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darkness around the fires of the primeval world when they�察�cowering close 

to the fires�察�were reshaping their instincts�察�learning to fear the Wild out of 

which      they   had    come�察   �and    which    they    had   deserted    and    betrayed。 

Generation   by  generation�察  �down   all   the   generations�察  �had   this   fear   of   the 

Wild been stamped into their natures。 For centuries the Wild had stood for 

terror and destruction。 And during all this time free licence had been theirs�察�

from their masters�察�to kill the things of the Wild。 In doing this they had 

protected both themselves and the gods whose companionship they shared 

     And so�察�fresh from the soft southern world�察�these dogs�察�trotting down 

the gang´plank and out upon the Yukon shore had but to see White Fang to 

experience the irresistible impulse to rush upon him and destroy him。 They 

might be town´reared dogs�察�but the instinctive fear of the Wild was theirs 

just   the   same。   Not   alone   with   their   own   eyes   did   they   see   the   wolfish 

creature in the clear light of day�察�standing before them。 They saw him with 

the   eyes   of   their   ancestors�察  �and   by   their   inherited   memory   they   knew 

White Fang for the wolf�察�and they remembered the ancient feud。 

     All of which served to make White Fang's days enjoyable。 If the sight 

of him drove these strange dogs upon him�察�so much the better for him�察�so 

much the worse for them。 They looked upon him as legitimate prey�察�and as 

legitimate prey he looked upon them。 

     Not for nothing had he first seen the light of day in a lonely lair and 

fought his first fights   with the ptarmigan�察�the  weasel�察�and the lynx。 And 



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not for nothing had his puppyhood been made bitter by the persecution of 

Lip´lip and the whole puppy pack。 It might have been otherwise�察�and he 

would then have been otherwise。 Had Lip´lip not existed�察�he would have 

passed his puppyhood with the other puppies and grown up more doglike 

and with more liking for dogs。 Had Grey Beaver possessed the plummet of 

affection   and   love�察  �he   might   have   sounded   the   deeps   of   White   Fang's 

nature   and   brought   up to   the   surface   all   manner   of   kindly  qualities。   But 

these things had not been so。 The clay of White Fang had been moulded 

until he became what he was�察�morose and lonely�察�unloving and ferocious�察�

the enemy of all his kind。 



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                     CHAPTER II ´ THE MAD GOD 



     A  small   number   of   white   men   lived   in   Fort   Yukon。   These   men   had 

been long in the country。 They called themselves Sour´doughs�察�and took 

great pride in so classifying themselves。 For other men�察�new in the land�察�

they felt nothing but disdain。 The men who came ashore from the steamers 

were newcomers。 They were known as CHECHAQUOS�察�and they always 

wilted at the application of the name。 They made their bread with baking´ 

powder。   This   was   the   invidious   distinction   between   them   and   the   Sour´ 

doughs�察  �who�察  �forsooth�察  �made   their   bread   from   sour´dough   because   they 

had no baking´powder。 

     All of which is neither here nor there。 The men in the fort disdained 

the newcomers and enjoyed seeing them come to grief。 Especially did they 

enjoy the havoc worked amongst the newcomers' dogs by White Fang and 

his disreputable gang。 When a steamer arrived�察�the men of the fort made it 

a   point   always   to   come   down   to   the bank   and see the   fun。 They  looked 

forward to it with as much anticipation as did the Indian dogs�察�while they 

were   not   slow   to   appreciate   the   savage   and   crafty  part   played   by White 

Fang。 

     But   there   was   one   man   amongst   them   who   particularly   enjoyed   the 

sport。 He would come running at the first sound of a steamboat's whistle�察�

and    when    the   last  fight  was   over   and   White    Fang    and   the  pack   had 

scattered�察�he would return slowly to the fort�察�his face heavy with regret。 

Sometimes�察�when a soft southland dog went down�察�shrieking its death´cry 

under the fangs of the pack�察�this man would be unable to contain himself�察�

and would leap into the air and cry out with delight。 And always he had a 

sharp and covetous eye for White Fang。 

     This   man   was   called   ;Beauty;   by  the   other   men   of   the   fort。  No   one 

knew his first name�察�and in general he was known in the country as Beauty 

Smith。   But   he   was   anything   save   a   beauty。   To   antithesis   was   due   his 

naming。   He   was   pre´eminently   unbeautiful。   Nature   had   been   niggardly 

with him。 He was a small man to begin with�察�and upon his meagre frame 

was   deposited   an   even   more   strikingly   meagre   head。   Its   apex   might   be 



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likened   to   a   point。   In   fact�察  �in   his   boyhood�察  �before   he   had   been   named 

Beauty by his fellows�察�he had been called ;Pinhead。; 

     Backward�察  �from   the   apex�察  �his   head   slanted       down     to  his   neck  and 

forward it slanted uncompromisingly to meet a low and remarkably wide 

forehead。 Beginning here�察�as though regretting her parsimony�察�Nature had 

spread his features with a lavish hand。 His eyes were large�察�and between 

them was the distance of two eyes。 His face�察�in relation to the rest of him�察�

was prodigious。 In order to discover the necessary area�察�Nature had given 

him an enormous prognathous jaw。 It was wide and heavy�察�and protruded 

outward      and   down     until  it  seemed    to  rest  on   his  chest。   Possibly   this 

appearance was due to the weariness of the slender neck�察�unable properly 

to support so great a burden。 

     This     jaw    gave    the   impression      of   ferocious     determination。      But 

something   lacked。   Perhaps it   was   from  excess。  Perhaps   the   jaw   was   too 

large。 At any rate�察�it was a lie。 Beauty Smith was known far and wide as 

the    weakest    of   weak´kneed       and   snivelling    cowards。     To   complete     his 

description�察  �his     teeth   were   large   and   yellow�察  �while   the   two    eye´teeth�察�

larger than their fellows�察�showed under his lean lips like fangs。 His eyes 

were yellow and muddy�察�as though Nature had run short on pigments and 

squeezed together the dregs of all her tubes。 It was the same with his hair�察�

sparse and irregular of growth�察�muddy´yellow and dirty´yellow�察�rising on 

his head and sprouting out of his face in unexpected tufts and bunches�察�in 

appearance like clumped and wind´blown grain。 

     In   short�察  �Beauty   Smith   was   a   monstrosity�察  �and   the   blame   of   it   lay 

elsewhere。 He was not responsible。 The clay of him had been so moulded 

in the making。 He did the cooking for the other men in the fort�察�the dish´ 

washing   and   the   drudgery。   They   did   not   despise   him。   Rather   did   they 

tolerate   him   in   a   broad   human   way�察  �as   one   tolerates   any   creature   evilly 

treated   in   the   making。 Also�察  �they   feared   him。   His   cowardly   rages   made 

them dread a shot in the back or poison in their coffee。 But somebody had 

to   do   the   cooking�察  �and   whatever   else   his   shortcomings�察  �Beauty   Smith 

could cook。 

     This was the man that looked at White Fang�察�delighted in his ferocious 

prowess�察  �and   desired   to   possess   him。   He   made   overtures   to White   Fang 



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from   the   first。   White   Fang   began   by   ignoring   him。   Later   on�察  �when   the 

overtures became more insistent�察�White Fang bristled and bared his teeth 

and backed away。 He did not like the man。 The feel of him was bad。 He 

sensed the evil in him�察�and feared the extended hand and the attempts at 

soft´spoken speech。 Because of all this�察�he hated the man。 

     With the simpler creatures�察�good and bad are things simply understood。 

The   good   stands   for   all   things   that   bring   easement   and   satisfaction   and 

surcease   from   pain。  Therefore�察  �the   good   is   liked。  The   bad   stands   for   all 

things   that   are   fraught   with   discomfort�察  �menace�察  �and   hurt�察  �and   is   hated 

accordingly。 White Fang's feel of Beauty Smith was bad。 From the man's 

distorted   body   and   twisted   mind�察  �in   occult   ways�察  �like   mists   rising   from 

malarial      marshes�察    �came     emanations       of  the   unhealth      within。    Not    by 

reasoning�察  �not   by   the   five   senses   alone�察  �but   by   other   and   remoter   and 

uncharted      senses�察   �came     the  feeling    to  White     Fang    that   the   man    was 

ominous   with   evil�察�pregnant   with   hurtfulness�察 �and   therefore   a thing   bad�察�

and wisely to be hated。 

     White     Fang     was   in  Grey   Beaver's      camp     when    Beauty     Smith     first 

visited it。 At the faint sound of his distant feet�察�before he came in sight�察�

White   Fang   knew   who   was   coming   and   began   to   bristle。   He   had   been 

lying   down   in   an   abandon   of   comfort�察  �but   he   arose   quickly�察  �and�察  �as   the 

man arrived�察�slid away in true wolf´fashion to the edge of the camp。 He 

did not know what they said�察�but he could see the man and Grey Beaver 

talking together。  Once�察 �the  man   pointed at   him�察 �and White  Fang snarled 

back as though the hand were just descending upon him instead of being�察�

as it was�察�fifty feet away。 The man laughed

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