The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-03-07
BIG PARK FOR
The HUNTERS.

Representative sportsmen from all
parts OF the. United States. drawn 10
Chicago by the forest and stream exhibit
at the Coliseum, will discuss while there
plans for a great game preserve in the
Southwest, says the Chicago Inter-Ocean.
The project OF establishing this game
preserve. embracing a portion of south
western Arizona and northwestern Mex
leo. and probably small part OF Cal
ifornia, was not conceived until recently.
but IL will likely be- talked abont by
sportsmen all over tho country within a
few months.
A small party OF explorers recently
visited Tucson after making trip
through the country adjacent 20 the head
OF the Gulf OF California. representing. IL
Is believed. a number OF sportsmen OF
the middle states. bent on formulating a
plan for the protection OF game and TO
prevent the determination on certain
species.
That portion OF the country south Of
Yuma, including small section or Cal
ifornia. and considerable territory In
Mexico, is one OF the most fruitful fields
for the Nimrods OF this country today.
II abounds in wild game of all sorts,
and with the help of man large expanse
of land could be converted into one OF the
greatest and most inviting game pre-
serves in the world.
Mexico offers liberal aid 20 such enter
prises, and ii is understood that already
that government has promised TO make
important concessions If American
sportsmen are willing to carry out the
plan OF establishing game preserve
partly i'm Mexico.
The determination of wild game in this
country and the urgent necessity of
adopting drastic measures for the pre-
vcntion of .urther ruthless slaughter are
two subjects which have long occupied
the attention of American sportsmen.
Never before have they been SO stirred
up TO the necessity within the last few
months when from all over the country
there have peen demands for con-
gressional action. State and territorial
legislation has proved Insufficient but
federal action I'm recent years has check
ed wholesale slaughter in this and other
territories and states.
EXTINCTION or WILD GAME.
Despite this slowly but surely certain
kinds of wild game. such as deer and am
telope win be extinct In Arizona within
a few years, and I'm n shorter time the
mountain sheep now found i'm few parts
OF this territory will disappear unless
early action is taken. it is because of
the threatened determination that cor
gress will soon be asked To make an APP
preparation for creating game preserve,
or at least for It's moral support.
The redskins Of Arizona have made
great inroads into the ranks OF deer and
antelope leaving their reservations fire.
quenty TO engage in systematic slaugh-
ter OF those animals. The Apaches In
Eastern Arizona kill only the game they
require for meat and leather.
10 Is said that the NaVaios OF Noi crn
Arizona aud other Indians of this terri
tory do not kill game on the wholesale
plan merely for the sport. as Is common
w believed, but they seem 10 require
inordinate amount for ordinary use.
Occasionally they leave their reserva-
tions where long ago game became too
sporadic 10 invite the hunter, and or
ganize bands which go after big game
with guns and bows and arrows In much
the same manner that Americans or
ganize rabbit drives.
Great piles Of hair scraped from the
hides speak Enthusiastically OF the slaugh-
ter which attends one OF these expedi-
tiohs.
A party consisting Of Professor W. j.
McGee, Delaney OIL. artist, and
others representing the Smithsonian In
stition. recently passes through Phoenix
after exploring the Tiburon Islands. I'm
the Gulf OF California, returning from
sonora by an old road near Tenajos At
las
The party went To examine the condi-
ton of the cannabalistic Ceris Indians OF
1 A.
Robinson. n newspaper man, and COM
panion six years ago, and feasted OF
their bodies.
ON account of the tribal friction few
years ago small band OF these savages
left the island OF Tiburon and made their
way TO the coast OF Mexico, subsequently,
travelling north and establishing "a small
colony near Qutovac.
PARADISE FOR THE sPoRTsMEN.
The Smithsonian party went among the
Indians at that place for tho third time,
finding them iu the same condition on
each trip. They have not multiplied I'm
numbers I'm 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 i'm time may be set
apart as a preserve. All along his path
he discovered game I'm such profusion
that he made a part OF his trip the study
OF the wild animals of that region.
The Indians near Quitovac led him into
some remarkable hunting grounds. where
deer and Wild hogs. large species OF
peccary unfamiliar with the white
sportsmen's methods, were but little In
timidated by the approach Of the party.
The professor returns enthusiastic over
the game conditions OF that region.
Wild animals abound there as they did
only few years ago In many parts or
this country. but. although the region
is not remote from thicl<ly populated
sections. 10 has been almost entirely ne
elected by hunters, untouched by tho
hand of the white man, and it's isolation
from the haunts OF men would be com
plete hut for the presence of a handful
Of redskins who roam over that section.
The country is so formed said Profess
sor McGee. that some Of the lands could
he irrigated 10y water from the Colorado
river. making OF them even more sllur-
ing stamping ground for wild game
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