four o'clock
At last I got off the hide and loaded it on the sled . I wanted to take all of the meat , but it made too big a load , and I had to be satisfied with two quarters . I even had to give up taking the head , which was a fine large specimen . A little after four o'clock as the sun began to sink low the wolves became bolder , and I knew it was not safe to stay longer . The load was more than Kaiser could pull , so I saw I must take hold and help him . I fired five or six shots at the wolves as fast as I could pump them up , seized the rope and off we went . We were not ten rods away when the whole pack was upon the carcass fighting and tearing at it .