The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-12-25
ONLY A FEW LEFT.
The American Buffalo Has Be.
come Nearly Extinct.
Colorado the Home ~ the nrn4tarsy
Mgiabcrs ct Cou.tie.s Herd.
Nailto4i Ibes:.-- ian 81
ta. As.ir.ll..

Tagrr are about 8fiy 3ssf.Il- ..t
ral -.H- Wild in Colai-3a a..l'. s.-..
Fr Aspailii-an. AHa s',t y.i. l.a... f.-
't.ia-i frontier ju,iirc B. u...a-. e.-
ccui, l..dcd Ave
y 3 b.en 50 .r..ll..raiIs- ..-..i ir.......
T. ',,.lt'a and pubtishel t,...t in> .....-.-
e.-i Laif;-io and h...3u il:.g. b,...l .....-
sicieis and thorougaly eSiiaet .ast ,....
rsaerll pubiic haa come - accept +. he.
- i-.'t and believe that u. aul. ..,..t-
mons are those which hav, lecar... ,r.,-
;Iesticatcd and are carefully housed
aad cared for in the several zoul9r.rlI
gardens and parks.
Iha; there are few Of them i..ul.ii-,i.,.,
oE the plains l. cyrtaial; ti,l,. bat ,I..r,
are ca"urh, with proper prats.,il- q,
1oon produce large herds. ~ ta.. .t..f.
F..ere. once there were thau .inl ~
These animals. their aulnbe5. Ia. r..,
rapidly reduced by huut.... u.ls f.....
.iain tIcm simply for the uIa-n..., .r,
lea 'iirc they have c-. peri ,u.,d T.. I.sII-
lr Lire gane, uatil they np.y u...l s..r
lcs-' than fifty and ar, ia flur mall
herds. These are cpnli:led t. IA. r..laI..
sr and more spl-s,ly ps3ulat,d dis
HTI
elective protection T. thrm than aII
'i' state game laws ever enacted hE- thc
general assembly.
- small had grown the number II
iAc@r diStinctivcly American animal,
--iat IN lss9 the stat, lcgislatur. enact
81 % laE providing sever. pcuaIt, Tor
i.r l-llilar of "a sin.-le specimen s.for.
SIC hrar 1900, thus ;.!lolyinr 60 luIIt.u
year Tor them u pronaEate. bat in
spite q! this euactncns word lvas r.-
ceiTca but short TIM ago that ,ame
crS ~ The kenoaha rang, had shot live
b"l,- ''n. state Gam. Warden Land
started IT once u make "a sp-eial and
icrscuat investigation OF the ,a,a
- hiic out me has also IA ldc au c,,tcp-
save visit through the stat, and hc ha,
-ust returned with aa intcrcstug ac-
count He Is aonewhlt DISCOURAGED
with 4any things connected with the
enforcement, or, more properly. The
noncnforcemcut OF all the game laws.
ana predicts that unlcs, somcthiug
decisive H. done, and that very soon. the
buffalo will not be the only family
wiped frO,a the face Of the earth. H..
reports 81 most terrible slaughter of an
game during the last few months. He
7" 40 't-Aed III reference 10 the killing OF
DulIalocs.
There are now very fcw of them"
ne aiat"d. and these, I'm our feeble
arc crippled condition. we are cudeav-
oring L. protect. That i;-e OF them
were killed recently j. q fact. but
found that yve could not convict the
guilty ii we brought him 10 trial. He
admitted having lsillcd Eve of them and
boastcd of the fact 10 hi friends. but
we could find no one, after "a careful in
scstigatiOn. who 1vould testify against
iIn, and If he vcr. arraigncd he
would, Of course, say not guilty.
u judge that we have now in tho
tate something less than fifty bufTa-
oes. ana these are in four punches.
'ne OF these has recently been seen in
fiddle park, and numbers but five.
mother, and possibly the larrcst. is
the kenosAa range, and numbers
lssiblv twenty. The Jhird, Of ten or
teen head. is at Hahn's peak. in Eoutt
unty. The fourth, and the smallest
! sept that at Middle park, is at
! lOrcs"