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"Long ago, an old wolf
came to that time
when his life on earth
could last no longer.
'My people', he said,
'you can follow in my footsteps
when the time comes for you
to join me in the skyland.'
Then he left the earth,
climbing higher and higher,
and each place he stepped
the sky filled with stars
'Shunk man-i-tu tan-ka',
we call the wolves,
the powerful spirits
who look like dogs.
When they climb the hills
to lift their heads and sing
toward that road of stars,
their songs grow stronger
as they join their voices.
So, in this moon, we climb the hills
lift our eyes toward the Wolf Trail
and remember that our lives
and songs are stronger
when we are together."
"There is a wolf in me...fangs pointed for tearing gashes...
a red tongue for raw meat..and the hot lapping of blood.
I keep this wolf because the wilderness gave it to me
and the wilderness will not let it go."
"The basis for friendship is
community of interest. Wolves
mate for life.
Yet they call our families 'packs'
like decks of cards.
A communard who knows
how to have a good time with others,
I object to this moniker
of shuffling beast. It's true
that the only way we eat
is ultimately to rip something apart,
but you can't swallow
with your eyes, and besides,
we wolves have big hearts:
We are gentle, bright
and penultimately kind.
Survival rules,
but after that comes conviviality!
A wolf attack on a moose
is no worse
than the conventions
of nations,
or the strategies
of most political parties.
"The paw-print of a two year old Alaskan timberwolf,
canis lupus pambasileus, is the same size as the face
of a three month old child. We humans fear the
beast within the wolf because we do not
understand the beast within ourselves."
"Of all the native biological constituents of a northern
wilderness scene, I should say that wolves present the
greatest test of human wisdom and good intentions."
"A mountain with a wolf on it stands a little taller."
~ Edward Hoagland, Red Wolves & Black Bears
"On the ragged edge of the world I'll roam. And the home
of the Wolf will be my home."
"We rustled through the leaves like wind,
Left shrubs and trees and wolves behind.
By night I heard them on the track,
Their troop came hard upon our back,
With their long gallop which can tire.
The hound's deep note and hunter's fire;
Where'er we flew they followed on,
Nor left us with the morning sun.
Behind I saw them scarce a rood,
At daybreak winding through the wood;
And then through the night had heard their feet,
Their stealing, rustling step repeat."
"Everyone knows that wolves howl & dogs bark, yet even the
wisest cannot tell what moves these animals to call or
explains why wolves howl & dogs bark when they do."
"They will eat like wolves & fight like devils"
~ William Shakespeare, Henry V
"And when, on the still cold night, he pointed his
nose at a star and howled long and wolflike, it was
his ancestors, dead and dust, pointing nose at
star and howling down through the centuries
and through him."
"Crow woman was digging roots when a wolf came by. The woman's
dog ran up to the wolf and said,'Hey, what are you doing here? Go away.
You only come around because you want what I have.'
'What have you got?' asked the wolf. 'Your owner beats you all
the time. Kids kick you out of the way. Try to steal a piece of meat
and they hit you over the head with a club.'
'At least I can steal the meat!' answered the dog. 'You haven't
got anything to steal.'
'Hah! I eat whenever I want. No one bothers me.'
'What do you eat? You slink around while men butcher the buffalo
and get what's left over. You're afraid to get close. You sit there
pulling dirt balls out of your tail.'
'Hrumph. Whenever I come into camp, my owner throws me something
good to eat.'
'When your owner goes out at night you follow along to eat the
droppings, that's how much you get to eat.'
'Listen, whenever they're cooking in camp, you smell the grease,
you come around and howl, and I feel sorry for you. I pity you...'
'When do they let you have a good time?' asked the wolf.
'I sleep warm, you sleep out in the rain, they scratch my ears-'
Just then the woman shouldered a bundle of roots, whacked the
dog on the back with a stick, and started back to camp. The dog followed
along behind her, calling over his shoulder at the wolf,'You're just
full of envy for a good life, that's all that's wrong with you.'
Wolf went off the other way, not wanting any part of that life."
~ R.H. Lowie, Myths and Traditions of the Crow, adapted by Barry Lopez
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