New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-01-17

November, l-os, MI Jones purchased the entire herd
IF = L. redson. stony Mountain, Manitoba, consisting
OF eighty head, for which lie paid $4,000 The
venture has been az emnenty successful one, "a the
robes OF the halfbreeds are better than those Of tile
pure buffalo. Deing nearly uniform throughout to
their fur.
Charles Allard. Flathead Indian Reservation, Mont,
has herd OF about fifty.
Austin COlbin. OF New York. Who has &c 900 acres
at Blue Mountain Park, Newport, ~ IL, has fenced in
his estate AT cost Of $4,000. lie sends The follow
ing information Ny herd OF buffalo consists of thir-
teen females, one OF them calf born the last spring;
the other twelve all expected to breed next
Most of them are toe young to breed this In addition
have seven bulls. born IN 1890 and one in 1891.
the balance varying In ages from three to six years
a part of the herd | bought in Kansas few In
Iowa. but the larger part OF them came from Mani
tobiT
W. +. Cody or Buffalo Bill" one OF tile greatest
butchers OF the buffalo, has herd Of eighteen. but
these are used simply 10 enhance the attraction OF his
show, they cannot be considered a. stock b. preserve
the species Charles Goodnight, OF Clarendon. Tex. Is
credited with herd OF twenty. In the Geological
socetys Garden, in Philadelphia there is herd of
The Atchiscn, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad has
herd Of sixteen al bismarck Grove, Kan This herd
originated In purchase Icy Colonel Stanton. In 1875,
OF buffalo bull cali FOR 50 and tao heifers for go
These three were the founders OF the present herd.
Frederick Duprce. Cheyenne Indian Agency. near
Fort Bennett Dakota. has a herd OF pure bOcds and
half breeds numbering fully thirty lie obtained the
captured nve wild calves about 100 miles west OF
Fort Bennett.
The herd at Lincoln Park Chicago, consists OF
seven but will certainly be Increased before the open
ing OF the Worlds Fair,
At the geological Gardens Clncinna Ohio there are
four bison. L. g. NcNar, Of II. LOUIS has herd Of 'iA
on his estate in Kansas. Dr. v /. McG.lcuddy. OF
The founders OF this herd were captured by slouv
Indians near the Black lils In 1857. There are
the United states National Museum Washington ID. C..
eit from Eugene 6. Backford. OF hi. city. who pnr.
chased them for 800 from Frederick ID. Novel; OF
North Platte. Neb In 1888. Il. C. Winston OF lamlne.
Minnesota. owns pair, Us does the Riverside Ranch
2Ry o ,oh Of Maad1a Dakota and lane .om K
solitary bulls In possession OF the Western ranchmen
aud ab9u, twenty have been exported to Europe Tie
and for exhibition is certainly under 800 leaving the
total number alive certainly under LOO, probably the
number Is nearer 1000.
TINS almost total humiliation Of the animal is due
phenomenal stupidity OF The animals themselves man.
reckless gree" and the fatal preference on the part OF
and flesh Of the cow that furnished BY the bull.
The most deadly method 81 buffalo slaughter was
10 chasing them on horseback II took the combined
efforts Of from hfeon Ia twcnt, five hunters 10 kill
a long range bTccch- loader who knew how 70 make
sneak and get "A stand bunch, often succeeded
butcher named captain Jack Brydges: Of
Kansas. By tbs means Killed l.lt2 In
of the herd, usually Old COW. The rest, frightened.
looked 10 see her lead the .smpedc but he wounded
around her. The hunter had then TO look ont and
watch for any ANNA! which seemed as though Il were
going to take the lead. and head II OF with bullet
\ cool and experienced hunter could By this means Kill
nearly whole herd and IL on iec' I'd That one man
once Killed liz ~ les, than thlregudr"t, ~ an hOur
j. IL 10 be wondered At that such lndserlminate
murder soon eNermlna,ci these noble beasts IN
Colonel Dodge says: The danger Is not 40 much from
The buffalo. which rarely makes All effort TO inlure his
% a from h 6 nI may %sSg a% a n nT5 eDr o
perforated with prairie dog or gopher holes. This dan
buffalo may be aid 10 take hi, no in his hand have
Gsye KNOW Known at cas X e and IS en
more or less injured. some very severely by thor
horses falling on them
which went ont numbered often se"eral hnnded The
discipline Of these large parties was distinctly niItar'
sight of buffalo. all the hunters were drawn mp in limo
The officers In front .nd NOT man b. okc the line as 1t
for the poor brutes. In these expeditions SIN hunt
ing wa~ distinctly forbidden and a1y man found pac
The surround" was another method OF wholesale
slaughter but practi,c1 exclusively by indians
A. soOn as 1t was learned that herd was within Srlk
ing distance the men OF the ribc mounted their ponies
'ong detour, and then gadnay the circle would close
IN the doomed bcasts There was excitement in
ms. noweyer, ana siso foi'lerablc danger i3r me
not nfrequently ronng tic horses. uut the riders
\ cruel way Of ,laylns these animals was also by
almponnding, Or limg IN pm, rms method was
River The pound wa formed OF a fence cons iliced
Of the trunks Of tees laced together with green withes
and brHccd on thc outside with props. Dvergng from
the entrance were rows o. bushes which extended
sometimes four miles. Gradually the herd was headed
To- mi, cr,iually diminishing lane men and even
women being posted at intervals TO prevent the animals
from brcakInC To the right left When once IN the
mound the scene was revolving. Professor Inrd. In
his 'Assinbone ana saskatchewan Expedition" thus
describes - " drtadini scene OF confusion and
slaughter then hegns me od.st ana strongest animal.
c,u'h amu To- ine wraNet. h slous ana Scream OF
.ne eAriwu inu rise noo'e 'e roal,ns Vi tno bnl,
re br,lowhg, 3I ne COW, snl ihc pIeon, moaning 81
the csiNes. me uIIng siHser, OF SO mann hus- ana
poHo, Conc S,sdn ,ron ,h ", y, G ~,
aa anS Ia ~; ntc Int ,,iYi cc..,,, W ~,
cruelty ana wace oi me-; bt MN occasional displays
by dccoSlng az uInVng, OF 'ii ne , 81 mnr
vas disguised with a buffalo skin around The bodr