Port Arthur, Ont. — A great roving band of hungry timber wolves has devoured three men, according to reports sifting in today from the snow covered trails of the Sturgeon river country. These told of a losing battle fought by two Indians after a white trapper had been downed and killed.
Last Saturday an elderly trapper left his cabin in tbe woods 10 miles north of Ignace to mush down to the settlement for his mail. He arrived safely. There was no mail, however, and the old man said he would come back the following morning. At noon he had not arrived. The postmaster sent two Indians to follow the trail until they [found] him.
About two miles from the settlement the Indians found a spot pounded down in the snow and crimson hued. Bits of dog harness torn to shreds were scattered about. In the midst of them the Indians found human bones. They hastened back to report their discovery.
The lure of the bounty on wolves, however; urged the Indians to take the trail again, with extra ammunition. They sped behind their dog team into the woods as the villagers waved goodbye. They did not return.
Yesterday a new searching party departed. They found another patch trodden in the snow about two miles beyond the first.
The two guns the Indians had carried were lying there, and scattered about were bones, bits of clothing and empty shells.
The carcasses of sixteen dead wolves lay stretched in a circle about the trampled patch of snow.
The Kusko Times, McGrath, AK, February 17, 1923