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the Eastern " tenderfoot " who is responsible for 

 this destruction ; it is the Westerner himself, 

 quietly breaking the laws he made, and killing 

 (to take one recent example) dozens of bull elk 

 out of season in Jackson's Hole, Wyoming, merely 

 to sell the two teeth known as " tushes," and leav- 

 ing the rest of the carcass to rot on the hills. 

 That is the real man who is destroying our big 

 game, just as he is wiping out our forests. Left 

 in his hands, the face of our continent would 

 presently look like a burnt house. Two years 

 before I hunted the goat, the deer in those moun- 

 tains came down in herds to stare at the new set- 

 tlers — who shot them from their cabin doors for 

 fun. The deer are scarce enough now. 



The Yellowstone Park is a sanctuar)^ for 

 buffalo, elk, deer, antelope, and sheep. There (if 

 anywhere) our big game have a chance of surviv- 

 ing. I have never heard of goat as existing in 

 this sanctuary ; but good news comes lately that 

 the sheep are thriving upon Mt. Evarts. Let me 

 suggest to the commandant that he take steps to 

 secure some goat from the Saw Tooth Range — 

 or anywhere he best can — and try the interesting 

 experiment of breeding the animal in the Yellow- 

 stone Park. 



