From the October 31, 1931, issue
By Science News
CATS WERE WILD IN ANCIENT SOUTHWEST
In ancient America, it was bad luck to meet a cat on a dark night. All the cats that the Indians knew were wildcats. Dogs were tamed and learned to follow Indian hunters and Indian children around, but cats walked by themselves, very wild and alone.
The Indian pottery bowl on the cover is from the collection in the American Museum of Natural History. The bowl is adorned by a fine, big cat such as Pueblo Indians knew. Kittys teeth are set for a me-yowl or a bite. Her eye has the alert look of a Halloween cat, all witching and eerie. The long, upcurving tail is a danger signal, a fitting accompaniment to kittys alert expression. Judging by that tail, this cat was a puma or an ocelot, not a bobcat.