lucifee

Ordinarily, he would have done so at once, but this time he was still smarting a bit at his poor marksmanship in the case of the "lucifee," and the sight of the track in the snow suggested the idea of winning a reputation for himself by killing a bear without any assistance from the others.

The Young Woodsman Life in the Forests of Canada 1881

The "wildcat" above referred to is probably that variety of lynx known in Canada and most of the Northern States and the Pacific as the loup-cervier, or vulgarly, the "lucifee."

First Across the Continent; The Story of The Exploring Expedition of Lewis and Clark in 1804-5-6 1805