In the early snow of December 1742, settlers of this region followed the tracks of a she-wolf to the Connecticut River and back and discovered the den of an animal that for years had devastated their flocks and escaped every attempt at capture. After other methods failed, Israel Putnam, whose 70 sheep had been slaughtered at 10 o‘clock at night, tied a rope to his feet and, with both servant and dog held back, entered the cave first with a torch and again with a musket. By the light of the wolf’s angry eyes, he shot and killed her, then entered a third time and dragged out the body of the last wolf in Connecticut.

Photo: Alan M. Perrie

Photo: Alan M. Perrie

Photo: Alan M. Perrie

Photo: Alan M. Perrie

Pomfret, Connecticut · USA