The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-03-12
HUNTERS SURPRISED.
GAME sUPPojED TO BE Ex-
TINCT Is REAPPEARINo.
supsrstItions Connected with the KILL
Ing OF the white Dssr--A Lynx
and Golden Eagle Found
In Psnnsyivsnis.

sania were surprised last year ut the
reappearance along the streams and
In woods OF specimens OF fur bearing
animals and rare birds which have for
years been looked upon as virtually
extinct in those localities. " said a,resi-
dent OF Mexican county. In the town.
ship OF Carrollton. bordering on New
York State silver gray fox and a
black fox. both exceedingly rare. were
killed. The black fox had captured
somewhere. and had It slung over its
shoulder when he was shot a bird or
fowl known as the mud hen. the first
one. hunters say. that has been seen
in the locality for at least a quarter OF
century. In the same township.
John Smalltop Seneca Indian OF the
Cattaraugus reservation. killed very
large Canada lynx and wounded its
mate which escaped. Very few
hunters knew what the animal was. as
they had never seen anything OF the
kind before.
The killing of a wolf in the lower
part OF Mexican county the old hunt
ers consider the most surprising thing
Of all" writes the Harrisburg corre-
spondent OF the New York Sun. They
would almost as soon have expected
to hear that an elk or panther had
reappeared in their haunts OF fifty
years ago. What makes this wolf
killing the more surprising Is that
John Mckay. the back. woods farmer
who killed the animal says that he.
has killed several within the past few
years in the vicinity Of his farm in
the wild and isolated region where he
lives. He wasn't bit surprised at
there being wolves in his bailiwicl.
but he was nearly knocked of his feet
to learn that there was a law author
izing any one who kills a wolf in this
state to collect - from the treasurer
OF the county inSwhich it was killed.
on presentation OF the scalp. Farmer
Mckay declares that he would be at
least SIC better off II he had known OF
this law. for he can remember of eight
wolves he has killed within the past
few years.
There are few rarer animals than
white deer and the superstition
among all old hunters about killing
one of these is well known. The man
who kills a white deer they believe.
will be ever afterward followed by
bad luck, even il he does not come to
some fearful end. The hunters of the
Sinnamahoning were surprised to
learn last fall that a white deer was
roaming the forests OF that region.
and one hunter, John Reybold, is to-
day. perhaps the happiest hunter in
all of Northern Pennsylvania because
that deer is roaming yet, so far rs he
| is concerned in It's existence He is
the only man who is known to have
so far forgotten himself as to shoot at
the white deer. although it was seen
by several hunters Reybold was
standing on runway when the dogs
sent a deer his way. AS it came tear
ing through the brush Reybold fired.
and was about to fire his second bar
rel when it flashed upon him that he
was shooting at the white deer. He
says he wilted right down in his
tracks and 1t was a long time before
he recovered sufficiently to go home.
He was in great uneasiness for several
days for fear that he had fatally
wounded the white deer. but news
that it had been seen alive and we'll a
week later lifted the load from the
hunGer's mind.
The bald eagle is not uncommon
among the mountains OF Northern
Pennsylvania, and the golden eagle is
so rare visitor to the region that
when man named Quigley shot one
on the lofty and rocky hills back OF
Lewis Lake, and found that 1t had q
spread OF wing OF eight feet across
and talons OF sufficient capacity to
carry off lamb or baby. he did not
know what it was No one had ever
seen such bird before, but reference
to hook on natural history estab-
lished the identity OF the monster
bird. The mate of this eagle was
killed few days later in the same
vicinity.
"A generation ago Benefits Creek.
one OF the headwaters OF the Sinna.
mahoning. was fruitful field for otter
trappers but 1t had been twenty year.
since the last otter was seen along the
stream.
One morning George Brown went
out to look over his mink traps when
he found them occupied by bewhis-
kered. fierce looking animal good
deal bigger than mink. Brown hat
never seen an otter. but he knew tina
this was one He didn't know ex
actly how to handle his prize bu
while he was considering as to tn,
proper course to pursue his dog cam,
to the conclusion that he would solv,
the problem right there. and HI
pitched into the strange animal The
otter was held by one leg in the trap
and the trap was held fast by shor
chain to a root; but in spite OF being
thus handicapped, the otter licked
the dog in less than half minute ant
stretched him out deader than a stone
The otter. its dander now all tho wa,
: up, sprang at Brown and with sucl
furious determination that the chair
was loosened from its fastenings
Brown fed. followed by the otter ant
the trap. Brown lodged behind ,
stump where he fortunately found I
heavy club. and as the otter rushe,
around after him he finished 1t will
two or three blows on the head. Tn,
ynimai was over four feet long,