and the Game Warden in charge of the range, INIr. Andrew R. Hodges, 

 is ready to receive your gift of three l^ison. If you will kindly have 

 the animals crated and forwarded as soon as convenient to Ravalli, 

 Mr. Hodges will take charge of them at the station. 



As stated in a previous letter, I am really very sorry that our 

 obligation to the Government prevents us from accepting any bison 

 that contain any domestic blood. At the time that Congress granted 

 the appropriation of $43,000 for the creation of the range at Ravalli, 

 it was expressly stipulated that only pure-blood animals should be 

 placed in the range, and to this stipulation we had to agree. Since 

 that time I have found that the point was well taken, because a great 

 many people have inquired, with some degree of apprehension, 

 whether the bison for the Montana Range would be absolutely of 

 pure blood. I have been obliged to assure all inquirers that all the 

 members of the herd would be strictly full blood. 



I would like to venture a word or two in regard to the shipment 

 of your gift. I think that the only safe way is to have each animal 

 crated separately, and on arrival at Ravalli the crates should be 

 hauled to the gate of the range. This is the course that w^as pursued 

 in the shipment and delivery of the thirty-four head that we purchased 

 from the Conrad Estate, and the animals all arrived in perfect con- 

 dition. The crate problem was carefully worked out when we shipped 

 our nucleus herd to Oklahoma, and I am going to enclose herewith 

 two leaves from our Annual Report which give the dimensions which 

 we found most suitable. 



In order to get the animals into their crates, we ran them 

 through a narrow shute that ended in the crate. 



In view of the lateness of the completion of the fence, I think it 

 would be well if delivery of the bison could be hastened as much as 

 possible; for very soon it would be too late to turn the animals loose 

 in a new range. At present there are thirty-seven head of bison on 

 the range, and Game Warden Hodges makes their care the sole 

 business of his life. 



Yours very truly, 



W. T. HORN AD AY, President. 



On Aug. 30, 1910, this letter was followed by another 

 to Mr. Hill, of similar purport, to which the following 

 reply was received: 



Great Northern Railway Company 

 Executive Department 

 Jas. J. Hill, 



Chairman of the Board. 



St. Paul, Minn., Sept. 2, 1910. 

 Mr. Wm. T. Hornaday, 



President American Bison Society, 



Zoological Park, New York, N. Y. 

 Dear Sir: In reply to your favor of the thirtieth ultimo in 



