XIII. BRAVEST OF THE BRAVE. 



THAT the presence of wolves in a country brings 

 out the bravest charactei'istics in mankind can- 

 not be denied. It is the pabulum of heroes. 

 Some families have fought wolves for generations, 

 and in the wars of men they demonstrate what they 

 have learned of valor in the chase. Take the Quinn 

 family, for instance. Their crest is a wolf's head, 

 erased, argent. They have been known as a race of 

 wolf hunters and warriors in the North of Ireland for 

 centuries. Terrence Quinn was noted among the 

 earliest Indian fighters in Central Pennsylvania, and 

 escaped from the awful massacre at Dry Valley in 

 1778. He was a noted wolf hunter in his day. He 

 died in Buffalo Valley, August 10, 1831, aged 93 years. 

 His son, Samuel Michael Quinn, was appointed an en- 

 sign in the Rangers commanded by the celebrated 

 Peter Grove. In 17'88 young Quinn, then in his 

 twentieth year, was selected as an assistant surveyor 

 and sent into the wild regions of the West Branch. 

 He camped at the mouth of the run, which was named 

 after him, Quinn's Run, near the present town of 

 Lock Haven. Modern innovations have changed the 

 name of the run to Queen's Run. One of the young 

 surveyor's companions, Peter Farley by name, was 

 seized with an attack of palsy and confined to his bunk 

 in the shack, which stood on the bank of the run 



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