A dog (coyote?) sitting in a North American forest: two views. Coloured etching by W. H. Lizars after C.H. Smith.

"We have before alluded to this dog in the remarks upon Lyciscus cagottis, because the race is considered by them to be indigenous, and, in appearance, it certainly assimilates with the Caygotte. The specimen, of which we give a figure, was said to be of unmixed blood; and this is in some measure confirmed by his former owner's character, the celebrated Tecumseh, who was inwardly hostile to the white man. His dog was smaller than the Caygotte, and about equal in size to a spaniel; but what struck us as remarkable in his head, was the front view, which formed an equilateral triangle, measured from the nose to the tips of both ears, and thence from tip to tip. The animal was not sullen, and seldom uttered a howl; but his aspect was savage, and the colours of his fur were those of a common wolf."--Smith, loc. cit.