New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-12-01
A TRIP TO THE PLAINS.
ADDITION TO THE MUSEUM OF NATURAL
HISTORY

PROFESSOR RICHARDsoN/AND HIS COMPANIONS
GO THROUGH SOME ROUGH EXPERIENCES.
Behind the reporter were blue-faced, grinning ape
gorgeous parrot an opossum and an owl-aii coH'
in death. Before him Professor Jenness kchaiu-
son, wearing his apron and seated In corner OF u
taxidcrmist's department of the Museum OF Naturai
History.
"A reporter exclaimed the professor as he glanced
up from the outward remains of a handsome hare
to which he giving an appearance OF lie'
have escaped from the New Mexican blzzaN' you $40
How do you Ike my specimen OF sOuthwes'erh sun
burn and tan?p Tho specimen was good and re
markedly well preserved.
Seated in his cosey Office few moments later
Professor Richardson related the story OF his most
recent excursion for tho museum he was ~o'o"'-
panied on the trip by John Rowley jr
HERD OF GENUINE BUFFALoEs.
ave left New-Yorko said the professor
"on september 81 TO get accessories ior
the great group OF bufaloes about 10 be
placed I'm the museum. We went uIoo'is
to Garden City Kan, because at that town ther7
Is herd OF fifty genuine buitaoes The heru has
been gathered by man who hopes 10 Droeu h'"' W.
cattle. onehalf or one-quarter buffalo "hich WI"
be hardy enough to withstand the winter storms that
kin so MANY common cattle the plains every year
r beIIeve that he will succeed, because the Dunaio
cattle do Withstand all storms. Their flesh IS As
paIaablc as the best beef and their hide as me anu
serviceable as any cowhide The fur of buffalo cste
Is much like astrakhan.
THE Garden CITY heard of bufaloeS are ra"sp'
out like other cattle and almost as wild as he!
had never been in captivity. In studying this heu'
took 100 photographs Of the buffalo In all posuohs
T secured sod little weeds, flowers and big pea Oh
cactus all of which will be used with view 10
making the details of tho exhibition IN the museum
as correct possible.
A TRIP INTO no MANS LAND.
aFrom Garden City we went southwest on horse
back into No Mans Land. In this neutral srip' d
II IS called down there became the guests Oh zee
Howard Of Towards Ranch and we remained VIII VIII
him until we returned to the rail-
bnad Mr. Howard IS a typical rsnchman
bachelor imperurbable, bg-heared and wealtny'
He knows No Mans Land and the wild country Wh'ch
we traversed near the boundaries OF Coioraoo leAa'
and New Mexico, as well as any man INlns'
several years Mr.. Howard has enjoyed the coihPaou
shin on his ranch of two young men from inc East
One Is a graduate of Yale, the other OF Harvard Mr'
Howard shot the Wild bufalocs last killed IN tne
southwest Two years ago he killed fifty, last year
eleven There are at the most but half dozen via
buffaloes known to exist south OF Mason ana DAoh
line They are in a small unsettled portion Vi No
Mans Land During trip with Mr. Howard saw
v,tbin a mile 200 or 300 carcasscs OF cattle that
were frozen TO death last winter They lay one after
the other beside fence.
A DRY BLIZZARD
q One night Mr.. Rowley and myself were lost on
rho uraire I'm drenchng rain. but Mr. HOWARD
found lis in the morning. During half the time W.
spent in making our overland trip IL raheu VI
showed. and we experienced one dry olzzaa' 7e'
sir dry blizzard That IS what they call IL OUT III
Kansas and let impress on you the FACT mat IL Is
urorse than the wet blizzard The dry blizzard con-
e,st of wind blowing at rate of speed high enough
~ unset q man and so bitterly and searchingy cold
10 q that person caught in it cannot survive for any
length Of time. We used whole day III uaNclhns
twenty miles against one Of those fierce cola WINS.
Imagine llttle group OF freezing men, pen' iorwdu an
Pin sIv oyerhead and the prairie alive with great
rolling tumble weeds as biz as cart "Aeels'
CAUGHT IN A sNOwsToRM.
ave pitched cur tent one day beneath ll.ue pl'n
down I'm the southeastern corner Oh Coor"uo' Al"
morning dawned clear and cold But at noon houce'
in the cast some Of the biggest black clouus Ina'
e,er saw set fifteen traps around the buii, aud as
,as rturninr 10 the tent observed all around the
ho,szon a srip Of Light more like the light of fire,
bovever than Of day. suddenly the snow oesan 10
fall and continued to fall IN sheets for huino9r ol
hours strong wind prevailing all the time lhlS was
the New-Mexlcan llzzard We lost our traps uhuer
twenty feet of snow and our tent was compietey SUI
merged Luckily we had PROVISIONS ehousn lor SOY
days hit unlucky we had little fuel. hO"e'eT' '"'
uas ;, " IA nor move 10 be especially severe
ToncIudng at this point that we ought 10 return
home we set out soon "a the STORM ce"spd' ,oi
sound the snow eighteen inches deep Oh tho loNcii
nraire In spite of the bad weather, we nuheeu SToa
dcai and cot great many specimens ~ duur o',n
~ - 100 rS1unds OF accessories for the Dundo suuP
,ro sbtnned a ton of hides and skins: sno' LIZ, h
MIA mstanr stud He had beautiful name anu ms
ta raached 10 the ground. lie may reappear III H
,nr.enu, With as much possible OF the ioVh VI VIZ" W.
sn' Tsndence which he had when ShDt mn ~ h,op
c,,rod some new yarie les of mice ana hawks ga mon
hi never known We also killed ana sen nVle
nS rats several kinds of birds, ra.,esnahoS,
,rclycs bares and antelope. We arrNel III Sewl uon
w he oIst ~ November, and Mr.. koWley sa'u az o"'0
Thai he had no desire TO repeat Inc Trip. , ,or,,,
Professor Richardson and his cOnpSh!.IIns aTrray
lost tbeir lives lust before they rached tue w.
,ion at The beginning Of their trip nome. n unA'
5orj came unon them suddenly, ana hsd uley v S
nor than a few hundred feet from inc S'a'oh 'nos
uonid probally have been frozen to death.
THE BUFFALO GROUP.
prenarations for the group for when frolesso'
Richardson went to Kansas have been going on LOT
a long time. The group Will contain seven or eisn'
buFaloes from a little calf to large bull' ana a.
accurately as possible will present realistic StuS
Of an American animal which IS almost extinct ahd
with glimpse of his home on the plains car ana
a cow OF this group are presents from BunaIo DIN
p r. Barnum has also given COW. Inc group WIN
he nv far the most accurate and elaborate representa-
ton i'm existence OF the prairie monarch.
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