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the decrease in feathered game. There is prac- 
tically no limit to their killing. Elk, moose, 
sheep and antelope are scarce enough, I assure 
you ; but this is owing to the Cree Indians, from 
Canada. For several years they have slaugh- 
tered the game, and caused our state plenty of 
trouble. Last year we deported the whole of 
them (about 2,000) to Canada, but they are all 
back here now, and have been murdering the 
game, last fall and summer,—and are at it 
now.”’ 18. 
Red Lodge, G. H. Heywood. ‘‘Not one-fifth of the birds remain. Cause: 
dudes from the East, who call themselves 
sportsmen.”’ 
Orlando. M. P. Dunham. ‘‘Without doubt, all kinds of game animals, as 
well as birds, are getting less every year. The 
members of the rod-and-gun clubs are responsi- 
ble for the birds. They kill more game per man in 
a week’s hunt than a hunter will in a whole sea- 
son.. . . . The animals are disappearing about 
alike, except the goat. If anything, however, 
ca the antelope are getting it the worst of them 
all.”’ Much large game is destroyed by attempts 
to capture full-grown elk, deer and moose 
alive. 13. 
Great Falls, R. S. Williams. ‘‘ Water-fowl have decreased greatly ; 
also sharp-tailed grouse. Lessthan 4 remain. 
Many animals are becoming scarce, but I pre- 
sume only the buffalo is threatened with ex- 
tinechHone, ly 2) 45 O- 
Wyoming :— 
Cheyenne. Frank Bond. ‘‘ Our situation here is unique and exceptional. 
Sixteen years ago native birds were far less 
abundant in Cheyenne than at present. Owing 
to tree planting, Cheyenne is now one large 
grove—a veritable ‘oasis in the desert.’ With 
the growth of trees came the birds, until now 
the city is the summer residence of hundreds of 
birds, where 16 years ago there were but few. 
Migrants, both spring and fall, are correspond- 
ingly numerous. I have been chiefly instrumen- 
tal (if you will pardon the apparent egotism) in 
creating public sentiment in favor of our native 
birds,* and we have no class or speciai agency 
engaged in their destruction. . . . My only bat- 
tle here in Cheyenne is with the English spar- 
row, which, by the use of poisoned grain and a 
shot gun, I have prevented from getting a per- 
manent foothold among us. I find there are 
between 50 and 100 in the city now, but I ex- 
to get all of them before spring.’’ 
Ten Sleep, Big Horn Co. Mark H. Warner. “Game birds have de- 
creased about %. Don’t know the reason. Be- 
coming extinct: bear, elk, antelope and willow 
grouse. Lear, elk and antelope will be gone in 
about three years !”? 
*Mr. Bond is editor and manager of the Wyoming Daily Tribune, and his example 
and his success are commended to the attention of other editors. 
