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grass is a kind of bunch-grass, and makes excellent hay. Mr. 

 Goodnight sa_\s that buffalo will eat it, and do well upon it, when 

 better grass is not to be had. A kind of salt grass grows on the 

 moist tiats, both in the foothills and on the sides and tops of the 

 mountains. This grass is eaten in the spring, when green, and 

 before the other grass begins to grow ; but as soon as it has 

 dried the cattle do not touch it. 



There is no impure water on the range. The most important 

 announcement regarding water is that all sprnigs and streams 

 that supply the range head on it and flow out of it. Therefore 

 there is no danger of contaminated water reaching the animals. 

 The chief water-supply is Cache Creek, which heads in the centre 

 of the range, about a quarter mile from the northern boundary. 

 The spring that forms its source, though small, can easily be 

 dug out and covered, so that the animals cannot get into it. The 

 water could then be run into troughs, and the overflow allow^ed 

 to continue down the stream bed. I drank from this spring, and 

 found it clear, cold, and delightful. 



From this spring Cache Creek winds southward through the 

 centre of the range for about three miles. At the time of my 

 visit there was plenty of water throughout its entire length, and 

 during the rainy season this is always the case. There are times, 

 however, during July, August, and September, when the creek 

 goes dry in places, the water sinking and reappearing. But dur- 

 ing the dryest seasons water in abundance can always be found 

 in pools and rivulets not farther than a quarter mile apart. 



In the extreme southwest corner of the range perpetual water 

 is found in Sugar Creek, which also has a spring for its source. 

 Again, in the canyon on the west side of the range there is per- 

 manent water ; and on section 7, in the centre of the range, and 

 a mile east of Cache Creek, permanent water exists. In fact, 

 during the dry season an animal cannot get more than one and 

 a half miles from water. In late November. 1905 (there had 

 been several rains of late), there was plenty of water all over the 

 range. 



Water is always found close to the surface, and wells can easily 

 be driven if they become necessary. 



The boundary line of the proposed Buffalo Range runs as fol- 

 lows : 



Beginning at the southeast corner of the reserve, the line passes 

 through prairie country one and a half miles in a northwesterly 

 direction ; thence west one and a half miles to the base of a high, 

 rocky mountain. Thence it skirts along the foot of this mountain. 



