, 1873-03-07
THE BUFFALO,.

Why They sllo!'l
ateti, and Moi
Dest1'o
Fn b
r,as 1aisor Of 9n< CHI? 20 20.
s1R: In 3 former al9a sis
psc. 7, 1870, o.. tho lsrs VI. ~
md the spirit Of plur'de1 = ,
aaar,npsed a111 OFT polic-7 ~
lessons Of history a u : :
,rtly to. Tire case as it nc.
9.5o Of the needless VIII
-,nton waste Of the ''ufl
HAkk*VN
tans Of thousands ; anil,
tha Indian is q topic mt 'st
nd ~. tho buffalo fan
subsistence for at let st
ma;ans within our bors 1c
faads Of white men),
rTnane /, to the subject {
ies;ds which, this sub j.
l,tseu, from q purely uti lii
,,ou1ce Of food supply, lib
7..r. OF the annual y 81
,hpra can be no substit u
md cteapness; ; and alst'
Sportsman, as we'll as l !
md humanity to the b ~
Bergh SO fully, SO pfee' aa
ustes. -.
Prominent among tic
American continent, this
x.ys been al object Of
nd sports1aen the ror]
than in America, the
xondsr Of the 7'et l
two cattle, nu1nbenre
sands, if not even MI
the vaft. wastes east OF I
extending. their annual
Of Huisor's Bay to those
while. on the west, Fort
to the meUntain-men as t
"butfa1o range" Az II
produced such herds, go !
fuimal hes been end, ,wet
instinct, and nbility +, IT Il!
ro1tes therafor, On SO. ext
Thomas Fl. Benton, i n b
Railroad, claimed for .!l,e
aGvil engineer ; that til
mountains led unerrips II
practicable routes, vhere'
thAt they know all tt.:s'
their paths through tht IN
could find, or engin se1
Their adaptation to th. , c
ind the vast s. range" fit
made for. them, as they Il
While .we have passed.
State for the protection O
nltion has regulated the :, .
zeal On the little Islands c
md provided for the pr. II
End the young, that the b
projected from the rapa< i
I'D fur-dealers. and thial
tusbanded that the sour =
cut of, but the stock OF q
End the rich yield {
for succeeding generate q
not singular that not q II =
to the propagation and + {
aud most valuable herds t
more valuable to the peo !
than all other wild amin:
Over all that vast ntast =
spaIseiy-settled portions i
Nebraska, Kansas, and t. .
tie east, md the Rocky :
and stretching north and
British Amcrica to Tex, i
Indian what TIC camel is :
nestle ANIMALS to tho /,
chief dependence for q Ii =
The value Of the flesh
both races cannot well kn
and cents +; nor hare Teir !
Of skins used each year On t
ta;ns, or in Ill tho exte nde
nor the number OF bnlf il o1
ro5es annually enteri1 ,E :
merce, for home con; tum
nor would we be muc' i tt
is enough that the + eey'
tre numbered by te,' 8 Of
American buffalo-robe 'iB !,
, home production, An
that its usefulness az. i c.
ielt throughout the Ui 1it'
ad, to some extent, in th
TIE world. To an Am er;
Eery sight Of q buffalo r!
Ind recalls the jingle u ot
The cheering association, :
The bu1falo-,ooe has
beauty (all womankind E
Earmed the blood Of N:
t&ye been a nation; and I,
utllitE, cheapness, and p K
sC1passes all modern II y
my ca, bc) for euci1 yari' e
We jealouslv guard, { il
tare fostcred them by ] &c
statesmen or people Of a n,
hct this important rest u
healthy food. Why, thu N
1Le animal will averag .
ittn the average doraest ic
sl.hough different som ew
IND By many prefer :ec
ill furnish more meat th!
kcs:: as valuable as that OF,
t. & IS, as he stands. NO Hh
.h's, he Is self-sustaln1r S.
T. Zee, or watered, or htatas
taaded. It Is true be l
Sat auits his owners al
N1neGe Of which they wec
MVed Moreover, h1' opu
u. lsoorlous nani1; ~. OF =
nn5I;, .annet, and no. 70 LIE S sEa
cemRd1aele, generous and
sTz's.5 II zn:@5 1ES:S =: 1EE.e: PIT o. It
I'D Part Of British amer
quota Of beef, tn hG, n u
!MneyB on so'1eh: ,Ppiy il
Tss n;a 1rontieran 1:n a,,a.T en-, mss1 3,