, 1877-03-20
BUFFALO,.
The Western Animal, Not the
Eastern City.
Hunting the Bison on Ills Native
Plains.
Wanton Waste Of Valuable Raw
Material.
Threatened Extinction Of the En-
tire Species.
The Traaa-1n Robes and Other Buifa.
1o.Products,

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nh. rreas to poh.. sra o.h.r a.. a..
se'. 1'A ~N1'
Ao-froaucss'
Special Correspondence n TIE Tstbnne.
Denver, Col, Mnrr'i lb.-Ihosc hcsmlts who
live IN "dug"outs" on tho flains have Tor years
made their living ont OF tho butlalo, and many
OF them mere ha7e settled down enNg llttIc
fortune Iii TINT WY Ihc soldiers at sono OF
tho military posts ]lavo also madc good thing
out Of It; while quito a', army Of professional
huntoFs-" skanncrs" as they arc moro familiar
" called-hnyo enjoyed a lucrative traffic In
hides and robes. Since the railroads Weru intshed
TO THO Rocky saounta'ns anti beyond. tho busa1o
bustaees mas figured quite consptcuously. Tho
"du9-out" hunters nave largely increased; Old
p'atnsmcn have left all else and clung to this
one pursuit; many Of the colonists, sanehmcn,
and miners from the mountains hare been ablc
TO tue over naEa winter ny packing on to the
bu11alo-grountls and bringing down oil tho Game
they could. sports"on from tho East havo
formed eongen'a1 parties, ard, with tho best
rifles anu equipments, have found nothing In
their lne quite equal to tue exciting chase Of
"the Will bison o'cr tho plain" And
tncn thcfo the swafthy Ute
swarmtng down to the towns anu
eettlcmcnts carly every fall, laying N nmmunl-
ton. noar' ana bacon, and then posting a"ay to
tue hcaa'wAters III tue Repuo'ican,-'Is ihVor-
tic nt.ng'efoahd.--and bringing IN, after
few weeks Work, all TIC robes and Saddles that
taVo cast uheu eyes on thosc alIutlnH ouilctln'
boaras Wn!ell tnc eaellc railways faso set up In
tte slatons aha hole's OF Chicago and other
Ease'A c'tics' a"o sccn "nat
AfhAps or buffALo
were hwaSs la'rly docking tho tralns, and how
inc passengers lclaafcly nit thelr humps
from tho car."lndow while tho train halted
sonctlmee Tor hours Tor tho last Of theso Wild
beasts to cross over, have no doubt oltcn been
tempted INTO winters trip out this way, for
tho solc purpose OF seeing with their own eyes,
aha taking hand IN such wonderful sport ~
thls.
lavc figured largely In the commerce Of The New
We,t during tho nost sir ~ scvcn rcar. Fron,
1859 to 1874 Il Is estimated that SO, GOO buffalo
Hn,or p"e.,l, ama Tnn,.. viz n.a,ao rIS VI ~" o
o"so" rac'hc anu hahsas fHelne ha'l"
quarter Of II mtIfipn. Aboat ono.thfrt
of these were talcu Tor thcir rol,rs. anothcr
thtnl for meat. AMI tlo rcmnint,c, hint ,,ov,
for Tim rncro mort of t},o th,nr their carrrs,cs
bc,np lcft to rot nm rbo nla,ns. Where thcv nrc
..vcG for n,cot ,rcrcra,tr onlv tho hinI nnar.
tcrs cut of together. called eaddles.n .n-the
Akle LETT on to preserve the mcat,-aro taken.
Sometimes
TIE uusr, =
which the Indians consider ouits delicious Ia
also preserved. Thu amount of mcat ,avul
from each buffalo is from 15o 10 2oO nounds.-
about one-s,xtl, of the entire animal, Thc SAIL
I,es are wnrtl. frop, thrcc ~ f,ve ccnta
per mound at station. NJ, thc platns. Wnon
taken to Denver and otlor mnrkcts In
Colorado Il brings TWO to three ccn,s more pcr
noun1. and rntatls from thc h,,tchcr,. hlnc1, Al
from Il, tn X cents Thc crccm hass ,sbcn
..",,s,.a - n.1 ~ ~, 60" u.1s'' wy"
nlaFRcteu NJ 1Fee'ey or Julesourg, BRING from
eI.5O 10 III, according to size amt condition.
Tho following table will show about tho results
ru,s,-.
Ia soo ttac. axc,.ca sc,si ~ raet a 40 snn
j a00, GOO hounds meat. at4 ccn.a. 13S' UoS
49,, =
WASTE.
y, oo0 hides. nvcraEc fl... ...:.......3 %, 0c0
ovsooo pounds haca1 u 4ech's'.''.'' hoo, ooo
Total ,9S;s, ooo
-, - 80 wv
mus IL WILL oc aeon tnat the Total Valao OF
eacf ycar's slaughter Of buffalo, along tho "a.
ciic Rallroa@ Hluurkctcd, would be over 81. co.,
o; scarcely onp.f,ftt, Of wh,e, /. ever ut,,,zui.
T,ssa ,,sa3 ~ =" ,',.,," ~ h',.os. 1s.,.n ~
iaets usGu 70 W 1'anos Q. nuhuese nN'ne VI
"uaR-oute," who hunteu b0Haio solcly l0r thclr
hides. They were professionally known W
"sk,ppere.n A partv Of tbrce or ilye could kill
and .trin thu ht,]o from c,,tv.nye to In,
Suu s'Atp VI" INV NV" es'e''ty-Nse =" !oo
puhMo per gay, !! tho ans1nals i.appehcd to 90
shick cnouesl. They undcr'tood 80 well tho
ha,inlA antl habits Of The animal that thoy werQ
scl,nm ,x,,,n,t | n,ortv ~ clo.c -,u9" Any
ono who las cro..c ] ~, p,ans uu.. % avo % MI,
setys;l tho i1ecn 1u trails M almost alwas, run runnIur
north md south, TINT arc found at short Ia,
teryaie mart Thuse yero the trucks n1uds l,v Tho
,",ts,a T., w. u. wv, .''..,, ~ 49,
Tnts ~ macR M ma r!' I0 tnu h,,nt n,a
taat VI nepuvtAn nset VII ~. ~"
oon =, M sat9 ~ pnsa tnoseet'eg "t "anti
.n.n .u oIat NMGto nay ~ ~ oes''Mnin tsa'in T..
,a',,. ,Ieu t.,e f.ser, Won!a Hha h9 s',asIiy "
mes,nE ot, A. somG t!n'e o. t9e uay, oa'4alu ~
MMa. M9ss ~ 1ast ~ lucy eou'a 'oaa auo Saoot'
"''"' e"ns3ass n..,a ~ =, ,ro,, ,v,.
i.oe,re H., IT, M9 fn5;a WAMoM " ..as, lin ,,,.
noncseu ~. " tne thenahs, VINO never XIV WIN.
su'na us ,a1aSng 4so ot tao RreaaeF poft'on 81 tno