152 MAMMALS OF PENNSYLVANIA AND NEW JERSEY. 



McKean Co. — "The last one killed in the county was about 14 years ago." 

 — W. C. Dickeson, 1899. " From the i8th of May, 1869, to May 15th, 1872, 

 I caught 15 wolves and crippled 3 more. I think I have seen where wolves 

 have killed 150 sheep at least. I have seen where wolves have killed deer a 

 good many times. The last gray wolf killed in this county was taken by a 

 boy on the Kinzua Creek in 1886." — C. W. Dickinson in Warren's Poultry 

 book, p. 497. "This county used to pay a bounty on wolves; $25.00 on a 

 grown wolf and $12.00 on each whelp. In June, 1868, two men, Leroy Ly- 

 man, of Potter Co., and J. W. Stark, of Smethport, found a den or nest of 

 young wolves on Cole Creek, this Co. They got three whelps and later the 

 mother of them. On the i8th day of May, 1869, 1 found a nest of wolves on 

 the south fork of the west branch of Potato Creek. I got five young ones 

 and three weeks later caught both of the old ones. In October, 1870, I 

 caught another one. In Sept., 1871, I caught one; also in Oct., 1872, got 

 one, and May, 1872, I found a nest where I got seven whelps and caught an 

 old one, but he left a hind foot in my trap and made good his escape. This 

 wolf was the last wolf killed in this county, viz., in 1886 [killed by the boys, 

 later]." — C. W. Dickinson, 1901. In a later letter Mr. Dickinson explains 

 that this same wolf, whose foot was left in his trap, was killed by a stone 

 thrown by one of two boys who found it in their rambles on Kinzua Creek, 

 exact locality not stated. The boys were from Bradford, McKean Co. — 

 Rhoads. 



Mifflin Co. — " In relation to wolves in Mifflin Co., Pa., it was stated by 

 one of our hunting party that the beds of thirteen wolves had been seen that 

 fall [1898] by some lumbermen. I gave no credence to the report, and 

 probably would not have thought of it again had I not seen a statement in a 

 newspaper giving an account of wolves attacking a school teacher in one of 

 the adjoining counties." — Cleveland. 



Monroe and Pike Cos. — " I can get no information as to the date of the 

 disappearance of the timber wolf from this part of the state. Conservative 

 residents set it as nearly 40 years ago, but it is probable they existed to a 

 much later date." — Rhoads, 1894. See in this relation Wayne Co. records. 

 — Rhoads, 1902. 



Potter Co. — " Practically extinct. I saw many as late as 1857 on the head- 

 waters of Pine Creek and the Sinnemahoning. The last I knew killed here 

 was taken by Leroy Lyman about 1875." — Austin, 1900. The county 

 records for 1890 show that a wolf was paid for in Potter Co. that year by the 

 Co. Treasurer. — See Warren's Poultry Book, p. 690. 



Somerset and Westmoreland Cos. — While stationed at LaughHntown, 

 Westm. Co., collecting specimens for the Carnegie museum of Pittsburg in 

 1898, I was informed by several persons that wolves made their home in 

 Laurel Ridge, the part of the main range of the Alleghanies separating 



