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stood alone with heads down, and seldom lasted more than two 

 or three days. 



All of those that died were examined by a Dr. Johnson, of the 

 United States Department of Agriculture, who failed to discover 

 any ticks. He pronounced their death due to " change of alti- 

 tude, excitement of being transferred, and climatic fever." 



From Major Gordon \V. Lillie ("Pawnee Bill") I learned 

 more of Texas fever affecting buffalo than from any other person. 

 Major Lillie says that in 1895 he had with his Wild West Show 

 7 head of buff"alo. He took them on a trip through Texas, en- 

 tered at Dennison, and travelled through Dallas, Temple, and 

 Wahatche, coming out at Shreveport, La. The trip consumed 6 

 weeks, and all 7 of the buffalo died. They came originally from 

 the Jones herd at Garden City, Kan. The State Veterinarian pro- 

 nounced the cases Texas fever. 



In 1905 Major Lillie showed within five miles of the Texas line. 

 He had with him five buft'aloes. All were taken sick, and two 

 died. His show was about to go into winter quarters, so he hur- 

 ried the three sick ones to Ohio, where, he thinks, the cold weather 

 killed the ticks and saved them. The Ohio State Veterinarian 

 pronounced the disease Texas fever. A taxidermist that exam- 

 ined the skins of the two that died said they were literally covered 

 with ticks. 



Major Lillie says that cattle die of Texas fever all about 

 Pawnee, some but a few yards from the range in which his buffalo 

 are kept; but his buffaloes in a fenced range at Pawnee have 

 seemed to be immune. Thus far Texas fever has not affected his 

 herd. To his knowledge Colonel Cody lost eight or ten buffaloes 

 during one of his trips through Texas, and Major Lillie is sure 

 that it was Texas fever. The second time that Colonel Cody went 

 to Texas with his show he left all of his buffalo at Guthrie, Okla. 

 From this it will be seen that buffaloes are susceptible to the 

 Texas fever tick. Buffalo have never been kept in the Wichita 

 section of Oklahoma since fever-stricken cattle have been brought 

 there. Cattle die of the fever in this section by the hundreds. 

 It now remains for some of the Government experts on this dis- 

 ease to tell us whether there is any way out of the difficulty. I 

 have stated the facts as I found them and as they were told to 

 me by men of truth and experience. 



If buffalo are brought to this range Mr. W. H. Ouinette, of 

 Fort Sill, an experienced cattle dealer, says that he thinks it advis- 

 able to unload them at Fort Sill and haul them in from there. 

 The danger of the animals becoming infested with the fever ticks 



