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THE PENNSYLVANIA LION OR PANTHER. 



he killed fifty panthers, principally in Centre and 

 Clearfield counties. As he began his career as a 

 hunter on Bell's and Tipton runs, tributaries of the 

 Juniata, he was often called the "Lion Hunter of the 

 Juniata.'' On one occasion when visited by Hon. 

 C. K. Sober, of Lewisburg, former State Game Com- 

 missioner, he had the hides of eleven panthers hang- 

 ing up at his camp on Rock Run. In 1849 the last 

 animal drive or "Ring Hunt" was held by the Pioneers 

 at Beech Creek, Clinton county. Several panthers, it 

 is said, escaped through the human barrier. 





