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racer was considered invincible on the course. Rank- 

 ing a close second to Samuel Michael Quinn, in point 

 of personal bravery, is James Wylie Miller, now of 

 Clinton County, who was born in what is now Cam- 

 eron County, in 1838. He began trapping wolves on 

 Wykoff's Run, near Sinnemahoning, when only twelve 

 years of age. On one occasion, when visiting his ti'^p 

 line, he found a large dog wolf in one of the traps. 

 The animal was badly frightened at the sight of the 

 intrepid young hunter, and, lying down, "quit" com- 

 pletely. Fearing nothing, young Miller picked up 

 wolf and trap, and throwing them over his shoulders, 

 started for his uncle's home, a distance of over two 

 miles. He was a sturdily built lad, and despite the 

 fact that the wolf weighed- seventy-five pounds, made 

 the journey easily. When the uncle saw the boy 

 coming with the huge live wolf on his back he gave 

 him a good scolding, pointing out the dangers of such 

 a proceeding, that the wolf might have turned around 

 and snapped his face ofif! Though Young Miller was 

 more careful in the future, he once or twice liberated 

 wolves he had captured to see them battle with his 

 dogs. He states that the last wolves in Cameron 

 County made their headquarters on Square Timber 

 Run, where they lingered on until after the Civil War. 

 The wolves of Cameron County and further 

 north were of the large grey or "timber'' va- 

 riety, much more formidable than the small 

 brown wolves of the West Branch Valley, which 

 were exterminated at an earlier period. Wolves might 



