



Produced by David Reed





WILD ANIMALS I HAVE KNOWN

By Ernest Thompson Seton


Books by Ernest Thompson Seton

     Biography of a Grizzly
     Lives of the Hunted
     Wild Animals at Home
     Wild Animal Ways


Stories in This Book

     Lobo, the King of Currumpaw
     Silverspot, the Story of a Crow
     Raggylug, the Story of a Cottontail Rabbit
     Bingo, the Story of My Dog
     The Springfield Fox
     The Pacing Mustang
     Wully, the Story of a Yaller Dog
     Redruff, the Story of the Don Valley Partridge



THESE STORIES are true. Although I have left the strict line of
historical truth in many places, the animals in this book were all real
characters. They lived the lives I have depicted, and showed the stamp
of heroism and personality more strongly by far than it has been in the
power of my pen to tell.

I believe that natural history has lost much by the vague general
treatment that is so common. What satisfaction would be derived from
a ten-page sketch of the habits and customs of Man? How much more
profitable it would be to devote that space to the life of some one
great man. This is the principle I have endeavored to apply to my
animals. The real personality of the individual, and his view of life
are my theme, rather than the ways of the race in general, as viewed by
a casual and hostile human eye.

This may sound inconsistent in view of my having pieced together some of
the characters, but that was made necessary by the fragmentary nature
of the records. There is, however, almost no deviation from the truth in
Lobo, Bingo, and the Mustang.

Lobo lived his wild romantic life from 1889 to 189