200 NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



and Major Gorden W. Lillie (" Pawnee Bill), of Pawnee, Okla- 

 homa, all expressed their willingness to assist the movement in 

 any way possible, and during my visits with them did everything 

 in their power to assist me. 



Courtesies. — The Supervisor of the Wichita Forest and Game 

 Reserve, Mr. E. F. Morrissey, and his wife made my stay at their 

 house a most enjoyable one. They would not consent to my stay- 

 ing at Cache, which would have meant to me a ride of twelve 

 miles every morning" and evening. 



From the start Mr. Morrissey entered into the inquiry with an 

 interest and will that was indeed most helpful. He knew every 

 foot of the ground and every stone that marked the corners of the 

 sections. As soon as he understood what sort of a range was 

 wanted he was able to put me on the ground without delay. He 

 spent four days with me in the saddle. On the fifth day, when he 

 w^as obliged to go to Lawton in discharge of his duties, and I rode 

 over the range alone to map out certain mountains and streams. 

 I then realized the full extent of Mr. Morrissey's knowledge and 

 cooperation. 



My thanks are also due Mr. Charles Goodnight, Mr. Joseph 

 Miller, and Major Gordon C. Lillie, all of whom did everything 

 they could to further investigations. 



To Mr. A. C. Cooper, of Fort Sill, I am indebted for kind 

 attentions. He went with me to the Indian Agent at Anadarko, 

 and through him I met many experienced cattlemen, old-time buf- 

 falo hunters, and scouts, gathering from them much valuable in- 

 formation, all of which has been embodied in this report. 



NOTE. 



The map that Mr. George M. Beerbower, the Zoological So- 

 ciety's engineer, has made of the Reserve, is accurate as far as the 

 boundary lines and the character of the country about them is 

 concerned. Mr. Morrissey went with me over that ground and 

 noted on the map many of the features that are shown. The 

 mountains, h Is, valleys, and coulees of the interior, however, 

 were mapped by me when it was not possible for him to be there. 

 It is of course to be understood that we had no time to make sur- 

 veys with instruments of precision, and in mapping details were 

 guided by the section monuments. 



Respectfully submitted. 



J. Alden Loring. 



Owego. N. Y., Feb. i, igo6. 



