PRESIDENT HORNADAY'S REPORT 



New York, Jan. 4, 1911. 

 j\Ir. William P. Wharton, 



Secretar}" American Bison Society, 

 Groton, Mass. 



Dear Mr. Wharton: Thus far I am obliged to report 

 only partial success in my efforts to secure the shipment 

 to Montana of the gift-bison that were not delivered in 

 1909. In the spring of 1909, Mr. and Mrs. Charles 

 Goodnight forwarded their pair of gift-bison yearlings 

 to the Conrad Estate at Kalispell, for safe-keeping there, 

 until the range fence could be erected and completed. 

 This left the following gifts to be delivered later on : — 



James J. Hill 3 adult bison 



The Blue Mountain Forest Asso- 

 ciation (Corbin herd) ... 3 yearling bison 



James A. Dool,v, Salt Lake City, 2 yearling bison 



James Philip, Pierre, S. D. . . 2 yearling bison 

 It will be remembered that the buffaloes from the 

 Conrad herd (36 in number), with the survivor of the 

 pair from ]Mr. and Mrs. Goodnight, were delivered on 

 the Montana National Bison Range on Oct. 17, 1909. 

 On Oct. 18, 1909, the writer addressed a letter to Mr. 

 James J. Hill, informing him that the bison range had 

 been completed, and requesting that his bison gift be 

 sent on immediately. Inasmuch as Mr. Hill's animals 

 were fully adult, it was believed that they could success- 

 fully take care of themselves during the winter, which 

 was speedily approaching. 



Regarding the other gift-bison — all of which were 

 yearling calves — a different course seemed imperativel}^ 

 necessary. It seemed inadvisable to bring on animals 

 only one year of age and turn them loose in a strange 

 locality, under the necessity of shifting for themselves 

 during the winter that would almost immediately come 

 upon them. For this reason the Committee on Purchase 

 decided to forego the effort until spring. 



