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killed in October, 1875, in the big marsh west of Saline. Mr. 

 George Inman, one of the pioneers of Lodi Township, told 

 me that he had seen one just killed a few miles west of Ypsi- 

 lanti in 1852. One was killed in Pittsfield Township in 1835. 

 Black or brown is the normal color in this state, but I have 

 heard of one albino which was taken in Bay County not many 

 years ago. 



Canis lycaon. Timber Wolf. — When the county was first 

 settled the wolves were so destructive that it was difficult to 

 keep any domestic animals. As late as 1840, 30 sheep were 

 killed for a neighbor of my father's in Lodi Township ; and 

 another neighbor was himself chased by a pack in the winter 

 of 1836. In October, 1834, a large wolf was seen by Air. S. 

 P. Allen near Ypsilanti. In looking over the county records 

 I find that in 1837 a bounty of five dollars each was paid to 

 four residents for eight wolf scalps; in 1838 eight more boun- 

 ties of eight dollars each were paid; and up to 1839 bounties 

 to a total amount of $178 had been paid. The records for the 

 next twelve years are not available, but as late as 1853 two 

 wolf bounties of eight dollars each were paid to residents of 

 the county. Some of these probably refer to coyotes. We 

 have one record of a black wolf for the county. 



Canis latraus. Brush Wolf, Coyote. — In the History of 

 Washtenaw County^ there is a full-page picture of hunting 

 the prairie wolves in an early day, which shows men on horse- 

 back in oak openings, rounding up the wolves. In the same 

 volume is an account by Mrs. H. L. Noble, saying that the 

 wolves would "come at evening and stay about the cabin all 

 night, keeping up a serenade that would almost chill the blood 

 in my veins."' These were no doubt coyotes. In 1905 I 



1 History of Washtenaw County, Michigan, p. 67, 1881. 



