vation where it is possible to place a herd, and there is 

 another territory in the south of the State where it is 

 possible to place a herd. These lands have not yet 

 been opened up for settlement. It is possible for the 

 United States Government to take them at a certain 

 price and reserve them for a buffalo herd. There is 

 also a tract called the Glen Gave National Park, 10,000 

 acres, which probably could be gotten without any 

 expense whatever, but unfortunately here there is very 

 little water except in the rainy season. It is not probable 

 a herd could be supported there; but in the Black Hills 

 district is splendid pasture land, plenty of water, and this 

 land belongs to the United States Government, under 

 certain restrictions. 



Dr. Palmer then stated that the purpose of bringing 

 the location of a proposed bison range up at this time 

 is to secure the will of the Executive Committee, and if 

 the committee favors a movement to establish a herd 

 in South Dakota, then it should take some action for 

 the protection of the buffalo, and provide financial sup- 

 port whereby a herd may be placed in South Dakota 

 in a manner similar to that in which the herd was placed 

 in Montana. Dr. Palmer then called on Dr. Hornaday, 

 saying: '* You know this country pretty well, and we desire 

 your judgment as to the situation." 



Dr. Hornaday said: '^Mr. President, the Black Hills 

 proposition looks workable. It certainly seems attract- 

 ive — much more so than the plains region, which would 

 be rather more difficult to work out. In the first place, 

 I think it is probably true you would have to wait until 

 this plains country is opened up separately before at- 

 tempting to establish a herd there." 



Mr. Stonebridge said he would be willing to look 

 over the territory if the committee wished. Dr. Hornaday 

 suggested a man in this connection. "When we had 

 the Wichita idea in our minds (I am speaking of the 

 Zoological Society) we picked Mr. J. Alden Loring, one 

 of the naturalists of the Roosevelt expedition, to go down 

 there and make a report for us. He spent about a month 

 at it; did it very thoroughly; actually proposed bound- 



