had been chased by them ourselves, more than once.

I had seen one of the Folk, a woman, run down by them and caught just as she reached the shelter of the woods.