El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-26
Game Preserve
To Be Established South Of
Yuma. That Will Be One of
the Finest In the World.

the Finest In the World.
Special Correspondence of the Herald.
PHOENIX, A. T., Dec 21.-The eS-
tablishment of great game preserve
embracing a portion of southwest Ari-
IONA and northwestern Mexico, and
probably a small part of California, is
a project which was not conceived
until recently but which will likely be
talked about by sportsmen all over
the country within a few months. A
small party of explorers recently pass
ed through Tucson after making trip
through the country adjacent to the
head of the Gulf of California. repre-
senting, it is believed. a number OF
sportsmen of the middle states, bent on
formulating a plan for the protection
of game, and to prevent the extermina-
ton of certin species. A convention
Of sportsmen will soon meet in Chi
cago or Denver to consider plans for
the establishment of a great game
preserve and representative sports
men from all sections will report the
advantages offered for game preserves
in their immediate sections.
That portion of the country south
Of Yuma. including small section of
California and considerable territory
fields for the nimrod of this country
today 1t literally abounds in wild
game of varied description and there
are especial reasons why with the
help of man, a large expanSe of land
could be converted into one of the
greatest and most inviting game pre-
serves in the world. In the first place
Mexico offers liberal aid to such en-
terprises. and it is understood that al
hot
to make important concessions If the
American sportsman is willing to car
ry out the plan of establishing game
preserve. lying partly in Mexico.
The determination of wild game in
this country and the urgent necessity
of adopting drastic measures for the
prevention of further ruthless slaugh-
ter are subjects which have long oc-
cupied the attention of the American
sportsman. Never before have they
been stirred upto the necessity as with
in the past few months when from all
over the country there have been de-
mandS for congressional action State
and territorial legislation have proven
insufficient to throttle the ambitions
of sportsmen out of season. but federal
action in recent years has checked the
wholesale slaughter in this and other
territories and states. However.
slowly but surely certain kinds of
wild game, such as deer and antelope
will be extinct in Arizona within a
few years. and in a short time the
mountain sheep now found in a few
parts of this territory will disappear
unless early action is taken. 1t is be-
cause of the threatened determination
that congress will soon be asked to
make an appropriation for creating
game preserve. or at least for its moral
support.
The redskins of Arizona have made |
great inroads into the ranks of deer
lions frequently to engage in syste-
matte slaughter of those animals. |
The ApacheS in eastern Arizona only
kill the game they require for meat |
and leather. 1t is said that the Nava- |
jos If northern Arizona and other In |
dams of this territory do not kill /
game on the wholesale plan merely for |
the sport, as is commonly believed, |
but they seem to require an inordinate |
amount for ordinary use. Occasionally /
they leave their reservations, where |
long ago game became too sporadic to /
invite the hunter. and organize bands |
which go after big game with guns
and bows and arrows in much the /
same manner that Americans orga-
nize rabbit drives. Great piles of hair
scraped from the hides speak unmis-
attends one of those expeditions.
A party consisting of Prof w. J. Nc
Gee, Delaney Gill. an artist, and others
representing the Smithsonian inSti-
tute recently passed through Phoenix,
after exploring the Tiburon island in
the Gulf of California, returning from
Sonora by an old road near Tenajos
Atlas. The party went to examine the
condition of the canibalistic Ceris In
dams of Tiburon island who murdered
R. e. L. Robinson, a newspaper man,
and a companion six years ago and
feasted on the remains. On account |
of tribal friction a few years ago a
small band of these savages left the is
land of Tiburon and made their way
to the coast of Mexico, subsequently
travelling north and establishing l.
small colony near Quitovac, Mexico.
The Smithsonian party went among
the Indians at that place for the third
time, finding them in the same condi-
ton on each trip. They have not
multiplied in any numbers in the past
score of years, and their manners of
living and habits have not varied In
visiting those Indians, McGee's Jour
ney took him through the heart of /
the game country which in time may
be set apart as a preserve. All along L
his path he discovered game in such l.
profusion that he made part of his
trip the study of wild animals of that i
region.
The Indians near Quitovac led him
into some remarkable hunting grounds
where deer and wild hogs, large spe-
cies of peccary, tame and unfamiliar
with the white sportsman's methods,
were but little inundated by the
approach Of the party The professor
returns enthusiastic over the game
conditions of that region. Wild ami
ms Ia a hound fhoro fhou d;d 1.I, 4, |