VII. THE BIGGEST WOLF. 



FROM -OKr' Nichols, a vcspea.ible Indian woll 

 known along the Con^lorsport Pike, conio> the 

 story of the kilhng of the biggest Pennsylvania 

 wolf. As nia}' be supposed, it was a gve\ wolf. The 

 slayer was none other than the famous half-breed 

 Jim Jacobson, who. it is claimed, brought to eartii one 

 of the last elks in Pennsylvania, and some sa) tiie last 

 twelve elks slain in the Commonwealth. Put the most re- 

 markable part of the narrative is tliat this intrepid 

 hnnter was bnt ten years of age at the time of this 

 matchless exploit I Ths biggest wolf was killed by the 

 'littlest" Ininter. Jim Jacobson. or to be more exact. 

 Samuel lnnmer,-on J.icobson, w.is born at Xew Picrgen. 

 now Cartee Camp, in Potter Comity, in Isls. Tiie 

 parental shack stood, it is saivl. on the site of Charles 

 Schreihner's barn. Plis father, Jacob Jacobson, was a 

 native of Sweden Hill, not far from Condcrsport, 

 while his mother was Mary Jimniersoti, danglitor of 

 Kiiii;- limmerson, a Senec.i chieftain, who was saill to 

 be a son of Marv Jemison. the jtistl}' celebrated "\\ hite 

 Woman of the Genesee. Jacob Jacobson was of 

 Swedish extraction, and died in Is'''.'. It w.is dnriiig 

 the month of April, 1>^S, that the now historic "Spring 

 r.li;:;'-ard,"' a snow storm of unprecedented severuy. 

 occurred, .\ccording to the Clinton Countx Times, 

 this bliz.^ard occurred in the latter part of .\pril, Is"'!. 



