4, 5j 8 and 9 ; diagonally across 5 to township line at north- 

 east corner of 5 ; north across Mission Creek, along this 

 creek at suitable distance through Section 31, Town. 19, 

 Range 20; in Town. 19, Range 21, through sections 36, 

 35, 27, 28; south through 30 to township line; in Town. 

 18, Range 21 south through the center of sections 4, 9, 

 16, and to center of section 21 ; east a half; south a quarter; 

 east a half, and south across the Jocko River, to the 

 Northern Pacific right of way; following the right of 

 way and river through Sections 27 and 26; crossing back 

 north of the river; through 25 and 30 to point of 

 beginning. On the map submitted herewith this line is 

 clearly indicated as the boundary of the range proposed. 



In case it is impossible to eliminate the five allotments, 

 the line may run as before to the corner of Sections 8, 9, 



16 and 17 in Town. 19, Range 20; thence west one and 

 one-half miles; north to center of 7; west two miles to the 

 center of 1 1 in Town. 18, Range 21 ; thence north a mile 

 to center of 2, and west to line as before marked; or north 

 across Mission Creek to line of boundary as outlined. The 

 line of this alternative boundary is also shown. 



This alternative proposition will give a little more 

 than 17 sections if taken with the boundary first given, or 

 almost 5 sections more as given last. 



In finally fixing the area and boundaries of a bison 

 range in the region proposed, there are three possibilities: 



( I ) If the five Indian allotments are removed, a range 

 of 27 sections; (2) cutting out the allotments, a range of 



17 sections ; and (3) , a range of 22 sections, but with more 

 fencing than should be the case. 



In proposition No. i the range would include over four 

 miles of Mission Creek, one and one-half miles of the 

 Jocko River, and four springs or clusters of springs in 

 gulches. In No. 2 there would be the Jocko River, one 

 cluster of springs, and the stream from another. In No. 

 3 there would be over three miles of Mission Creek, 

 besides the one and one-half miles of Jocko River. 



For No. I there would be required 205^ miles of fence, 

 in No. 2 about 18 miles, and in No. 3 about the same as 

 in No. I. In fencing No. i there will be no hills to cross 



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