The Mountain Sheep and Its Range 



at the top, then a bench, then another cliff, and 

 so on to the bottom. The benches are well grassed, 

 and there is more or less timber, quaking asp, 

 spruce and juniper in the side cafions. There are 

 plenty of springs along the cliffs, and as they face 

 the south, the winter range is good. The top of 

 the plateau is an open park country, and at that 

 time was, and is yet, for that matter, full of deer 

 and bear, but I never saw any sheep on top, though 

 they sometimes come out on the upper edge of the 

 cliffs. 



"There were, and I suppose are still, small 

 bands of sheep on Dome and Shingle Peaks, on 

 the headwaters of White River, in northwestern 

 Colorado. 



"There was also a band of sheep on the Wil- 

 liams River Mountains which lie between Bear 

 River and the Williams Fork of Bear River, in 

 northwestern Colorado, but these sheep were killed 

 off about 1894 or '95. The Williams River 

 Mountains are a low range of grass-covered hills, 

 well watered, with broken country and cliffs on the 

 south side, toward the Williams Fork. 



"It is also reported that there is a band of sheep 

 in Grand River Cafion, just above Glenwood 

 Springs, Colo., and sheep are reported to be on 

 the increase in the Gunnison country, and other 



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