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noon. In the mean time he could cause our papers 

 to be prepared, when it would require but a short 

 time to arrange our business. With some hesitancy 

 he consented, and we bowed ourselves out promising 

 to call at the appointed hour. We were on hand at 

 the time named; he was in his office, and had the 

 floor covered with six of the finest gray wolf skins we 

 had ever seen, and upon which he informed us he had 

 just paid a bounty of $12.00 each. One of our party 

 observed that they would make fine robes, when he 

 remarked with a sly twinkle in his eye that the law 

 required him to take possession of the pelts in order 

 that dishonest persons might not collect the bounty a 

 second time on the same animals ! We were soon re- 

 lieved of our cash, and in return were each in posses- 

 sion of the following license : 



