12 WOLF DAYS IN PENNSYLVANIA. 



ened farmers and howled from the top of the moun- 

 tain near Jacksonville Gap, in that county. Doubtless 

 there are records of other wolves killed or seen in re- 

 cent years, but up to the time of the preparation of 

 this treatise they have not come to light. It is certain 

 that wolves were killed in the Seven Mountains after 

 1SS6, in the Clearfield region between 1884 and 1802, 

 and in Potter County within a year or two of 1890. 

 From the data available it would seem that Seth Ire- 

 dell Nelson is the slayer of the last native wolves, in 

 addition to being the oldest wolf killer. The Elk 

 County wolf of 1891 is next in order, but the pity of 

 it is that the hunter's name is unknown. It is hoped 

 that the party in question will read this article and 

 come forward. If the persons to whom the last bona- 

 fide bounty were paid deserve the title, then John 

 Razey and Fremont Gage, who killed the wolves in 

 Potter County, are the heroes of the exploit, and fit 

 to rank with ]\IacQueen, of Pall-a-Chrocain, who 

 killed the last wolf in Scotland, and Rory Carragh, 

 who in the Tyrone mountains slew the last Irish wolf. 

 The personalities of John Razey and Fremont Gage 

 should be better known and should be given a chance 

 to \\ear their laurels in that immortal coterie of Penn- 

 sylvania wolf hunters which includes such names as 

 Dan Treaster, Seth Iredell Nelson, Samuel Quinn, of 

 Ouinn's Run, who killed four wolves with a single 

 bullet ; C. W' Dickinson, who caught wolves with fish 

 hooks ; Samuel Askey, LeRoy Lyman, Philip Shrecken- 

 gast and David Zimmerman, who droves the wolves out 



