lOG WOLF DAYS IN PENNSYLVANIA. 



by Dr. B. S. Barton as being "a cross between the wolf 

 and fox, or wolf and some other species of dog." 

 Later he mentions that the Six Nations had the breed 

 in a pure state as late as 1805. The Lenni Lanape 

 called it the Lenni-Chiim, or "the original beast." 

 S. N. Rhoads quotes Dr. Daniel G. Brinton as saying 

 that the "original beast" had "pointed ears," and was 

 called "alliim" by the Indians in New Jersey, "who 

 used it for protection and hunting, but likewise for 

 food, and especially for ceremonial purposes." It 

 probably resembled the celebrated Black Wolf Dog of 

 Florida. Another "were-wolf" that figured in the 

 annals of Wayne Township, Clinton County, was oft- 

 enest described by Jacob Dyce, an old gentleman who 

 passed away in that community about twenty years 

 ago when "well up in eighty." This wolf was a three- 

 legged animal, and defied the hunters and trappers for 

 a dozen years, until its hardy spirit was laid by a silver 

 bullet fired from George Wilson's rifle — the same vet- 

 eran who disposed of another of Wayne Township's 

 spook wolves, previously described. Among the In- 

 dians on the Cornplanter and Alleghany Reservations 

 is sometimes heard a story of a Polish trapper named 

 John Wallize, and his Indian companions, who, about 

 1835, was snowed in at his hunting cabin on Windfall 

 Run, Potter County, later the structure being buried 

 by a landslide. A pack of ravenous wolves are said 

 to have dug the captives out, but with a small show of 

 gratitude were killed by Wallize and comrades. This 

 tale was a favorite with the gallant Indian deerslayer. 



