Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 October 1894 — There Are Wolves in Maine. [ARTICLE]

There Are Wolves in Maine.

Portland Daily Press. There has of late been some discussion as to whether there are any wolves in Mainer Some authorities have gone so far as to assert thai there are none, in spite of frequenl reports to the contrary from different parts of the State. United States Deputy Marshal Prescott knows positively to the contrary. He has traveled much in all parts ol the country, and has seen wolves o! various kinds, from the small coyote of California to the larger and handsomer gray wolf of the Eastern forests. During last week his duties took him into the Madawaska region, in the extreme northern part of the State. Sixty miles north of Houlton is Connor Plantation, on the road to Van Buren. It was while going along this road that Mr. Prescott saw the wolf. The small spruces grow close to the wagon track on either side, leaving only a slighl clear place ahead. He first saw the animal at some distance, and thinking it a deer stopped his horse. As it came nearer he saw that it was a large and rather handsome gray wolf. The horse also made the discovery soon? and began to stamp impatiently. This attracted the wolf’s attention, and he turned into the woods and disappeared. It was the largest wolf Mr. Prescott had ever seen.

This W not the only wolf seen in that region. Six were seen to cross a road there, recently. The great plentifulness of deer undoubtedly accounts for the return of the wolves. Deputy Marshal Prescott says that deer and carribou are unusually thick in that region, and that it is almost necessary to brush partridges out of the road ahead ol the team.