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Common weal I h wlu-re, iindi'i- (lomoslicnlcd low Is <>i- in 

 incubakws tlicy wt-ic liatclicd oii(, and llir vnniin ours 

 were sold for tlie 50 ccnls bouiily under the Ad oT 



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WtiLVKS WERE HAD NEIGHBORS. 



^Cai.s a^o, wLcn our sturd}', brave-hearted, iiidus- 

 liious and liard-working ijioneer fathers had tlicir 

 Uiut-loeks at all times by their sides, ever ready lo 

 battle with tiie treacherous and cunning Indians and 

 other wild fores't animals, the ravenoais, howling, and 

 lleet-footed Wolf held high carnival here, but now 

 this jiredatory animal, like tlie Indian of Kevolulion- 

 ary days, has passed away. 



Illustrative of the destrucUvc nature of (lie |u<i\vliug 

 band.s oi Wolves wliicli formerly infested our Com- 

 monwealth, the following extraci is taken from the 

 note-book of Mr. C. W. nickiuson, of Norwich, Mc- 

 Kean county, I'a. 



A TERROR TO SHIOEP OWNERS. 

 "The Wolf was a terror to the sheep owners for, Uke the 

 Indian, he wanted to kill as long as there was a sheep left. 

 In 1860 Wolves killed twenty-eight sheep In the month of May 

 for a neighbor of mine; they killed fourteen each night; they 

 made but two raids on them, and there were only two Wolves 

 each night. These two Wolves had a litter of whelps. I know 

 this to be a fact, for I followed them to their lair and captured 

 the old slut and five whelps. Prom the ISth day of May, 1860, 

 to May 15th, 1872, I caught fifteen Wolves and crippled three 

 more. I think I have seen where wolves have killed one hun- 

 dred and fifty 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 Ijciy on the Kinzua creek, in I8S6." 



FOI.T.OWKI) ITtlMAN BEINGS. 



Ml-. AbraliaiM Xcvclin-, of Coalporl, I'a., men I inns 

 that in 1S.'',(; 1ic knew ;i Imnd of W'olvrs lo kill, in one 



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